AIDS status & challenges of the epidemic
About this Digest on AIDS
1. Source for this Digest
The material content of the texts on Level 3 is directly sourced from
The Levels 1 & 2 were written by Marisa Fernandez in collaboration with the GreenFacts Editorial Team.
2. Current Status
Approved for publication by the GreenFacts Scientific Board.
3. Digest Publication History
The GreenFacts publication process is designed to ensure as high a degree of objectivity as possible.
First draft
The first draft of this Digest was produced by Dr Marisa Fernandez on 9th October 2006 on the basis of a canvas prepared by the GreenFacts Editorial Team.
Second draft
The second draft of this Digest was produced on 23th October 2006 by Dr Marisa Fernandez after review by the GreenFacts Editorial Team.
Peer review
The final draft of this Digest was produced in November 2006 by GreenFacts after peer review by 4 independent scientists selected by the GreenFacts Scientific Board (see our 
These reviewers included for instance:
- Dr. Luigi Buonaguro - Adjunct Associate Professor, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute.
- Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hunsmann - Director, Institute for Virology, University Hospital, Goettingen, Germany.
- Dr. Guido Poli - Head, AIDS Immunopathogenesis Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano.
Final corrections were added under the supervision of the GreenFacts Scientific Board in November 2006.
Publication
Final publication was authorized by the President of the GreenFacts Scientific Board on 17 November 2006.
Press Release
22 Nov. 2006:
World AIDS Day 2006. Read the Press Release.
Updates or subsequent post-publication revisions
No update or revision at present.
Partner for this publication
The Levels 1 & 2 are summaries written by GreenFacts with financial support from
the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).
