Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative: News & Publications: Spotlight Newsletter

Volume 6, Issue 1, Spring 2009

Maurice Templesman Receives HAI Leadership Award

"The Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative honored Maurice Tempelsman with its Leadership Award at a dinner at the Knickerbocker Club in New York on January 15th..." (continue reading)

Study on Deaths Due to AIDS Policy in South Africa Makes Front-Page News

Study Cites Toll of AIDS Policy in South Africa” was the front-page headline of The New York Times on November 25th. “A new study by Harvard researchers estimates that the South African government would have prevented the premature deaths of 365,000 people..." (continue reading)

VIEWPOINTS: An Interivew with Irene Kiwelu

"The findings from our research will contribute to HIV/AIDS interventions, mainly the future design and development of therapeutic strategies and HIV vaccines suitable for people in Tanzania..." (continue reading)

HAI Friends Trip to Botswana

"Though dinner with President Festus Mogae was one of the highlights of the 2008 Friends Trip to Botswana, several travelers cited the small meetings with participants in the Botswana-Harvard Partnership’s (BHP) clinical trials as the most valuable experience. It is one thing to read about HIV-positive women receiving antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy to prevent their children from being born with HIV. It is an entirely different experience..." (continue reading)