title: Libya, HIV, and open communication.
abstract: This year-end editorial discusses several points including the recent Libyan verdict sentencing five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death for allegedly infecting 426 children with HIV. It also comments on the role played by open communication for bridging cultural misunderstandings and summarizes briefly Retrovirology's progress in 2006.
authors.forename: Kuan-Teh
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Jeang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002031:Bulgaria; D002203:Capital Punishment; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D003469:Culture; D005551:Foreign Professional Personnel / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007557:Israel; D008002:Libya