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HIV programs at Brody School of Medicine outpacing national norms

PRE News & Ideas | By George Olsen
Published December 2, 2014 at 6:09 AM EST

HIV programs at the Brody School of Medicine are outpacing national norms in limiting the spread of the virus. George Olsen has more.

A press release yesterday on World AIDS Day from the Brody School of Medicine says about 81 percent of the HIV patient population treated at ECU was virally suppressed. That compares to 73 percent of patients virally suppressed in peer programs nationwide. Virally suppressed indicates a patient’s load of the HIV virus in their blood is undetectable.  The study was conducted during a period from 2013 to 2014. The Brody School of Medicine is the primary provider for HIV care in 15 counties in eastern North Carolina. About 1400 people in that area are treated for HIV by ECU's program. I’m George Olsen.
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George Olsen
George Olsen is a 1977 Havelock High School graduate. He received his B.A. in Broadcast Journalism from the University of South Carolina in 1982 where he got his first taste of non-commercial radio working for their student station WUSC. After graduation he worked about five years in commercial radio before coming to work at Public Radio East where he has remained since outside of a nearly 3-year stint as jazz and operations coordinator at WUAL in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in the early 1990s. On his return to eastern North Carolina he hosted classical music for Public Radio East before moving into the Morning Edition host position and now can be heard on All Things Considered. He also hosts and produces The Sound, five hours of Americana, Roots Rock and Contemporary Folk weekday evenings on PRE Public Radio East News & Ideas, and is a news and feature producer for Public Radio East.
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