If you are an avid reader of the Reader’s Digest, you would have read the section on Everyday Heroes. Some of these unsung heroes certainly deserve to be given the due recognition and award for their selfless acts. Many of the stories of these heroes have touched my heart profoundly and one of the heroes who was recently featured is a woman who has spent decades creating cheap HIV vaccine in her own lab for the hard core poor orphans who were stricken with HIV/AIDS. Speaking of HIV and AIDS, Dr William Heyward is another hero and ‘soldier’ who has contributed his efforts significantly in the fight against this deadly disease for decades.
Dr William Heyward’s first post was in Anchorage, Alaska where he was sent there to study the infections and diseases that were plaguing the Alaskan natives. Dr Heyward helped the Alaskan people overcome Hepatitis B, liver cancer, pneumococcal disease and Haemophilus Influenzae Type B. His next task was to learn about how HIV and AIDS were affecting the Alaskan natives. He was the first doctor to survey Alaska to learn how far this deadly disease had spread and soon, he found himself enamored with helping to eradicate this deadly disease. This prompted him to attend John Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, which earned him an M.P.H in Epidemiology in 1987. To learn more about Dr Heyward, kindly visit www.quattroclinical.com/management.htm.
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