Combination Prevention and AIDS 2018

August 29, 2018

In this episode, featuring Ambassador Deborah Birx, we take a look at one area of great importance that was center stage at last month’s AIDS 2018 conference in Amsterdam: primary prevention.

Hear Brad Jones of Weill Cornell Medical College pose a basic question about T cells and what his research could teach us about the immune system. Advocate Dorothy Okatch of the NGO Young 1ove sizes up the challenges for prevention in her country Botswana, where gains in treatment have been lauded. But first, we talk to the head of PEPFAR (the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), Ambassador Deborah Birx, who oversees one of the biggest programs for HIV/AIDS in the world.

Listen to the full podcast (20:57).

Highlights

• Amb. Deborah Birx shares her views on the status of prevention and what should happen next (8:35)
• Dorothy Okatch discusses barriers to prevention that persist in Botswana despite successes in treatment (5:26)
• Brad Jones on the potential of his research on T cells and the need for basic science in the HIV response (8:02)

Additional Resources

• AIDS 2018: The Story is Vulnerable
• AIDS 2018: The Story is Messy
• What’s Right – And What’s Not – On the Road Towards Epidemic Control?
• HIV vaccine research resources
• PrEP Watch, a clearinghouse for all things PrEP
• Prevention Research and Oral PrEP Rollout: The evolving context for prevention research
• Lessons from the Field video series on PrEP implementation
• UNAIDS 10-Point Plan for Making Progress on Prevention
• MPact’s Model for Conceptualizing Prevention
• The Delivery Challenge
• Slow and Steady Won’t Win the Prevention Race
• UNAIDS 2016-2021 Strategy: What Does it Say about Prevention?
• Miles to Go: Closing Gaps, Breaking Barriers, Righting Injustices

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