Housekeeping

Just a few odds and ends before the July 4 holiday weekend begins...

Tomorrow is the submission deadline for the first ever International Carnival of the Pozitivities AIDS Blog Carnival. If you've seen (or written) any good blog posts on AIDS topics please consider submitting them to the carnival.

The World Bank Private Sector Development Blog has an interesting post on why global health issues may deserve higher priority than climate change. They remind us that it would take an Aceh-sized earthquake and tsunami every month to keep pace with the number of deaths caused by AIDS alone.

The AIDS Awareness Blog links to a Reuters story that India is going to attempt to verify UN reports that in 2005 the country overtook South Africa as the country with the most residents living with HIV. Understandibly, India does not wish to have the distinction of "country with the largest number of HIV infected residents." I applaud them for investigating the UN's numbers rather than continuing to rhetorically challenge them.

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