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Guest panelists from the Baltimore City Commission on HIV/AIDS Treatment and Prevention.
Friday, November 30, 2007
3 - 4:15 p.m.
Sheldon Hall (W1214), Wolfe Street Building
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On the occasion of World AIDS Day, Tom Quinn, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health, surveys the HIV/AIDS battles won and lost in 2007.
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A call to action by Mpho Mogodi, a physician from Botswana, MPH student and De Beers Scholar, as she considers the need for long-term, sustainable health care infrastructure in African countries. |
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