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CUNY SPH alumna Jennie Kaufman is co-editor of a new book, Aging with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: Health and Psychosocial Perspectives (Springer, 2022).
Due to the success of antiretroviral therapies (ART), people ages 50 and older now make up a majority of those with HIV in high-income countries and other places where ART is accessible. The aging of the HIV epidemic is a global trend that is also being observed in low- and middle-income countries, including countries in sub-Saharan Africa, where the greatest number of older people with HIV reside (3.7 million).
At present, however, our understanding of HIV and aging is dominated by information from the U.S. and Western Europe, where the epidemiology of HIV and the infrastructure to provide social care are markedly different than in sub-Saharan Africa. The book provides a unique and timely overview of growing older with HIV in this context, covering such topics as epidemiology, health and functioning, and social support, as well as policy and program implications to support those growing older with HIV.
To mark the publication of this book, Hunter College’s Roosevelt House and the Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging will present a panel discussion, both in person and virtual, at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 12. RSVP here!
Kaufman graduated in 2016 with an MPH in Health Policy & Management and is currently a Senior Research Associate at the Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College.
