403 - World AIDS day: The Impacts of the COVID Pandemic on the HIV Pandemic
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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In the more than 40 years since HIV was first detected there have been incredible advances in testing, prevention, and treatment. But COVID-19 disrupted global gains and will continue to cause backslides until vaccinations are much more widespread. In recognition of World AIDS Day, infectious disease epidemiologist Dr. Chris Beyrer talks with Stephanie Desmon about where the HIV pandemic currently stands in the US, Africa, and around the world.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Season 4 of Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Josh Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, and a former Commissioner of Health in Baltimore City. |
| 0:20.0 | Our goal is to bring |
| 0:21.7 | scientific evidence and experience to current topics in public health through engaging interviews |
| 0:27.1 | with scientists, community leaders, policy experts, public health officials, clinicians, and more. |
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| 0:40.4 | That's public health question at jhhu.edu for future podcast episodes. |
| 0:46.6 | Hi, I'm Lindsay Smith-Rogers, producer of public health on call. On World AIDS Day today, |
| 0:52.1 | Stephanie Desmond talks to Johns Hopkins epidemiologist and AIDS expert Chris |
| 0:56.3 | Beirer about the status of the global HIV pandemic and how the COVID-19 pandemic has stymied |
| 1:02.9 | progress in vital programs for HIV testing and prevention here and around the world. Let's listen. |
| 1:09.6 | Chris Beirer, thanks so much for joining me. |
| 1:11.6 | Wonderful to be with you, Stephanie. So World AIDS Day is today, and we have talked a lot about |
| 1:18.1 | where we've been with the global HIV pandemic. But before we can talk about the future, |
| 1:24.4 | I'm wondering if you can give us some context on how we got here and where the |
| 1:28.3 | situation stands today. |
| 1:29.3 | Well, you know, it's striking to be thinking about 40 years of HIV and be still in the |
| 1:36.3 | midst of the HIV pandemic while the world is dealing with COVID. So where we are right now is that we're still just really |
| 1:47.0 | beginning to understand the impacts |
| 1:49.1 | that the second pandemic has had on the first. |
| 1:52.7 | And we've seen, for example, very important impacts |
| 1:57.6 | on all the aspects of public health in general, but HIV in particular, |
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