Global AIDS Program e-mail Broadcast - June 3, 1999
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Global Health Council
HIV/AIDS-FOCUSED EVENTS AT THE UPCOMING GLOBAL HEALTH COUNCIL ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
USAID - CDC ANNOUNCE MONEYS FOR INTERNATIONAL LINKAGING PROGRAMS
US-BASED AIDS ACTIVISTS CALL FOR ENHANCED FUNDING AND LEADERSHIP IN
RESPONDING TO GLOBAL AIDS EPIDEMIC
GLOBAL HEALTH COUNCIL WELCOMES MR. BILL CRAIG AS INFORMATION OFFICER /
EDITOR
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HIV/AIDS-focused events at the Global Health Council Annual Conference
to be held June 20 to 23, 1999, in Arlington, VA / Washington, DC.
This year's annual conference HIV/AIDS events will be reported on and
then distributed via e-mail broadcast. If you haven't registered for
the Conference, please consult our web-site at:
http://www.globalhealth.org for registration details.
1. Mother to Child HIV Transmission: Issues and Implications
Sunday, June 20, 1999, 1:30-3:00 / Salon K
Moderator:
Eka Esu-Williams, President, Society for Women and AIDS in Africa
(SWAA)
Speakers:
Miriam Labbok, Chief, USAID, Nutrition and Maternal/Infant Health
Eric Mercier, UNICEF, Sr. Advisor HIV/AIDS
Helen Armstrong, UNICEF/Breast Feeding
Paul DeLay, Director HIV/AIDS Division, USAID
Ben Plumley, International Programs Coordinator, Glaxo-Wellcome
2. Changing Our Minds: HIV/AIDS & Behaviour Change
Sunday, June 20, 1999, 3:30-5:00 / Salon E
Moderator:
Rebecca Gilad, Academy for Educational Development
Speakers:
Deanna Kerrigan, Consultant, HORIZONS/Population Council
"HIV/AIDS Peer Education: Developing Best Practices and Identifying
Research Gaps"
Sudha Sivaram, Consultant
"Community Participation in AIDS Prevention: Practical Approaches from
Rural India"
Sheila Dutta, Consultant, World Bank
"Challenges to HIV/AIDS Preventive Behavior among Married Women of
Reproductive Age in India"
Beth Outterson, Associate Director, Behavior Change Interventions,
IMPACT/FHI
"Behavior change interventions in the field, what has worked and what
has not"
3. The Essential Link: HIV & Human Rights
Monday, June 21, 1999, 9:30 - 11:00/ Salon H
Moderators:
Daniel Tarantola, World Health Organization
Ashok Pillai, India Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, Madras,
India
Speakers:
Dr. James Oleske, FXB Specialist on Pediatrics
"Rights of the Child, Real World Connections between Health and Human
Rights"
Richard Burzynski, Coordinator, International Council of AIDS Service
Organizations
Moustapha Gueye, African Council of AIDS Service Organizations
Mike Aganga, Exec. Director National Association of People with
HIV/AIDS, Kenya
Ms. Gayathri Nagarajan, Exec. Director South Indian Council of Women
with HIV/AIDS
4. Male Circumcision and HIV/STD Infection
Monday, June 21, 1999, 1:30 - 3:00/ Salon G
Moderator:
David Stanton, USAID Division of HIV/AIDS
Speakers:
Daniel Halperin, Robert Bailey, Edward Green, Stephen Moses
5. Managing Change: The HIV/AIDS Evolution
Monday, June 21, 1999, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. / Salon H
Moderators:
Helene Gayle, Assistant Surgeon General
Speakers:
Dr. Awa Coll-Seck, Director Policy Strategy and Research, UNAIDS
Dr. Paul DeLay, Chief, HIV/AIDS Division, USAID
Dr. Peter Lamptey, Director, IMPACT Project, Family Health Interna-
tional
Rosemary O'Rourke, Clinical Director, Whitman Walker Clinic
6. Poverty & Puberty: Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health
Monday, June 21, 1999, 1:30 - 3:00 / Salon F
Moderators:
Rachel Russell, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Patsy Fleming, Consultant to UNAIDS and former White House AIDS Czar
Speakers:
Kent Klindera, Director, Targeted HIV/STD Interventions, Advocates for
Youth
"Youth Involvement in HIV Prevention Community Planning" (domestic
focus)
Cristina Herdman, Advocates for Youth
"An Update on Youth Reproductive and Sexual Health Programs in
Developing Countries"
Nazleen Bharmal, International Relations, VISIONS Worldwide, Inc.
"HIV/AIDS Education and Empowerment Project for Youth in India"
Wangoi Njau, Consultant, PRIME/INTRAH
"Poverty: A Push Factor to Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health
Problems in Uganda"
Lisa Mueller, John Snow, Inc.
"Reaching Youth with Reproductive Health Services: Examples from Af-
rica"
7. Reception
Monday, June 21, 1999, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Global AIDS Reception: Meeting, Greeting and Networking
1 Logan Circle, NW
Washington, DC 20005
8. A Continent in Crisis: Africa & the AIDS Pandemic
Tuesday, June 22, 1999, 2:30 -4:00 / Salon 2
Moderators:
Paul DeLay, USAID Division of HIV/AIDS
Mike Angaga, Network of African People Living with HIV/AIDS, Kenya
Speakers:
Gladys Mutangadura, Professor, Dept of Agricultural Economics,
University of Zimbabwe "Poverty, HIV/AIDS and Rural Livelihood in
Zimbabwe: Implications for Policy"
Dr. Debrework Zewdie, HIV/AIDS Coordinator, World Bank,
"Addressing HIV/AIDS as an Impediment to Africa's Socioeconomic
Development"
Ron Dellums, Healthcare International Management Company
"AIDS Marshall Plan for Africa"
Phil Wilson, Special Contributor, Poz Magazine
Sandra Thurman, Director, White House Office of National AIDS Policy
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USAID -CDC ANNOUNCE MONEYS FOR INTERNATIONAL LINKAGING PROGRAMS
CDC/USAID NGO Linkaging Grant
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United States
Agency for International Development have recently announced for fiscal
year 1999 a pilot grant to support linkage building between American
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and NGOs in developing countries.
Grants will be awarded to NGOs along lines of affinity, such as
language/culture, risk behaviors, and population groups. The goal of
this pilot project is to encourage mutual transfer of information,
innovations and support between NGOs in the developing world and in the
US. About $230,000 is available for 3 grants. Please see attachment
for more details. The RFP can also be downloaded from the CDC website
at:
http://www.cdc.gov
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US-BASED AIDS ACTIVISTS CALL FOR ENHANCED FUNDING AND LEADERSHIP IN
RESPONDING TO GLOBAL AIDS EPIDEMIC
AIDSWatch '99, May 2-4, 1999
For the first time ever, global AIDS advocacy was included in the an-
nual United States national AIDS lobby event coordinated by the Na-
tional Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA), known as AIDSWatch.
This year, more than 600 individuals from around the country came to
Washington, DC to meet with their Members of Congress to discuss their
local, national and international concerns about AIDS funding.
Through a partnership with NAPWA, AIDS Action and Mothers' Voices, the
Global Health Council hosted a reception for AIDSWatch '99 partici-
pants, titled "Partners Across Borders: Taking Action on Global
HIV/AIDS." More than 300 people participated. The reception organizers
and guest speakers urged the 300 US AIDS activists in attendance to add
the global AIDS crisis to their agenda.
Calls to action at the reception were offered by Cornelius Baker, Di-
rector of the National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA), Seth
Berkeley, Director of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Nils
Daulaire, President of the Global Health Council, Geeta Rao Gupta,
President of the International Center for Research on Women, Sandra
Thurman, White House Director of National AIDS Policy, Daniel Zingale,
AIDS Action Director, and Eka Esu Williams, President of the Society
for Women and AIDS in Africa.
Speakers reiterated their organizations' commitment to fighting the
battle against HIV/AIDS, and that support for this issue from domestic
AIDS service organizations would send a very powerful message to Con-
gress. The White House's top AIDS Policy Advisor, Ms. Sandra Thurman,
urged the activists to continue to push for greater US leadership and
confirmed President Bill Clinton's commitment and dedication to fight-
ing HIV/AIDS globally. Daniel Zingale called on AIDSWatch advocates to
keep this in mind while speaking with their Congressional Members on
Capitol Hill.
The Global Health Council works in partnership with a broad range of
organizations in advocating for increased US support of global health
programs. Domestic and international focused AIDS groups are dynamic
partners in fighting to improve health around the globe.
There are currently 33.4 million people around the world infected with
the HIV virus. The Global Health Council and the NORA Coalition (Na-
tional Organizations Responding to AIDS) are asking for a 15% increase
over fiscal year 1999 in the US Government's contribution to global
health and HIV/AIDS programs. In a report issued just last week by the
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) AIDS is now
the world's top infectious disease killer.
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GLOBAL HEALTH COUNCIL WELCOMES MR. BILL CRAIG AS INFORMATION OFFICER /
EDITOR
The Global Health Council is pleased to introduce William Craig, its
new information officer and editor. Bill will edit and write for Global
AIDSLink, the newsletter of the Council's Global HIV/AIDS Program, and
other Council publications. He has been an award-winning feature writer
and editor for newspapers and magazines, and was the recipient of the
1998 New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Fiction Fellowship. Bill
lives in Lyme, NH, and will be working from the Council's Norwich, VT,
headquarters as well as in the Council Global AIDS Program's offices I
Washington, DC.
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Global AIDS Program
The Global Health Council
1701 K Street, NW
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Tel: 202-833-5900
Fax: 202-833-0075
Director, Ron MacInnis, e-mail: <rmacinnis@globalhealth.org>
Program Officer, Kim Green, <kgreen@globalhealth.org>
Program Officer, Bill Craig, <ghcvt@together.net>
Program Assistant, Kim Parvez, <kparvez@together.net>
Program Intern, Satya Krishna, <skrishna@globalhealth.org>
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