Over the past 15 years, the number of people who die of AIDS each year in the United States has dropped by 70 percent. But AIDS remains a serious public health crisis among low-income African-Americans, particularly women. And in sub-Saharan Africa, the virus killed more than 1.6 million people in 2007. QUEST meets two Bay Area research groups studying innovative approaches that could lead to new treatments and possibly a cure.
Duke Global Health Institute Postdoctoral Fellow Eve Puffer found that culture, economy and religion play a major role in sexual activity among youth in Muhuru Bay, Kenya, where there is a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS.
This symposium from the Penn Center for AIDS Research addresses basic, clinical and behavorial sciences themes in HIV/AIDS research, as well as issues that pertain to the urban and international AIDS epidemics. The Penn Center for AIDS Research is one of 20 NIH-funded CFARs and includes HIV and AIDS investigators at the University of Pennsylvania, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Wistar Institute.
Drs. Harriet Robinson and Rama Amara of Emory’s Vaccine Research Center continue to work tirelessly in pursuit of vaccines and treatments for HIV/AIDS patients. Related Links Emory Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) www.cfar.emory.edu … “emory university” hiv aids “aids vaccine” “aids research” “hiv research” emory university yt:quality=high
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