Just two decades later, the world witnessed a very different divorce. Slo-vaks in what was then Czechoslovakia began clamoring for their own state, making their preferences clear in the 1992 election. Rather than use force, however, Czech politicians and leaders politely stepped aside in the face of Slovak nationalism and negotiated the secession of the Slovak Republic wit…
Bangladesh has been successful to date in controlling the spread of HIV in the general population, with a prevalence of less than 0.1%. The main reason for this low prevalence is the early and sustained HIV prevention programmes targeting high risk groups backed by a state-of-the-art surveillance system. Another contributing protective factor is the high rates of male circumcision. There is, ho…