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Focuses on the integration of family planning and HIV prevention efforts in developing countries. Principles of integration; Status of health systems in the developing world; Keys to successful HIV prevention programs.

The author examines two complex generalised HIV epidemics that cover those who have multiple sexual partners and the large number of already infected individuals. He offers a further explanation of the generalised HIV epidemics, which reveal an important role for both components, as well as a basis for a unifying approach. He recommends several issues that might be prioritized to prevent HIV epidemics. The author also cites several structural approaches to HIV epidemic prevention.

The article discusses the benefits of testing combined with counseling in preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS. The article explains that in sub-Saharan Africa where multiple and frequent partners is the norm, HIV is epidemic. The article also provides limitations to prevention such as an inability to test for acute infections, the difficulty in changing long-term behaviours, and only twenty percent of adults in sub-Saharan Africa having been tested for HIV.

This article presents an editorial on AIDS prevention. The author writes that he has a particular affinity to condom use because of its effectiveness in preventing disease transmission when used properly. The author also discusses abstinence and notes that adolescents, who are usually the target of such education are not the main transmitters of the disease, but rather people in their 20s and 30s have the highest instances of transmission. The author writes that other behaviors that must be targeted include the practice of multiple partners. The author notes that some people view condoms as a way to continue in risky sexual behavior, and that some long-term couples are unwilling to use condoms.

The article discusses how successful methods of HIV prevention change the public perception of risk level and in turn cause risky sexual behaviour. Circumcision of men and antiretroviral drug treatment have prevented the number of AIDS deaths but have raised concern that preventive behaviours will decrease. Some gay men are even taking HIV drugs purposely so they can engage in risky sexual behavior. Prevention education is stressed as a possible solution. INSET: Seven lessons from Uganda's early response to HIV.

Examines partner reduction as a crucial factor for balanced "ABC" approach to HIV prevention. Epidemiological importance of partner reduction; "ABCs" of sexual behavior change; Role of partner reduction in HIV prevention; Implications for behavior change programs.

The author opines regarding masturbation and its role in preventing exposure to HIV infections. Statistical findings on masturbation by men and women are reported. The author believes that the health community should not neglect masturbation as a safe method of preventing AIDS and unwanted pregnancies.

Comments on the AIDS epidemic and the transmission of HIV. Finding of the Tanzania 2003-04 HIV/AIDS indicator survey that wealth, not poverty, correlates to HIV prevalence; Factors contributing to the positive relation between wealth and HIV risk, including the role of long-term concurrent or overlapping sexual partnerships that form networks in heterosexual epidemics; Indication from surveys in Tanzania and Kenya that the wealth-HIV link is stronger for women; Implication for HIV programs that promote fidelity as a social norm.