CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

Ending the HIV Epidemic: Reaching the Undiagnosed

Episode Summary

Listen to Babafemi Taiwo, MBBS, discuss key barriers to identifying people with HIV who have not yet been diagnosed and steps to take to reduce rates of late diagnosis and improve rates of HIV testing. Included is a patient perspective on the importance of getting tested for HIV.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Babafemi Taiwo, MBBS, discusses strategies for reaching people with HIV who are not yet diagnosed. His overview includes:

Presenter:

Babafemi Taiwo, MBBS​
Gene Stollerman Professor of Medicine​
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases​
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine​
Chicago, Illinois

Panelists:

Linda-Gail Bekker, MBChB, DTM&H, DCH, FCP(SA), PhD
Director
Desmond Tutu HIV Centre​
Past President
International AIDS Society​
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa​

Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy, MBBS, FRCP, PhD​
Chief and Director
VHS Infectious Diseases Medical Centre​
Director, Chennai Antiviral Research and Treatment (CART) Clinical Research Site​
Voluntary Health Services​
Chennai, India

Chloe Orkin, MBChB, FRCP, MD
Professor of HIV
Queen Mary, University of London​
Consultant Physician​
Lead for HIV Research
Barts Health NHS Trust​
The Royal London Hospital​
London, United Kingdom​

Content based on an online CME program supported by an independent educational grant from Gilead Sciences.

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