UK reality TV star Jade Goody is facing death from cervical cancer. To accompany Jane Cassidy’s BMJ article, Professor Jane Maher, a consultant clinical oncologist and Macmillan Cancer Support’s chief medical officer, talks about how the media coverage has raised awareness about the condition.

Edward Mills is co-author of a cohort study that measures clinical and immunological outcomes of HIV positive adult patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy in conflict affected northern Uganda. He talks about the study’s findings to Duncan Jarvies. And finally, Birte Twisselmann and Deborah Cohen present a round-up of the latest news.