Dear All,

This is indeed extremely sad... UNAIDS should have done its homework
BEFORE they recruited the translator for the Cambodian group, from FHI.

I am in full agreement with WNU and their concerns re conflict of interest: FHI
is one of the parties of the now-infamous Tenofovir trials - and their
explanations in defense of the trial have never held water.

I still feel this UNAIDS effort to develop globally-acceptable ethical norms for
research on sex workers and other marginalised key populations is important -
therefore I hope that UNAIDS takes necessary safeguards during the consultation
to hear and respect sex worker group representatives' concerns during the
meeting to ensure that what emerges as final guidelines/products do not go
against the interests of sex worker communities and other key population groups
at risk of HIV.

In solidarity,


Dr. Amitrajit Saha
Kolkata (India)
E-mail: amitrajitsaha@...