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Dying of AIDS in 2008 in the United States

2 April, 2008 by GAggreyMD Leave a Comment

Since the mid-1990s when combination antiretroviral therapy became available in the United States, HIV has quickly become a chronic condition. “Like diabetes” we often say. AIDS is a problem of “Africa” and other “overseas” nations, the general consensus goes. Yet, in the United States, tens of thousands of people are newly infected with HIV on […]

Filed Under: Infectious Diseases Tagged With: Antiretrovirals, Death, Healthcare, HIV, ID Fellowship, Personal Responsibility, Politics, Prevention

Back to the Clinic of the Fevers Unit

28 January, 2007 by GAggreyMD Leave a Comment

I am now seeing patients in the outpatient clinic of the Fevers Unit at Korle Bu on my own. My partner doctor makes it a point to tell the patients that I may look Ghanaian but I’m obroni (white person or foreigner). They ask for those with good English skills to sit at my consultation […]

Filed Under: Medical Training Tagged With: Antiretrovirals, Ghana, HIV, Korle-Bu, Medical Residency, Personal Responsibility

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