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Hour One: AIDS Update
The 11th International AIDS Conference took place this week in Lusaka, Zambia, focusing attention on the widespread problems that the HIV virus poses around the world. Speaking before the conference, Callisto Madavo, Vice President of the World Bank, called HIV "the single greatest threat to future economic development in Africa." Two-thirds of the world population of HIV-infected people live in Africa; two million people died of AIDS there last year. What are doctors and scientists learning about treating HIV around the world? Can expensive treatments, such as the antiviral drug "cocktails" found in the United States, be made available to developing countries? And what public health measures can be set in place to try to rein in the virus' spread through countries like Africa? We'll also take a look at findings presented at last month's AIDS Prevention conference hosted by the CDC, including the finding that the decline in AIDS deaths in the U.S. may be slowing down. Where does the fight against AIDS stand, here and abroad? We'll find out on this hour of Science Friday.
Guests:
Peter Piot, M.D.
Executive Director
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Geneva, Switzerland
Helene Gayle, M.D.
Director, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia
Books/Articles Discussed:
- Related Links:
Johns Hopkins AIDS Service - ask a question!
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention AIDS office
The World Health Organization
Development of Vaccines to Infectious Diseases
The AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service
The AIDS Education Global Information System
National Institutes of Health Office of AIDS Research
UNAIDS
- This segment produced by:
Karin Vergoth
Web producer:
Charles Bergquist
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