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Dr. Kevin Fenton announced in a
letter to colleagues on November 16 that he is leaving his position as the
Director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB
Prevention (NCHHSTP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Dr. Fenton states in his letter,
“During my tenure as Director of NCHHSTP, it has been my honor and privilege to
take part in the process through which voices of the community and the
country’s top professionals at all levels inform CDC’s programmatic decisions.”
He wrote, “We have worked together on disease-specific initiatives while moving
forward more holistic and integrated approaches to address the overlapping
epidemics of HIV, STD, hepatitis, and TB.”
Dr. Fenton will leave CDC by the end
of 2012 and return to his home country, the United Kingdom, to take a position
with Public Health England (PHE) as Director for Health Improvement and
Population Health, beginning in April 2013. Dr. Fenton has served seven years
as the Director of NCHHSTP.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
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