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No Rosy Scenarios for AIDS in 2031

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

What will the HIV/AIDS epidemic look like in 2031, on its 50th anniversary? A provocative article in Health Affairs, online here, tries to answer that question, and the picture is not pretty.
Without a “gamer changer” in prevention, the AIDS epidemic will still be raging when we reach that milestone, write Robert Hecht, managing director of [...]

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A Timely Reminder of Fauci’s Call for a Transformative TB Research Agenda

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

What will come of Anthony Fauci’s call for a “transformative” research agenda for tuberculosis, in which doctors and scientists get new resources and support in the search for better drugs and diagnostics to combat this ancient scourge?
Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, delivered that appeal for a more aggressive approach to [...]

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Goosby and Fauci Outline New US Approach to Global AIDS

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This post is by Center Director Christine Lubinski, who is attending the 2009 IAS conference in Cape Town.
There was no shortage of hot-button questions for Dr. Eric Goosby, the new US Global AIDS Coordinator, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, at the International AIDS Conference today.
For starters:
*What [...]

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At HIV/TB Session, the Good, the Bad, and the Promising

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on July 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Note: From July 19-22, the Center for Global Health Policy’s staff will be live blogging from the International AIDS Society 2009 meeting in Cape Town. This post was written by Center director Christine Lubinski, who attended a two-day pre-meeting on HIV/TB co-infection.
Despite the scope and gravity of HIV/TB confection, there are glimmers of hope from [...]

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Fauci: New TB research agenda desperately needed

Posted in HIV/AIDS TB co-infection, Pacific Health Summit, TB, global health, tagged , , , , , , on June 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »

This live blog is from the Pacific Health Summit in Seattle, a three-day meeting that opened Tuesday night. Its focus is the global response to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Anthony Fauci, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, told the Pacific Health Summit today that it was [...]

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