http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art42278.html en-us Copyright © 2007 Body Health Resources Corporation Interviews with clinicians who have provided HIV care and trained health care workers in resource-poor areas throughout the world. The Body PRO "HIV Frontlines -- Global Edition" is an ongoing podcast series from The Body PRO in which we talk with professionals who have provided HIV care and trained health care workers in resource-poor areas throughout the world. From China to Ukraine to Rwanda, these inspiring clinicians are doing their part to make a difference in regions of the world where access to HIV treatment and care is only a shadow of what is generally available in the United States. Through these interviews, we'll get a glimpse of the realities of practicing HIV care in some of the world's poorest areas. "HIV Frontlines -- Global Edition" is an ongoing podcast series from The Body PRO in which we talk with professionals who have provided HIV care and trained health care workers in resource-poor areas throughout the world. From China to Ukraine to Rwanda, these inspiring clinicians are doing their part to make a difference in regions of the world where access to HIV treatment and care is only a shadow of what is generally available in the United States. Through these interviews, we'll get a glimpse of the realities of practicing HIV care in some of the world's poorest areas. The Body PRO, TheBodyPRO.com, TheBodyPRO The Body PRO content@thebodypro.com no http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art44954.html The Body PRO Kathryn Anastos, M.D., discusses her evolution from an inner-city HIV physician to an organizer of HIV treatment services in Africa, and describes the current state of HIV care in Rwanda. In 2004, a single e-mail changed the course of Dr. Kathryn Anastos' life -- and in so doing, may have helped saved the lives of hundreds, if not thousands, of women and children in Rwanda. The e-mail came from a Rwandan activist group for women and children who were victims of the genocidal civil war that tore the country apart in 1994. Hundreds of thousands of women were raped during the genocide, and as Dr. Anastos recalls, the activist group "had just learned that the *perpetrators* of their rapes ... were being treated -- with state of the art, triple antiretroviral therapy." Outraged, Dr. Anastos and two other women from the United States decided to make a difference: They founded clinics in Rwanda that, with help from the Rwandan government and local staff, provide treatment and care to Rwandan women and their children. In this one-on-one interview, Dr. Anastos tells her story. In 2004, a single e-mail changed the course of Dr. Kathryn Anastos' life -- and in so doing, may have helped saved the lives of hundreds, if not thousands, of women and children in Rwanda. The e-mail came from a Rwandan activist group for women and children who were victims of the genocidal civil war that tore the country apart in 1994. Hundreds of thousands of women were raped during the genocide, and as Dr. Anastos recalls, the activist group "had just learned that the *perpetrators* of their rapes ... were being treated -- with state of the art, triple antiretroviral therapy." Outraged, Dr. Anastos and two other women from the United States decided to make a difference: They founded clinics in Rwanda that, with help from the Rwandan government and local staff, provide treatment and care to Rwandan women and their children. In this one-on-one interview, Dr. Anastos tells her story. http://img.thebody.com/frontlines/audio/TBodyPro_Frontlines_KAnastos.mp3 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:00:00 GMT 34:11 http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art42278.html The Body PRO Ben Young, M.D., Ph.D., explains the trials and tribulations of ramping up HIV care in a city where the virus is rapidly spreading and the health care system is struggling to keep pace. HIV clinician and researcher Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D., recently returned from St. Petersburg, Russia, where he has been helping train health care providers. In this interview, Dr. Young explains the trials and tribulations that come with trying to help ramp up HIV care in a city where HIV is rapidly spreading and the health care system is struggling to keep pace. He also discusses about the impact of his work abroad on his own clinical practice in Denver, and discusses the challenges an English-speaking physician faces when he tries to train health workers who speak a language in which he hasn't the slightest idea how to communicate. Dr. Young, an assistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of Colorado and a consultant physician for Denver ID Consultants at Rose Medical Center in Denver, Colo., is actively involved in educating health care professionals and community groups throughout the world on HIV-related subjects. He has devoted the past two years to training HIV physicians in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. HIV clinician and researcher Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D., recently returned from St. Petersburg, Russia, where he has been helping train health care providers. In this interview, Dr. Young explains the trials and tribulations that come with trying to help ramp up HIV care in a city where HIV is rapidly spreading and the health care system is struggling to keep pace. He also discusses about the impact of his work abroad on his own clinical practice in Denver, and discusses the challenges an English-speaking physician faces when he tries to train health workers who speak a language in which he hasn't the slightest idea how to communicate. Dr. Young, an assistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of Colorado and a consultant physician for Denver ID Consultants at Rose Medical Center in Denver, Colo., is actively involved in educating health care professionals and community groups throughout the world on HIV-related subjects. He has devoted the past two years to training HIV physicians in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. http://img.thebody.com/frontlines/audio/TBodyPro_Frontlines_BYoung.mp3 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:00:00 GMT 30:48