Public Health On Call 796 - An Update on PEPFAR And The Reality of Ending HIV
Now in its 21st year, PEPFAR—the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief which launched in 2003 under President George W. Bush—still has ending the HIV epidemic in its sights. It's now at a critical juncture with an expanding toolbox of exciting treatments and, simultaneously, eroding bipartisan support from Congress.
Guest:Dr. Mike Reid is the Chief Science Officer in the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy.
Host:Dr. Josh Sharfstein is vice dean for public health practice and community engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a faculty member in health policy, a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland's Health Department.
Show links and related content:-
Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir or Daily F/TAF for HIV Prevention in Cisgender Women—The New England Journal of Medicine
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Why The World's Most Lifesaving AIDS Program is in Danger—Public Health On Call podcast (December, 2023)
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A Conversation With The Experts on Ending The HIV Epidemic—Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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