The Global Struggle against AIDS: The U.S. Role & Prospects for Sustainability
Mead Over
Tuesday, 03 Dec 2013 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Mead Over is a former World Bank economist whose work focuses on the economic impact of the AIDS epidemic and efficient, effective, and cost-effective health interventions in developing countries. He co-authored the World Bank's first comprehensive treatment of the economics of AIDS in the book Confronting AIDS: Public Priorities for a Global Epidemic. His most recent book, Achieving an AIDS Transition, focuses on prevention efforts. Mead Over has taught economics at Williams College and Boston University and is currently at senior fellow at the Center for Global Development. World AIDS Awareness Week Event and part of the World Affairs SeriesMead Over earned a PhD in economics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and served in the Peace Corps' first program in Burkina Faso.
Cosponsored By:
- ISU Global Health & AIDS Coalition
- World Affairs
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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