E-drug: New York panel on the international AIDS crisis
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M�decins Sans Fronti�res/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) presents:
"Dying from Lack of Treatment: The International AIDS Crisis"
7 pm, Thursday, June 21
Proshansky Auditorium, The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue at 34(superscript: th) Street, Manhattan
Reception at 6:30pm
There are 36 million people around the world living with HIV. 95% of them
live in poor countries and do not have access to effective treatments.
The first ever United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS
(UNGASS) opens on June 25. Treatment with antiretrovirals is barely up for
discussion. When will the international community stop discussing whether
or not to treat people with AIDS in poor countries and start seriously
planning how?
Speakers:
Chris Ouma, M.D., Action Aid Kenya, treats people with AIDS in the slums of
Nairobi. Dr. Ouma has been an outspoken critic of international trade
agreements that have kept antiretrovirals out of the reach of his patients.
Onanong Bunjumnong, MSF-Thailand, leads MSF's Access To Essential Medicines
Campaign in Thailand, where MSF has been treating people with AIDS for 6
years. She works closely with local NGOs and the Thai Network of People
Living with HIV/AIDS.
Konstantin Lezhentsev, M.D., MSF-Ukraine, was instrumental in setting up
Ukraine's first HIV treatment program focused on mothers and their
children. In addition to his clinical work, he advocates for affordable
treatments with the government and works closely with the All-Ukrainian
National Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS.
Moderator: Anne-Valerie Kaninda, M.D., MSF-USA Medical Adviser
This program has been arranged in conjunction with Continuing Education and
Public Programs at The Graduate Center, CUNY
For more information on MSF's Access to Essential Medicines Campaign visit
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
David Veazey
MSF-USA
david_veazey@newyork.msf.org
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