HIV/AIDS Prevention: Hope for a new paradigm?

Tony Barnett argues that the concept of hope can offer a way through the paradigmatic log-jam over HIV prevention. It links the concepts of risk environment and individual choice and provides for a broader understanding of the social epidemiology of infectious diseases, and a way forward for rapid community diagnosis and participation in policy development. Development (2007) 50, 70–75. doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1100360