Dr. Kevin de Cock Talks AIDS

It is very unlikely there will be a heterosexual epidemic in other countries. Ten years ago a lot of people were saying there would be a generalised epidemic in Asia – China was the big worry with its huge population. That doesn’t look likely. But we have to be careful. As an epidemiologist it is better to describe what we can measure. There could be small outbreaks in some areas

Dr. Kevin de Cock talks about the AIDS epidemic on a worldwide scale.

I think it is unlikely there will be extensive heterosexual spread in Russia. But clearly there will be some spread

Dr. Kevin de Cock talks about the AIDS epidemic on a worldwide scale.

Aids still remains the leading infectious disease challenge in public health. It is an acute infection but a chronic disease. It is for the very, very long haul. People are backing off, saying it is taking care of itself. It is not

Dr. Kevin de Cock talks about the AIDS epidemic on a worldwide scale.

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