Epidemiology & control of HIV infection: A spotlight on adolescents & young people
Lecture on contemporary global health issues.
Rashida Ferrand and Helen Weiss will briefly outline the magnitude and diversity of the global epidemic of HIV, and focus specifically on HIV-related issues in adolescents and young people, a group that is disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic and has worse HIV treatment outcomes than other age groups. he session will draw out unique challenges faced in serving this age-group and will conclude with a question & answer session with the audience.
Speakers
Professor Rashida Ferrand, LSHTM
Rashida Ferrand is a Professor of International Health. She has spent more than two decades in Southern Africa and established an interdisciplinary research programme in Zimbabwe. Rashida works on HIV, sexual and reproductive health and adolescent health. She develops and evaluates interventions to outcomes across the HIV cascade in children and young people and also studies to chronic comorbidities in children growing up with HIV.
Professor Helen Weiss, LSHTM
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