OCT-01-09 Please join us for a presentation on October 1st from 9 to 10 am at the Global Health Council. Professor Robin Wood, currently the director of South Africa's Desmond Tutu HIV Centre will discuss "HIV and Tuberculosis: A view from Cape Town, South Africa."
Event Location: Global Health Council, 1111 19th Street, NW, Suite 1120, Washington, DC 20036
Light breakfast will be served.
**This event is cosponsored by the Center for Global Health Policy - A Project of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the HIV Medicine Association, the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research and the Global Health Council
Professor Robin Wood is a renowned South African infectious disease physician who has been on the front lines of HIV/AIDS research, treatment and prevention for nearly two decades. He is currently the Director of South Africa's Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, pioneering innovative treatment and research strategies at the epicenter of the HIV/tuberculosis co-infection epidemic. He has also led the development of a number of South African national guidelines regarding the use of antiretrovirals. Dr. Wood is currently involved in five NIH-funded research grants, as well as more than a dozen other infectious disease-related studies. Wood's latest research focuses on the incredibly high rates of TB infection among South Africa's children and the intersection of TB and HIV in his home country.
