What could end HIV and AIDS as a public health threat? While there is still no vaccine or cure, long-acting tools like Lenacapavir, the recently approved twice-yearly HIV prevention shot, could significantly reduce new infections. Many health experts believe this may get us toward the end of HIV as an epidemic.
On today’s show, reporter Leah Kahunde Ndung’u examines what the Lenacapavir rollout will mean for Uganda, which was one of two Lenacapavir trial countries in Africa. She speaks with the Uganda trial’s principal investigator Dr. Flavia Matovu Kiweewa and HEPS Uganda Executive Director Kenneth Mwehonge, among others.
Then, host Henry Bonsu interviews Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, founder and director of ICAP at Columbia University, Executive Vice President overseeing Columbia Global, and MacArthur genius fellow. Prof. El-Sadr has overseen HIV treatment programs in more than 40 countries. She shares her innovative approach to service delivery.
The Threshold is made possible in part through funding from the Gates Foundation.
Guests and organizations:
Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, Founder and Director of ICAP at Columbia University, Executive Vice President of Columbia Global
Kenneth Mwehonge, Executive Director of HEPS Uganda
Dr. Flavia Matovu Kiweewa, Director of Research for the Makerere University and Johns Hopkins Research Collaboration (MU-JHU)
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Coming Soon: The Threshold
Global health is facing a critical moment. New scientific breakthroughs are making a huge difference in the fight against epidemics like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. But funding is down and priorities are shifting. Will these diseases finally be eliminated? Or will they surge instead?
On The Threshold, reporters from around the world cover this unfolding crisis from all sides—talking to scientists, politicians, civil society leaders, pharmaceutical executives, and others. The Threshold is a new seven-part Foreign Policy podcast hosted by acclaimed broadcast journalist Henry Bonsu and made possible through funding in part from the Gates Foundation.
Global health is facing a tipping point. Scientific advancements have changed how we respond to epidemics like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria – and the pipeline of breakthrough innovations has never been stronger. But funding is down and priorities are shifting. Will the science come to scale so these diseases can finally be ended? Or will they surge instead?
On The Threshold, reporters from around the world cover this unfolding crisis from all sides—talking to scientists, politicians, civil society leaders, pharmaceutical executives, and others. The Threshold is a seven-part Foreign Policy podcast hosted by acclaimed broadcast journalist Henry Bonsu and made possible through funding in part from the Gates Foundation.
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