I drive two cars and usually wear a seatbelt. In my older car, I sometimes forget to buckle up. In the newer model, I never fail to perform this task—an alarm pesters me until the deed is done. Today, we have finally identified protective measures, including early testing and treatment and mother-child chemoprophylaxis, that could usher in an AIDS-free generation. But to truly arrest its spread...

December 1st marks World AIDS Day with the theme 'Getting to zero'. Three years ago, UNAIDS articulated what was then considered to be an ambitious vision, the aspiration for zero new HIV infections and zero-AIDS related deaths underpinned by zero discrimination. As we imagine the Post-2015 development agenda, we can and should reconceptualise this vision as a set of concrete goals.This Viewpoi...

e fi rst ever World Sepsis Day (WSD), a great opportunity to increase awareness about sepsis, is going to be held on Sept. 13. We already have World Diabetes Day, Breast Cancer Awareness Day, World Asthma Day, World AIDS day, even a Rare Disease Day, so why not a day dedicated especially to sepsis? After all, sepsis is estimated to aff ect at least 18 million individuals worldwide, and with mor...