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EPISODE · Dec 3, 2021 · 14 MIN

Global Health Inequity: Examining Omicron Through The Lens of HIV/AIDS

from Health Affairs This Week · host Health Affairs

The first Omicron COVID-19 variant case was confirmed in the state of California this week. But there is a lot we don't know about this new COVID-19 variant. On today's episode of Health Affairs This Week, Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Rob Lott discuss what's known (and not known) about the new variant, global health inequity, and how the HIV/AIDS epidemic can inform the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Related Links:President Biden Announces New Actions to Protect Americans Against the Delta and Omicron Variants as We Battle COVID-⁠19 this Winter (White House)What the AIDS crisis can teach us about the COVID pandemic response (NPR)2021 Worlds AIDS Day Report (UNAIDS)National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States 2022-2025 (White House)Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | Overcast

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