To test or not to test

Why, when treatment is freely available, would so many choose not to find out if they are HIV positive? Jonny Steinberg investigates in a remote South African village

‘I encourage women struggling with HIV to learn to be independent’

World Aids Day: Widowed at the age of 25, Mary Amuge has gone through some hard times raising five children alone in Katine, while living with HIV. Antiretroviral therapy has given her a new lease of life, but it is the creation of village savings and loans associations that is helping her to manage her money and afford more food

Making a song and dance of it

JME, of grime label Boy Better Know, on how the arts can engage young people in issues that affect them - and their peers around the world

Vitamin deficiency

Editorial: Libel battles can make and break reputations, but only rarely do they bear on questions of life and death