Event Description
As Brazil transitions from a low- to a high-income nation, the juxtaposition of traditional infectious diseases with emerging non-communicable diseases creates a new public health syndrome called non-communicable disease-associated infectious diseases (NCDAID). This new syndrome disproportionately affects residents of urban settlements known as slums or “favelas.”
Speaker
Lee Riley, MD, is a professor and Head of Division of Infectious Disease and Vaccinology at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
More Information
Read "Public Health: Disparities From the Cell to the Street" by Eva Raphael in the Fall 2015 Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies.