3rd IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment - Newsmaker Interviews 7/24/2005
24-27 July 2005, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
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Kaisernetwork.org Managing Editor Jill Braden Balderas talks with several newsmakers at the 3rd International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment Conference. Interviews are available in video and podcast formats.
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Craig McClure
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International AIDS Society Executive Director Craig McClure tells kaisernetwork.org how the conference can facilitate translating research advances into real-world results and discusses how the conference has evolved from the previous two. McClure also previews the XVI International AIDS Conference next year in Toronto.
Helene Gayle
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HIV, TB, and Reproductive Health Program Director for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Helene Gayle, M.D., M.P.H., who is also president of the International AIDS Society and co-chair of the conference, previews the new prevention research track, discusses how treatment and prevention work together and much more.
Octavio Valente
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Octavio Valente, President of Brazil's Grupo Pela Vidda and Chair of the Conference Community Advisory Board, talks with kaisernetwork.org about bridging the gap between scientists and people living with HIV/AIDS as well as the successes and challenges Brazil faces in controlling its HIV/AIDS epidemic, including the government's current negotiations with Abbott over AIDS-drug Kaletra pricing.
Judy Auerbach
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Judy Auerbach, Ph.D.,vice president for Public Policy and Program Development for the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR), discusses the importance of an integrated approach to protecting women from HIV, including addressing the relationship between gender-based violence and the disease. Dr. Auerbach also comments on findings presented at the conference that male circumcision offers a 70% protection rate for men from contracting HIV from their female partners.
Mauro Schechter
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Mauro Schechter, M.D., Ph.D., chief of AIDS research at Brazil's Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and conference co-chair, talks with kaisernetwork.org about the potential scientific advances in antiretroviral therapy as well as what he hopes participants and organizers will take home after the conference.
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