Invited by the UCLA CIBER and UCLA African Studies Center, Dr. Debrework Zewdie, Director of the Global HIV / AIDS Program at the World Bank offered her thoughts on the economic crisis' impact on global HIV-AIDS populations in her lecture "Global Economic Crisis and the HIV Response." The lecture was attended by faculty and students from UCLA Anderson, the School of Public Health, the School of Public Affairs, and the undergraduate and graduate colleges at UCLA. This lecture was part of the UCLA CIBER Key Regions/Critical Issues lecture series.