This week's audio includes a discussion about the election of a new General-Director at WHO, and an interview with the author of a paper on the relationship between politics and health. It also covers an Editorial on US health care.

This week's Listen to The Lancet covers a Public Health article by Mexico's Minister of Health, research on the treatment of premature ejaculation, and the health implications of Nepal's ceasefire.

This week's podcast focuses on recent human-rights violations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital city, following the 2004 military coup in that country.

The latest podcast from The Lancet rounds up news from the XVI HIV/AIDS meeting in Toronto, and highlights the themed cardiology content of The latest issue.

As part of the AIDS 2006 meeting in Toronto, Canada, The Lancet hosted a debate discussing whether the scaling up of the response to HIV/AIDS has done more harm than good.

This week's audio summary highlights trachoma--the leading cause of preventable blindness globally--based on the two research articles and editorial in the Aug 12-19 issue.

Editor Richard Horton introduces the audio summary for this week's HIV/AIDS special issue. Also featured is the World Report about HIV/AIDS in Russia, and interviews with Richard Feachem from the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria, and Peter Piot of UNAIDS.

Author Simon McRae discusses a research article suggesting that men could be 50% more likely to experience recurrent venous thromboembolism. There is also an interview around this week's lead Editorial about preterm births in the USA.

Author Lars Bo Andersen discusses how international guidelines need to be changed so that young children are encouraged to take 90 minutes exercise a day to prevent cardiovascular disease.

Ann Starrs and Susheela Singh, of the Guttmacher Institute, join The Lancet to talk about the need for a comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive rights.