Secondosis: A Case Study in Stymied Disease Prevention.

Before jumping into today’s topic, I wanted to note that Tuesday, December 1, is World AIDS Day. It is sometimes easy to forget that AIDS has caused more than 36 million deaths worldwide and that another 36 million people are living with HIV today. More than two-thirds of people living with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa, including nearly 90 percent of the world’s HIV positive children. HIV has been, in many ways, the sentinel disease of our time, catalyzing how we think of global health. It is worth reflecting this week that HIV continues to require the attention of the global public health community as a focus for our research and action.

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Two weeks ago we hosted a terrific, difficult, and moving Dean’s Seminar discussion on a topic related to secondosis. A videocast of that discussion is here.

I hope everyone has a terrific week. Until next week.

Warm regards,

Sandro

Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH
Dean and Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
Twitter: @sandrogalea

Acknowledgement: I am grateful for the contributions of professor George Annas to this Dean’s Note.

Previous Dean’s Notes are archived at: /sph/category/news/deans-notes/