
Amidst the frustrations of combating global AIDS, it is important to remember other major global health battles that have been fought in the past -- and won. The
Center for Global Development has just published "
Millions Saved", an excellent compendium of 17 case studies of major global health successes, ranging from the eradication of smallpox to success against onchocerciasis. The compendium includes a review of HIV prevention efforts in Thailand.