St. Lucian to Head Global AIDS Program

The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta has appointed Dr Earl Long as Chief for the new South Africa Global AIDS Program, Laboratory Branch. Dr Long, who presently resides in Atlanta, Georgia, will be moving to Pretoria, South Africa, in October of this year. The new facility will assist the South African government in providing training for diagnostic services for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria domestically and in neighbouring countries. Dr Long is currently working on the development of new training modules for the CDC and the World Heath Organization.
Dr Long is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Canada; The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London; and the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas. He was assistant professor at the University of Texas before joining the CDC in 1985. Dr. Long has worked in several Asian countries, the Middle East and Africa. He has a particular interest in the control of infectious diseases that plague developing countries.