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Atlanta Forward: Leadership

Participants begin walking from Piedmont Park in Atlanta, October 20, 2013.  This is the 23rd Annual AIDS Walk Atlanta & 5K Run.
Participants begin walking from Piedmont Park in Atlanta, October 20, 2013.  This is the 23rd Annual AIDS Walk Atlanta & 5K Run.
By Rick Badie
Dec 16, 2015

The University of Georgia has received a $1.4 million grant to conduct tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS research in Uganda. Today, a UGA professor writes about the importance of the work underway and that will continue in conjunction with university counterparts in Uganda. The second article deals with Atlanta’s HIV/AIDS epidemic — specifically, the importance of family care and support for those diagnosed with the illness.

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