Announcement for Barcelona AIDS Conference
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Challenges of Nutrition Care and Support for People Living with
HIV/AIDS in Resource Poor Settings
Monday July 8, 6-10 pm, Hall 2C, Fira de Barcelona
18:00 Opening Remarks - The Time to Act: Nutrition and HIV in Re-
source Poor Settings
Dr. Ellen Piwoz, Academy for Educational Development
Dr. Joep Lange, International AIDS Society
Ms. Robin Jackson, World Food Programme, Rome
Mr. Michael Aganga, Network of African People Living with HIV/AIDS
SESSION 1: Nutritional complications in HIV and related opportunistic
infections
Chairs: Dr. Hoosen Coovadia, University of Natal, South Africa and
Dr. Donald Kotler, Columbia University, USA
18:10 Clinical significance of macro-nutrient complications of HIV
infection
Dr. Donald Kotler, Columbia University, USA
18:25 Clinical significance of micro-nutrient complications
Dr. Marianna Baum, USA
18:40 Questions/Discussion
18:50 Pathophysiology of nutritional complications
Dr.Carl Grunfield, University of California, USA
19:05 The role of TB and other opportunistic infections in HIV-
related nutrition complications
Dr. Derek Macallan, St. George Hospital, London
19:20 Questions/Discussion
SESSION 2: Evaluation and management of nutrition and HIV in resource
poor settings: interventions and experience
Chairs: Dr. Alka Deshpande, JJ Hospital, Bombay, India and Dr. Subha
Raghavan, Harlem Hospital/Columbia University, USA/India
19:30 Treatment of wasting in AIDS - An Overview
Dr. Donald Kotler, Columbia University, USA
19:45 Nutritional management of HIV+ women during pregnancy and lac-
tation: the role of micronutrient supplements
Dr. Wafaie Fawzi, Harvard University, USA
20:00 Questions/Discussion
20:05 Anemia during HIV infection: prevalence, etiologies, clinical
implications, and potential interventions
Dr. Jean Humphrey, ZVITAMBO, Zimbabwe
20:20 Nutritional management of HIV+ children with prolonged diar-
rhea: Experience in South Africa
Dr. Nigel Rollins, Africa Centre, South Africa
20:35 Questions/Discussion
20:40 Body composition and metabolic side effects of antiretrovirals
in resource poor settings: Experiences from Thailand and Singapore
Dr. Mark Boyd, HIV-NAT, Thailand
20:55 Questions/Discussion
SESSION 3: Challenges to providing nutrition care and support in re-
source poor settings: A panel discussion
Chairs: Dr. Chewe Luo, UNICEF, Botswana and Ms. Robin Jackson, World
Food Programme, Rome
21:00 Experience of NAP+ in Africa
Mr. Michael Aganga, NAP+, Kenya
21:10 Experience from the field: Challenges in treatment of nutrition
complications in India
Ms..Bhavana Sati, FXB India Foundation, India
21:20 Moving from knowledge to practice: Processes and challenges
Dr. Eleonore Seumo, Academy for Educational Development, USA
21:30 How to put food on the plates? Food security in resource poor
settings
Ms. C Fields-Gardner, The Cutting Edge, USA
21:40 Concluding Discussion - Future Directions for Increasing Re-
source Allocation for Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in Resource Poor Set-
tings
All Session Chairs invited to help facilitate.
22:00 SESSION ENDS
Session Organizers - Dr. Subha Raghavan and Dr. Ellen Piwoz
Session Rapporteur - Dr. Ellen Engleson, Columbia University, USA
Logistics Coordinator - Mr. Jose Molina, Academy for Educational De-
velopment, USA
Light refreshments will be served throughout the satellite meeting
immediately outside hall 2c.
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