Frieden, Birx Discuss U.S. Government Efforts To Control Ebola, HIV, TB In Africa At Conference

Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks”: Frieden, Birx discuss the catastrophe, warning of Ebola in last year
Antigone Barton, writer and editor of “Science Speaks,” discusses remarks made by CDC Director Tom Frieden and Ambassador-at-Large Deborah Birx, coordinator of U.S. government activities to combat HIV/AIDS and U.S. special representative for global health diplomacy, during a panel discussion at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference. Frieden discussed the Ebola epidemic as well as control of tuberculosis in Africa, while Birx discussed PEPFAR’s response to HIV in Africa (9/21).

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