SOUTH AFRICAN EPIDEMIOLOGIST TO LEAD PANEL OF EXPERT SCIENTISTS ON HIV BUT THE UNITED STATES CONTINUE BOYCOTT DUE TO IVORY TRADE – UN AGENCY

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SOUTH AFRICAN EPIDEMIOLOGIST TO LEAD PANEL OF EXPERT SCIENTISTS ON HIV
– UN AGENCYNew York, Jun 3 2013 2:00PMThe head of the United Nations
agency leading the global HIV/AIDS response today
<"http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2013/june/20130603scientificpanel/">appointed
South African scientist Salim S. Abdool Karim to chair a panel set up
to provide advice on how new research and innovations can help tackle
the epidemic.

"In the 30 years since HIV was identified, the progress made by
science has been extraordinary and its benefits have been felt far
beyond those directly affected by HIV," said Michel Sidibé, the
Executive Director of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

"To reach the end of the AIDS epidemic, we need to continue to embrace
science and innovation and I am delighted that Professor Karim has
agreed to take on the leadership of our new UNAIDS scientific panel,"
he stated in a news release.

Mr. Karim is an epidemiologist who has conducted research on HIV
epidemiology, pathogenesis, prevention and treatment over the past 25
years.

The panel which he will head up is tasked with providing strategic
advice on the relevance of new research and findings and how they can
be rapidly implemented to prevent new HIV infections and improve the
lives of people living with HIV. The other members will be announced
in the coming weeks.

"Science has the power to illuminate the future path to defeating
AIDS. I am humbled by this appointment and look forward to this new
challenge," said Mr. Karim, who is currently Director of the Centre
for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa – CAPRISA, a
long-standing UNAIDS Collaborating Centre.

Mr. Sidibé announced the appointment in Durban, South Africa, during
his opening address at a UNAIDS Scientific Symposium on the
implications of the so-called 'Mississippi baby' for public health
programmes on mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The symposium is
the first of several scientific consultations the new panel is
convening on behalf of UNAIDS.

Earlier this year, it was announced that the baby, treated in the
United States with antiretroviral drugs during the first months of her
life, appears to be functionally cured of the disease. If the findings
are confirmed, it would be the first well-documented case of an
HIV-positive child who appears to have no detectable levels of the
virus despite stopping HIV treatment.

The doctor who cared for the baby, Dr. Hannah Gay, from the University
of Mississippi, is one of the invited experts who will present the
case history. Experts will discuss ways to improve early diagnosis of
HIV in newborn children and implications of starting them on
antiretroviral therapy early.Jun 3 2013 2:00PM
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