Global Health (Audio)

In the second of a four-part series based on “Tomorrow Is a Long Time: Tijuana’s Unchecked HIV/AIDS Epidemic,” Dr. Jose Luis Burgos guides medical students from UC San Diego and Universidad Autónoma de Baja California as they offer free health care at HFiT, the Health Frontiers in Tijuana clinic at Prevencasa. The segment also features an HIV telemedicine project that spares patients a long journey to CAPASITS, the government-run HIV/AIDS clinic across town, and the Tattoo Removal Clinic, a project led by UC San Diego’s Victoria Ojeda that helps people become more presentable to potential employers. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30006]

In the third of a four-part series, photographer Malcolm Linton and writer Jon Cohen tell the stories of Victor, Fernanda, Sergio, Susi, Nelly and others living with HIV who are featured in their photo essay book, “Tomorrow Is a Long Time: Tijuana’s Unchecked HIV/AIDS Epidemic.” Linton and Cohen spent two years interviewing and photographing transgender women, people who inject drugs, sex workers and men who have sex with men in Tijuana, documenting what happened to them over time. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30007]

In the final installment of the series based on “Tomorrow Is a Long Time: Tijuana’s Unchecked HIV/AIDS Epidemic,” writer Jon Cohen explores what it would take to end the AIDS epidemic in Tijuana by 2030, as called for by UNAIDS. Dr. Davey Smith of UC San Diego argues for aggressive, frequent HIV testing in high-risk groups and shows how cutting-edge genetic science can unravel how the virus moves through communities. Cohen explains the benefits of harm reduction strategies, such as providing clean needles and methadone to thwart HIV transmission. And, in an intervention tailored specifically to this epidemic, Steffanie Strathdee and Tom Patterson’s group at UC San Diego has begun training the Tijuana Police about HIV and urging officers to see drug addiction as a sickness, not a crime.

Series: "UCTV Prime" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30008]

The four-part HIV/SIDA series follows UC San Diego epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee, psychologist Tom Patterson and their binational team of doctors, researchers, medical students and outreach workers as they document the spread of HIV in Tijuana. Starting at El Bordo in the Tijuana River Canal and moving to the clinics at Prevencasa, the Las Memorias AIDS hospice and then inside the Tijuana Police Academy, this series shows their efforts to treat and prevent HIV infection among high risk groups, including people who inject drugs, sex workers, transgender women and men who have sex with men. Also featured are photographs and stories of those impacted by HIV, as portrayed by Malcolm Linton and Jon Cohen in their book, “Tomorrow Is a Long Time.” The series concludes with an assessment of what it would take to end HIV/AIDS in Tijuana.

Funding for the book and series was provided by the Ford Foundation.

Series: "HIV/SIDA: The Epidemic in Tijuana" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30004]

As part of the UC Global Health Day 2015, four leading public health researchers offer ideas on how to help undocumented immigrants at the state level, in light of stalled immigration reform in Washington. Speakers include Claire Brindis of UC San Francisco, Michael Rodriguez and Steven Wallace of UCLA, and Reshma Shamasunder of the California Immigrant Policy Center. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 29632]

As part of the 2015 UC Global Health Day, student-produced videos are presented, including “Sex Squad” from UCLA, “Body Image in Venezuela” from UCLA , “Into the Pit” from UC Berkeley, “The Forgotten: Clinica del Bordo” from UC San Diego and “Global Health: My Voice” from UC San Francisco .

Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 29631]

After a warm welcome from Dr Haile Debas, chair of the UC Global Health Institute, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong of UCLA gives a fascinating and accessible talk on what he describes as the global burden of cancer, especially felt in low income countries, and shares new research showing how advanced technology can be used to boost the immune system. Dr. Soon-Shiong was the keynote speaker of the 2015 UC Global Health Day. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 29419]

Dr. Arthur Reingold, professor of epidemiology and associate dean for research at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, has worked for more than 30 years on prevention and control of infectious diseases at the national level and globally in developing countries. He answers a few basic questions about the Ebola virus. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 29317]

Lincoln Chen, President, China Medical Board and

Jaime Sepulveda, Executive Director, Global Health Sciences, UCSF conclude the 2014 Conference on the Science of Global Health: What’s Next? Series: "The Science of Global Health: What’s Next" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 29024]

Carol L. Wagner, MD, Medical University of South Carolina, discusses how vitamin D status during pregnancy varies around the globe and the implications of maternal vitamin D deficiency for both the mother and her developing fetus. Series: "Vitamin D for Public Health - Integrating Sunshine, Supplements and Measurement for Optimal Health 2014" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 29177]