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HIV/AIDS Outreach in African American Communities using Barbershops and Hair Salons
Historically, barbershops and hair salons have served as hubs in the African American community where people go to discuss issues in the community, politics, family, and life issues. Within these establishments there is a sense of community, and it provides opportunities for African Americans to develop ideas and form a sense of identity. African Americans usually build relationships with their stylists where they are comfortable enough to gossip and share personal information. As a result, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Social Components of HIV/AIDS Transmission in Mwandi, ZambiaI'm Dominique Maietta.Mwandi is a relatively rural village in the South-Western corner of Zambia. The town is home to theMwandi Christian Hospital, which has a catchment area of approximately 25,000 individuals. During the summer of 2006, I traveled to Mwandi in order to study the psychological and social components associated with HIV/AIDS there. Here I will talk about some of my findings.The incidence of HIV in the village is around 30-40% and the percentage of HIV positive people is l ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
HIV/AIDS in ChinaIn 2006, official estimates put the number of HIV-positive individuals in China at about 650,000. This figure – reached by the World Health Organization – means that China, holding roughly 1/6th of the world’s population, contributes to only 1/60th of the cases of HIV/AIDS globally. However, it has also been estimated that if rising infection rates are not curbed, the HIV-positive population could breach 10 million by 2010. This has sparked a more liberal attitude from Party leadershi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Cancer in AIDS PatientsWelcome to this installment of The AIDS Pandemic, a podcast hosted by Dr. David Wessner from the Department of Biology at Davidson College. I’m Mike Neri.In this episode, I will talk about a topic that is gaining increasing interest from the AIDS community: cancer. This podcast goes over why cancer is becoming more of an issue for AIDS patients, why some cancers occur more often in HIV-positive people, the complications of treating people with AIDS for cancer, and what needs to be done ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
“Rethinking” AIDS: The Dissident MovementOn October 25th, 2007, AIDS activist Ron Hudson posted an entry on his blog describing three apparently fraudulent e-mails he had received over the past month. Each of these messages appeared to come from a prominent member or group of the mainstream AIDS establishment (Dr. Robert Gallo, Dr. Luc Montagnier, and AIDSTruth.org), but each also supported the unconventional view that the HIV virus does not cause AIDS. This disputed notion is the primary tenet of a controversial group of activi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Myths and Misconceptions about HIV/AIDSMyths and misconceptions about HIV and AIDS have been around since the very beginning of the pandemic. The first myths stemmed largely from the lack of information on this relatively new disease. One of the first myths, one that claimed that AIDS was a gay disease only, was strongly encouraged by the media. This exacerbated problems with prevention as misinformation was widely circulated. Since then, new myths have emerged. These myths have emerged despite the fact that there is now m ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Stigmatization of Homosexuals and Individuals Living with HIV/AIDS in Jamaica, W.I.The HIV/AIDS epidemic hit the Caribbean in the early 1980s and was primarily transmitted by homosexual men. However, this trend was greatly reversed in the mid-1980s in which the main mode of transmission became heterosexual sexual contact. Despite the reversal of the mode of transmission from homosexual men to heterosexuals, there remains a large group of individuals in the Caribbean that still view HIV/AIDS as a “gay disease”. In the Caribbean, the most stigmatized groups that have HI ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Plight of AIDS OrphansSince the 1980’s, our knowledge of HIV has expanded greatly. However, in developing countries this information is either lacking or has not been taken to heart by the people who live in these cultures. One of the main reasons people are so clandestine in conducting conversations about AIDS is due to the fear and stigma attached to the word. AIDS orphans have a particularly difficult experience. An AIDS orphan is defined as someone who has lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. These c ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
HIV Research FundingIt is often said that we know more about HIV than any other virus, and it’s likely to be true. In the 1980’s a staggering amount of scientific research regarding the genome, viral receptors, transmission of HIV, and drug development – including the FDA’s approval of AZT was accomplished. Scientists were hopeful that a vaccine could be developed within a few years, and it seemed that HIV might soon become a problem of the past. However, there is still much to be learned about the vir ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
HIV Research FundingIt is often said that we know more about HIV than any other virus, and it’s likely to be true. In the 1980’s a staggering amount of scientific research regarding the genome, viral receptors, transmission of HIV, and drug development – including the FDA’s approval of AZT was accomplished. Scientists were hopeful that a vaccine could be developed within a few years, and it seemed that HIV might soon become a problem of the past. However, there is still much to be learned about the vir ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Merck announces failure of V520 HIV vaccine candidateOn September 21, 2007, Merck announced the disappointing news that the Phase IIb testing of it’s V520 as an HIV vaccine candidate would be cut short per recommendations of the study’s Data Safety and Monitoring Board. The National Institute of Health and the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases worked with Merck in a clinical trial that began in 2004 named the Step Study involving 3,000 HIV-negative, but “high-risk” individuals in North America, South America and A ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Cognitive Dissonance Theory & HIV/AIDS PreventionWelcome to The AIDS Pandemic, a podcast hosted by Dr. David Wessner from the Department of Biology at Davidson College. I'm Ali Cundari.Beyond the obvious physical symptoms associated with AIDS, there are many psychological and social implications surrounding this debilitating disease that we don’t often consider. Mass media efforts and expensive awareness campaigns have done a good job at spreading information to the general public, however, these programs have not been highly successf ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Testing and Treatment of HIV/AIDS in ChildrenAccording to a 2006 UNAIDS/WHO AIDS Epidemic Update, there are approximately 39.5 million people living with HIV/AIDS throughout the world. Of those infected, 2.3 million are aged 15 or younger. Approximately 90% of children infected with HIV acquire the virus perinatally, meaning it is transmitted from a mother to her child during pregnancy, labor, delivery or through breastfeeding. According to the CDC, the prevalence of mother-to-child transmission of AIDS in the US has dropped sign ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PRODUCT(RED): Philanthropy or Exploitation?Product(RED)An earlier installment of this podcast from a year ago called attention to the launch of PRODUCT(RED) in the United States. Since the brand’s introduction, (RED) watches, sunglasses, t-shirts, cell phones, and iPods have been extensively marketed and sold, with some of the revenues going to support the fight against AIDS in Africa. Nevertheless, the (RED) brand has been a target of criticism for its commercial approach to a philanthropic endeavor. In this installment, I int ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Integrase Inhibitors: A New HopeI’m Bevin English.On October 12th, the Food and Drug Administration (the FDA) announced that it had approved a New Drug Application for a completely new kind of medication in the fight against AIDS. This drug, called IsentressTM, is the first integrase inhibitor and comes in 400 mg tablets that are taken twice daily. Produced by Merck & Co., Inc., Isentress, whose generic name is raltegravir and whose in-development name was MK-0518, has impressed many leading AIDS researchers, including ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Integrase Inhibitor Isentress Provides a New Way to Treat AIDS PatientsWelcome to this installment of The AIDS Pandemic, a podcast hosted by Dr. David Wessner from the Department of Biology at Davidson College. I’m Mike Neri.In this podcast, I will talk about the optimism surrounding the recently FDA approved AIDS drug Isentress, including how it works, what step in the HIV replication cycle it affects, and what preliminary data show about the drug’s effectiveness and side effects. Ever since the discovery of HIV as the causative agent of AIDS, scientists ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
HIV/AIDS: The Brazilian ResponseIn the arena of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, Brazil has become a beacon of hope, particularly among developing countries. Countries around the globe are now looking towards their system of universal AIDS care for guidance.In the early 90’s it was estimated that within a decade, the number of HIV+ people in Brazil would be near 1.2 million. Instead, recent estimates suggest that only half that amount (about 660,000 people) are infected. How have they been so successful in limiting ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The AIDS Pandemic - Your ThoughtsWelcome to this installment of The AIDS Pandemic. I’m Dave Wessner.Last week, I was invited to speak about this blog and podcast at the annual meeting of the American Society for Virology in Corvallis Oregon. Based on questions and comments I received, I’d like to try something a little different with this installment. I’d like to ask for your opinion of this project.Before getting your feedback, though, I’d like to remind everyone about the genesis of this podcast. I began it durin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
National HIV Testing DayWelcome to this install of The AIDS Pandemic, a podcast hosted by Dr. David Wessner of Davidson College. I’m Dave Wessner.June 27 is the 15th annual National HIV Testing Day, an event sponsored by the National Association of People with AIDS to encourage people to get tested and learn their HIV status. Today, I had the pleasure of participating in a Webinar hosted by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about this important event.D ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Bush advocates $30B for PEPFARWelcome to this installment of The AIDS Pandemic, a podcast hosted by Dr. David Wessner from Davidson College. I’m Dave Wessner.Yesterday, President Bush implored Congress to extend PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, for an additional 5 years and allocate an additional $30 billion to the program. Initially proposed in the President’s 2003 State of the Union address, PEPFAR targets HIV/AIDS treatment in 15 countries with high HIV/AIDS burdens.As President Bush note ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
True Colors Tour for the Human Rights CampaignWelcome to this installment of The AIDS Pandemic, a podcast hosted by Dr. David Wessner from Davidson College. I’m Dave Wessner.We opened this installment with a short segment from True Colors, by Cyndi Lauper, the iconic voice of ‘80s pop. Long supported by and a supporter of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities, Lauper recently announced her plans for this summer’s True Colors tour in support of the Human Rights Campaign. Along with Debbie Harry, the Dresden Doll ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Microbicides: Empowering womenCurrent global AIDS statistics are staggering, to say the least. Approximately 40 million people worldwide are living with the disease, while 14,000 new infections occur each day. Women make up almost 50% of adult infections, but this figure is higher in sub-Saharan Africa, where women are 30% more likely to be HIV-positive than men. Due to physiological differences, women are twice as likely as men to contract HIV from an infected partner, but many lack the necessary tools for protectio ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
VIRIP: A new anti-HIV compound?Welcome to this installment of The AIDS Pandemic. I’m Dave Wessner.Could our own bodies be producing potent inhibitors of HIV? According to research published in today’s issue of Cell, the answer may be ‘Yes.’ And these interesting findings eventually may lead to the development of new anti-retroviral drugs.Since the isolation of HIV in 1983, numerous naturally occurring human factors have been postulated to have anti-HIV properties. Today, a group of researchers in Germany have add ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Kiva: Using microfinancing to help people in developing countriesPaul Farmer, one of the founders of Partners in Health, describes the ‘great epi divide,’ the epidemiological divide that exists between developed countries and developing countries, between affluent neighborhoods and less well-off neighborhoods, between the haves and the have-nots. Morbidity and mortality associated with infectious diseases, Farmer notes, correlate well with economic disparities.HIV/AIDS is no exception. Certainly, HIV can, and does, infect people of all walks of life. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Refrigeration and HIV Meds in Resource-limited SettingsI'm Charlie Raver.One of the distinguishing characteristics between the AIDS epidemic in the developed world and that in Africa and the developing world is a simple lack of the infrastructure to deal with the disease. Infrastructure includes everything from roads to electricity to hospitals. One example that most of us rarely think of as a gift, couldn’t dream of walking into a home and not finding, and would be lost without is something to which many in the developing world do not have a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
AIDS Orphans in Sub-Saharan AfricaI'm Christie BroughAccording to the AIDS Epidemic Update of December 2006, about 25 million people are living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, comprising 63 percent of all individuals with HIV globally. Approximately 13.3 million, or 59 percent, of these individuals are women, most of whom have children. Although considerable efforts have been made to provide these individuals increased access to antiretroviral therapy, 2.1 million Africans died in 2006, resulting in an increased number of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Stigma in the Lives of HIV+ Healthcare WorkersI'm Pete Levandoski Advances in HIV related pharmacology have given HIV patients extended lifetimes, turning them from dead men walking to living individuals with a debilitating condition. In treating any patient, HIV status not withstanding, the American Dental Association states that dentists should practice, “high ethical standards which have the benefit of the patient as their primary goal” (Rhode Island Dental Association, 2006). If the maxim is adhered to, dentists should have n ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
AIDS dementia: Current findingsWelcome to The AIDS Pandemic, a podcast hosted by Dr. David Wessner from the Department of Biology at Davidson College. I'm Steve Halliday.One of my most striking memories from my time spent in the hospital in Mwandi was towards the end of my stay when I saw a woman suffering from AIDS dementia who was in the courtyard screaming at the top of her lungs. I asked one of the hospital employees what was going on, and he responded “oh, she is confused.” Since that moment I’ve been intere ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
HIV/AIDS in PrisonsWelcome to this installment of the AIDS Pandemic, a podcast hosted by Dave Wessner of the Department of Biology at Davidson College. I am Justin Fried.
Prisons have become a fertile ground for the HIV epidemic in the United States. In fact the Joint United Nation Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) listed prisoners as one of the four "major at-risk and neglected populations" in the HIV/AIDS pandemic (2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic). The other three categories included men who have sex wit ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
A Dual Epidemic: HIV/AIDS and Injection Drug Use in RussiaI'm Meredith Prasse.Before 1995, the total number of HIV infections in the entire region of central and Eastern Europe, with over 450 million inhabitants, was less than 30,000. The World Health Organization reported an estimated 0.6-1.9% prevalence, between 420,000 and 1.4 million cases, of HIV/AIDS in Russia in 2003. Between 1996 and 1998 alone, Russia experienced a 100-fold increase in new HIV infections, demonstrating the rapid onset of the epidemic in this region. Well over 70% o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Male Circumcision and HIV/AIDS“When is it appropriate for public health practice to be on the side of an intervention that causes bodily injury?” (Franco)I'm Erika Larson.That is the question McGill’s Professor of Epidemiology, Eduardo Franco, asked when addressing circumcision as a possible method of reducing HIV prevalence. Circumcision has historically caused a polarizing debate across sectors of society including the pious, and the hygienic. Health workers have generally abstained from taking a side. However ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Links between HIV/AIDS and National SecurityI'm Rebecca Jameson In July of 2000, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1308 stipulating that HIV poses a risk to the stability and security of the nations of the world. Since then, there has been considerable debate regarding the relationship between the AIDS pandemic and national security. According to expert analysts, the security implications of HIV’s rapid spread in Africa and other regions must be taken far more seriously by the industrialized West. One concern expressed by s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
History of HIV/AIDS in the United StatesIn a speech given on December 1, 2006, World AIDS Day, Kofi Annan declared HIV/AIDS to be the greatest challenge of our generation. This dreaded infectious disease has claimed the lives of over 25 million people worldwide and infected 40 million more. In the United States alone, 1.2 million are infected with the HIV virus and more than 500,000 have died. No virus has been as well studied or understood as the human immunodeficiency virus, yet we are far from controlling this pandemic.Wh ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Pre-exposure ChemoprophylaxisLeaders from around the world in AIDS research and health policy gathered in Toronto in August 2006 for the XVI International AIDS Conference. A key theme of the conference was HIV prevention, including assessment of old standards as well as new strategies. Leigh Peterson of Family Health International presented preliminary data from a current AIDS prevention study of women in Ghana (2006). This new prevention strategy is called pre-exposure chemoprophylaxis, or PrEP. In the PrEP strategy, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Considerations for Real-World Use of MicrobicidesFor more than ten years, the scientific community has been touting microbicides as the next big breakthrough in HIV/AIDS prevention. Microbicides are compounds that protect against sexually transmitted infections such as HIV and can be applied inside the vagina or rectum as a gel, cream, film, or suppository. Numerous strategies for microbicides are currently in development, including disruption of HIV’s viral envelope, maintenance of the normally acidic environment of the vagina, nonsp ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Considerations for Real-World Use of MicrobicidesFor more than ten years, the scientific community has been touting microbicides as the next big breakthrough in HIV/AIDS prevention. Microbicides are compounds that protect against sexually transmitted infections such as HIV and can be applied inside the vagina or rectum as a gel, cream, film, or suppository. Numerous strategies for microbicides are currently in development, including disruption of HIV’s viral envelope, maintenance of the normally acidic environment of the vagina, nonsp ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The AIDS Pandemic: A note to our listenersOur podcast is now 6 months old. During this time, we have addressed many topics related to HIV/AIDS, including recent advances in treatment, the South African disability grant program, HIV in the Southeastern United States, and Bono’s Product (RED) campaign.
If you are a regular listener, you probably know that many of the episodes have been conceived, developed, and produced by Davidson College undergraduate students. Rebecca Jameson, a senior at Davidson, discussed violence toward wom ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The AIDS Pandemic: A note to our listenersOur podcast is now 6 months old. During this time, we have addressed many topics related to HIV/AIDS, including recent advances in treatment, the South African disability grant program, HIV in the Southeastern United States, and Bono’s Product (RED) campaign.
If you are a regular listener, you probably know that many of the episodes have been conceived, developed, and produced by Davidson College undergraduate students. Rebecca Jameson, a senior at Davidson, discussed violence toward wom ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
HIV/AIDS Stigma in Rural AmericaOne of the largest obstacles to proper care of patients early in the AIDS epidemic was and may still be stigma associated with the disease. A common question throughout any major crisis and especially the AIDS epidemic is how the reaction in urbanized America differs from the more rural parts of the United States. To gain some insight into these issues, I have asked my parents to share their first experiences with AIDS patients and their thoughts on these issues. My father, Dr. James Raver, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
HIV/AIDS Stigma in Rural AmericaOne of the largest obstacles to proper care of patients early in the AIDS epidemic was and may still be stigma associated with the disease. A common question throughout any major crisis and especially the AIDS epidemic is how the reaction in urbanized America differs from the more rural parts of the United States. To gain some insight into these issues, I have asked my parents to share their first experiences with AIDS patients and their thoughts on these issues. My father, Dr. James Raver, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Side effects of HAARTWelcome to this installment of the AIDS Pandemic, a podcast hosted by Dave Wessner of the Department of Biology at Davidson College. I am Justin Fried.A study recently published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases credited AIDS treatment for saving 3,000,000 years of life in the United States (Walensky et al 2006). While effective treatment of common AIDS-related opportunistic infections has indeed benefited AIDS patients, the study cites treatments that decrease the virulence of the HIV ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Side effects of HAARTWelcome to this installment of the AIDS Pandemic, a podcast hosted by Dave Wessner of the Department of Biology at Davidson College. I am Justin Fried.
A study recently published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases credited AIDS treatment for saving 3,000,000 years of life in the United States (Walensky et al 2006). While effective treatment of common AIDS-related opportunistic infections has indeed benefited AIDS patients, the study cites treatments that decrease the virulence of the HI ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Selective Pressures on CCR5-Δ32 in the European PopulationI'm Pete Levandoski Recent research into the HIV pandemic has focused on the presence of individuals who do not become infected by HIV when exposed to the virus. So-called co receptors, which are essential for viral docking and infection, are thought to play a role in this immunity. One such co receptor is the protein CCR5, a chemokine receptor on the surface of T4 cells (Galvani et al.). Individuals who lack functional CCR5 protein do not become infected when exposed to HIV-1. A gene mutat ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Selective Pressures on CCR5-Δ32 in the European PopulationI'm Pete Levandoski Recent research into the HIV pandemic has focused on the presence of individuals who do not become infected by HIV when exposed to the virus. So-called co receptors, which are essential for viral docking and infection, are thought to play a role in this immunity. One such co receptor is the protein CCR5, a chemokine receptor on the surface of T4 cells (Galvani et al.). Individuals who lack functional CCR5 protein do not become infected when exposed to HIV-1. A gene mutat ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Mother to Child Transmission of HIVWhen the AIDS epidemic commenced in the early 1980s, the high risk groups were identified as the 4 H’s: homosexuals, hemophiliacs, Haitians, and heroine users. Today, the face of the AIDS epidemic has transformed and women have the highest rates of infection. As more women become infected, the potential for vertical transmission from mother to child increases. Of the nearly seven million children newly infected with HIV in 2003, it is estimated that over ninety percent acquired the dis ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Mother to Child Transmission of HIVWhen the AIDS epidemic commenced in the early 1980s, the high risk groups were identified as the 4 H’s: homosexuals, hemophiliacs, Haitians, and heroine users. Today, the face of the AIDS epidemic has transformed and women have the highest rates of infection. As more women become infected, the potential for vertical transmission from mother to child increases. Of the nearly seven million children newly infected with HIV in 2003, it is estimated that over ninety percent acquired the dis ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
HIV/AIDS and the South African Disability Grant ProgramI’m Erika Larson.
I want to get sick so the doctor will give me a grant, and my children will have healthy food. Even if I die, my children will be better taken care of.
These words were spoken by Zolile, one of over 4.8 million HIV-infected South Africans. Her story illustrates the perverse incentives of the South African disability grant program that offers $130 per month to those with a CD4 count of 200 or below. Because grants expire after six months, patients have stopped takin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
HIV/AIDS and the South African Disability Grant ProgramI’m Erika Larson.
I want to get sick so the doctor will give me a grant, and my children will have healthy food. Even if I die, my children will be better taken care of.
These words were spoken by Zolile, one of over 4.8 million HIV-infected South Africans. Her story illustrates the perverse incentives of the South African disability grant program that offers $130 per month to those with a CD4 count of 200 or below. Because grants expire after six months, patients have stopped takin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Perspectives on Condom use in Zambia and the U.S.I’m Steve Halliday. During the month of July, 2006 I had the opportunity, along with several other Davidson students, to travel to Mwandi, Zambia with the Davidson Biology department. As a part of this trip I had to research and write a paper on the effectiveness of education in preventing HIV/AIDS. Through my experience in the local classrooms, and interviews with hospital workers and community members I realized that the level of HIV awareness and the general knowledge of the disease ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | |
