AIDS 2060 Ep 02 - African-Led Research for an African Epidemic

In this second episode of AIDS2060, Ben sits down with Dr Andrew Kambugu, Executive Director of the Infectious Disease Institute at Makere University in Kampala Uganda. They discuss the state of the clinical response to HIV in Africa, and Andrew sets out a research and implementation agenda that gives equal weight to HIV prevention, treatment and diagnosis. He compares it to floor cleaning: you have to switch the water off at its source and not rely exclusively on mopping water up on the floor. In other words, African solutions for African problems of an epidemic that we know how to treat but can’t control rates of infection across the continent.

00:00 AIDS 2060 episode 2 intro

02:20 Three pillar overview

02:58 Prevention breakthroughs

04:19 Treatment momentum risks

06:00 Injectables and dual therapy

08:24 Integrating chronic care

10:12 Circumcision and ownership

14:07 Rethinking optimization

20:03 Africa led R & D

26:02 Africa CDC and AMA

27:42 Building Regulatory Capacity

28:21 Private Sector Momentum

29:37 Uganda Manufacturing Model

31:55 Academia Industry R&D

33:35 Africa Research Priorities

36:44 Biotech and Diagnostics

44:55 Funding and Innovation

49:51 Closing Thanks and Outro

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