Dave Wiley
Professor Emeritus of Sociology and former Director of the African Studies Center, MSU
Dave’s presentation will focus on the “End Vaccine Apartheid in Africa” campaign that the African Advocacy Network in Washington, in partnership with Public Citizen and others, is starting on World Health Day (April 7) and World Vaccination Week beginning April 24.
Alan Whiteside
Professor emeritus of health economics, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Alan was also the founding director of the Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD) at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, which became a leading research center investigating the social and economic impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic throughout southern and eastern Africa.
His presentation will look at the impact of sever cuts to PEPFAR, the U.S. funded program that provided antivirals to millions of victims of HIV over the past two decades.
