W ith the advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and increased survival, HIV-infected people are now at risk for diseases of aging including cardiovascular disease (CVD). In the ART era, multiple large cohort studies have found that HIV infection is associated with an increased risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), ischemic stroke, and heart failure. Although total mortality has been decre...

The health sector consistently appears prominently in surveys of perceived corruption, with considerable evidence that this has serious adverse consequences for patients. Yet this issue is far from prominent in the international health policy discourse. We identify five reasons why the health policy community has been reluctant to talk about it. These are the problem of defining corruption, the...

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This commentary while agreeing broadly with the points raised by the editorial by McKee et al, seeks to broaden and deepen those arguments. The commentary contends that unless we understand corruption as deeply embedded in and propping up systems of power differentials, we will not be able to design interventions that will tackle corruption at its roots. The commentary further points to the con...