IHO's 3rd International Conference on 'AIDS-in-India' at Harvard University, December 7, 2001

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IHO's 3rd. " AIDS-in-INDIA " CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Friday, December 7, 2001

Snyder Auditorium, Harvard School of Public Health

MORNING SESSION

8:00- 8:30 REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST

8:30- 8:45 Opening Remarks

Dean Dr. Barry Bloom, Harvard School of Public Health

8:45- 9:15 Welcome Address

Ms. Pramila Vivek, IHO

9:15- 9:30 Moderator, Introduction to AIDS-in-India

Dr. Bikash Verma, IHO

9:30-10:30 Keynote: 'Controlling HIV in India: Worldwide Evidence

and Local Action

Dr. Prabhat Jha, World Health Organization (WHO)

10:30-11:15 'Role of World Bank: AIDS Programs Globally and in South

Asia'

Dr. Salim Habayeb, The World Bank

11:15-12:00 'Overview of Government of India's AIDS Programs'

Dr. N.K. Ganguly, Director-General, Indian Council of

Medical Res. (ICMR)

Advisor, National AIDS Control Organization

(NACO), Government of India

12:00-12:15 Questions and Answers

12:15- 1:15 LUNCH

AFTERNOON SESSION:

Moderator Mr. ph D'Amour, Advisor, IHO

1:15- 1:40 'Linking US and India' - Role of USAID

Mr. Pick, United States Agency for International

Development (USAID)

1:40- 2:05 'Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS and Human Rights'

Dr. Cliff Lenton, Management Sciences for Health (MSH)

2:05- 2:30 'FXB's Community-based AIDS programs in India'

Dr. Anil Purohit, Francois Xavier Bagnoud Foundation for

Health and Human Rights

2:30- 2:45 COFFEE-BREAK

2:45- 3:10 " Sex, Lies and AIDS "

Mr. Siddarth Dube, Best-selling Author- " Sex, Lies and AIDS "

3:10-3:35 'Prevention, Care and Treatment for HIV/AIDS in Developing

Countries'

Dr. Bruce , Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts

General Hospital

3:35- 4:00 'Catch them Young'- AIDS Education for Younger Population in

India

Dr. Rajan Gupta, Los Almos National Laboratory/International

AIDS Educator

4:00- 4:25 'BOSTON TO BOMBAY' : Transferring Prevention Models from US

to India'

Ms. Lina Sheth, MPH, Director, Massachusetts Asian AIDS

Prevention Project

4:25- 4:35 Closing Remarks, Ms. Sharmeen Irani, IHO

4:35-4:45 Vote of Thanks, Mr. Atul Kamath, Harvard University

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For more information, please call: Dr. Bikash Verma at: (617) 983 6565

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" Verma, Bikash (DPH) "

E-mail: <Bikash.Verma@...>

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