Pangaea Satellite Programs and Presentations in Mexico City to Highlight Programs for Women and IDUs

Satellite Session – Sunday, August 3, 2008, 1:30 to 3:30pm

Increasing access for women to integrated services for HIV/AIDS and drug addiction in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Opioid substitution treatment, HAART and preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in female injection drug users

This session will bring together leading public health experts from Eastern Europe and Central Asia to describe regional and country level epidemiological trends and issues relating to the provision of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment for female injection drug users (IDU)

Chair:

Richard Needle, PhD, MPH, Vice President for Special Populations, Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation Presentation: English Russian

Speakers:

Ruslan Malyuta, MD, Program Officer, HIV/AIDS, UNICEF Regional Office for CEE/CIS, Geneva, Switzerland Presentation: English Russian

Gabriele Fischer, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Katya Burns, PhD Presentation: English Russian

Olena Stryzhak, Head, Cherkasy branch, All Ukrainian Network of PLWH, Cherkasy, Ukraine Presentation: English Russian

Sergii Dvoriak, MD, Director, Ukrainian Institute on Public Health Policy, Kyiv, Ukraine Presentation: English Russian

Burhanov Sabir, MD, Osh Clinic, Osh, Kyrgyzstan Presentation: English Russian

Tomasz Niemiec, MD, PhD, Prof.Obst/Gyn, Head, Department of Reproductive Health, Research Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland Presentation: English Russian

Emilis Subata, MD, Associated Professor of Vilnius University Psychiatry Clinics; Director of Vilnius Centre for Addictive Disorders, Vilnius, Lithuania Presentation: English Russian

Simultaneous translation into English and Russian will be provided.

English Invitation

Russian Invitation

Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation (San Francisco), UNICEF and the University College London Institute of Child Health are the main organizers of the satellite. We pleased to have the financial support of Constella Futures, Open Society Institute, RTI International, and Pangaea.

Special Presentation - Monday, August 4, 3:00 to 4:00pm, Reception to follow

The Yunnan Model: An HIV/IDU Continuum of Care

Director Wang will speak about ongoing HIV prevention and treatment programs in Yunnan Province in the People's Republic of China spanning urban and rural populations, with special focus on Yunnan's comprehensive programs for care and support for injection drug users. Yunnan Province has the highest number of reported cases and estimated HIV infections in China, and has given high priority to establishing an effective response.

Presenter:

Mr. Wang Yunsheng, Director, Comprehensive Management Division, Yunnan Provincial Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control

Camino Real Hotel,
Mariano Escobedo 700

Col. Anzures, Mexico D.F. 115990

Phone: (011 52 55) 5 263-8888

Transportation between the conference center and the hotel: A special shuttle bus will depart at 2:00 pm from the shuttle bus pick up and drop off point at the conference site and return from the hotel to the conference site at 5pm.

RSVP to Mariette Peeters at mpeeters@pgaf.org or 415-581-7005.

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Satellite Session – Wednesday, August 6, 2008, 6:30 to 8:30pm

Integrating HIV prevention, care and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: The testing and scaling up of intervention models involving women and youth

This session will bring together researchers and HIV experts working in Eastern and Southern Africa to discuss the development evaluation, and scaling up of novel approaches that integrate HIV prevention, care and treatment. Special emphasis is given to innovative programs designed to meet the needs of women and youth.

Chair:

Nancy S. Padian, PhD, Director, Women’s Global Health Imperative, RTI International, San Francisco

Speakers/Panelists

Stefano Bertozzi, PhD, Director, Division of Health Economics and Policy, Instituto Nactional de Salud Publica,Cuernavaca, Mexico

Megan Dunbar, DrPH, Public Health Scientist, WGHI, RTI International, San Francisco Presentation

Eric Goosby, MD, CEO/CMO, Pangea Global AIDS Foundation, San Francisco

Japhet Killewo, PhD, Professor, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Presentation

Imelda Muhaka-Mudekunye, Bsc, Project Director, SHAZ! (Shaping the Health of Adolescents in Zimbabwe), Harare, Zimbabwe Presentation

Wendee Wechsberg, PhD, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC Presentation

Joint PGAF/RTI Satellite Invitation

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