Pugwash Conference on HIV/AIDS: Sharing of Experiences, What Works?

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Pugwash Conference on HIV/AIDS: Sharing of Experiences, What Works?

M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, 7-9 April 2006

Programme

DAY 1

Friday, April 7, 2006

WELCOME

08:30 – 09:00 Registration

INAUGURATION

09:00 – 09:10 Welcome and Introduction

Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, President of the Pugwash Conferences

on Science and World Affairs and Chairman of M.S. Swaminathan

Research Foundation

09:10 –09:25 Address

Dr. N. K. Ganguly, Director General, India Council of Medical

Research

09:25 – 09:40 Address Mrs. Sujata Rao, Director General, NACO

09:40 – 09:55 Address Ms. Sheila Sisulu, Deputy Executive Director,

World Food Program

09:55 – 10:10 Address

Dr. Gwyn Prins, Professor, Columbia University and London

School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

10:10 – 10:20 Vote of Thanks

Dr. Boutwell, Executive Director, Pugwash Conferences on

Science and World Affairs

10:20 – 10:45 Tea/coffee break

SESSION ONE:

Policy and state responses to HIV/AIDS and TB co-infection in Africa

and India

CHAIR: Dr. P. R. Narayan, Director, Tuberculosis Research Centre

(TRC)

Rapporteur: Ms. Alka Narang, Senior Programme Officer, UNDP

10:45 – 10:55 Introduction Chair

10:55 – 11:10 Presentation

Dr. Pieter Fourie, Professor, Department of Political Studies,

Johannesburg University (management of the HIV/AIDS epidemic

in South Africa)

11:10 – 11:25 Presentation

Ms. Kousalya Periaswamy, President, Positive Women Network of

South India (PWN+)

11:25 – 11:40 Presentation

Dr. Indrani Gupta, Institute of Economic Growth (Economic impact

of HIV/AIDS in India)

11:40 – 11:55 Presentation

Dr. Stuart Gillespie, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI/RENEWAL

(applying a livelihoods approach to the fight against HIV/AIDS)

11:55 – 12:30 Question and Answers

12:30 – 12:40 Summation Rapporteur

12:40 – 12:45 Concluding remarks Chair

12:45 – 13:45 Lunch

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SESSION TWO:

Translating awareness into behaviour change

CHAIR: Ms. Jayanti Ravi, IAS, Deputy Secretary, Indian National

Advisory Council OR Dr. Clive Evian, Director, AIDS

Management & Support, Johannesburg Hospital

Rapporteur: Dr. P. Krishnamurthy, Project Director, APAC, Voluntary

Health Services (VHS)

13:45 – 13:55 Introduction Chair

13:55 – 14:10 Presentation Mr. Ashok Rau, Executive Director,

Freedom Foundation

14:10 – 14:25 Presentation

Dr. Nabiryo , The AIDS Support Organization (TASO),

Uganda

14:25 – 14:40 Presentation Mr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala, IIT, Madras

14:40 – 15:15 Question and Answers

15:15 – 15:25 Summation Rapporteur

15:25 – 15:30 Concluding remarks Chair

15:30 – 15:45 Tea/coffee break

SESSION THREE:

Ensuring access and adherence to anti-retroviral therapy:

Experiences from Africa and India

CHAIR: Ms. Sheila Rani Chunkhat, IAS, Health Secretary, Government

of Tamil Nadu

Rapporteur: Dr. S. Rajasekaran, Tambram Sanatorium, Govn't. Hospital

of Thoracic Medicine

15:45 – 15:55 Introduction Chair

15:55 – 16:10 Presentation (Asia)

Dr. Avina Sarna, Programme Associate, Horizons Programme,

Population Council of Asia

16:10 – 16:25 Presentation (Africa)

Dr. Guidotti Giovanni, Program Manager, Drug Resource

Enhancement Against AIDS in Mozambique (DREAM),

Community of Sant'Egidio

16:25 – 17:00 Discussion

17:00 – 17:10 Summation Rapporteur

17:10 – 17:15 Concluding remarks Chair

18:00 – 20:15

Public Forum hosted by The Hindu Media Resource Centre at the

Central Leather

Research Institute. Speakers will include:

Moderator: Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Deputy Director (HIV/AIDS), TRC

Mrs. Sujata Rao, Director General, NACO

Ms. Sheila Sisulu, Deputy Executive Director, World Food Program

Dr. P Krishnamurthy, Project Director, APAC, VHS

Ms. Crewe, Director, Centre for the Study of AIDS, South Africa

Dr. Gwyn Prins, Professor, London School of Economics and Political

Science (LSE)

Ms. Padma Chandrasekaran, Programme Manager, Avahan-India AIDS

Initiative

20:30 – 22:00 Dinner at M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation

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DAY 2

Saturday April 8, 2006

SESSION FIVE:

Impact of interventions to improve nutritional and food security in

the fight against HIV/AIDS and

TB co-infection: Experiences from Africa and India

CHAIR: Dr. Subhashree Rai Raghavan, President, SAATHII

Rapporteur: Dr. Sandhya Kabra, Special Duty Officer, National AIDS

Control Organization (NACO)

08:30-08:40 Introduction Chair

08:40-08:55 Presentation (India) Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Deputy

Director (HIV/AIDS), TRC

08:55-09:10 Presentation (Africa) Referral from Crewe

09:10-09:25 Presentation (Africa) Dr. Loevinsohn, Director,

Applied Ecology Associates

09:25-10:05 Question and Answers

10:05-10:15 Summation Rapporteur

10:15-10:20 Concluding remarks Chair

10:20 – 10:35 Tea/coffee break

SESSION SIX:

Improving awareness and preventing infections among young people,

especially young women:

Experiences from India and Africa

CHAIR: Dr. S. Y. Quraishi, Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs &

Sports

Rapporteur: Dr. Mehendale, Deputy Director (SG), National AIDS

Research Institute (NARI)

10:35-10:45 Introduction Chair

10:45-11:00 Presentation (India) Dr. Suniti , Director, YRG

CARE

11:00-11:15 Presentation (Africa)

Ms. Crewe, Director, Centre for the Study of AIDS, South

Africa

11:15-11:30

Presentation (female

condoms)

Mr Manoj Goplakrishna, Hindustan Latex Family Planning

Promotion Trust

11:30-12:15 Question and Answers

12:15-12:25 Summation Rapporteur

12:25-12:30 Concluding remarks Chair

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 –

onwards

Fieldtrips to project sites:

Group 1 – Tambram Hospital & TAI-VHS

Group 2 – TAI-VHS & Tambram Hospital

Group 3 – YRG CARE & APAC

Group 4 – APAC & YRG CARE

19:00-20:00 Working Groups at hotel

20:00-21:30 Dinner at Hotel

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DAY 3

Sunday April 9, 2006

SESSION SEVEN:

Sexual violence and the social construction of male and female

sexuality in the face of HIV/AIDS:

Proposal presentation

CHAIR: Dr. Boutwell, Executive Director, Pugwash Conferences

on Science and World Affairs

Rapporteur: Dr. Ruth Kattumuri, Country Representative, London

School of Economics

09:00-09:10 I n t r o d uction Chair

09:10-09:30 Presentation of proposal

Dr. Gwyn Prins, Professor, Columbia University and London

School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

09:30-10:15 Group Discussion

10:15-10:25 Summation Rapporteur

10:25-10:30 Concluding remarks Chair

10:30-10:45 Tea/coffee break

SESSION EIGHT:

Effective strategies for preventing paediatric HIV: experiences from

India and Africa

CHAIR: Dr. Usha Baweja, Senior Advisor – Programs, Clinton

Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative

Rapporteur: Dr. Vijay Kumar , Director, Health & HIV/AIDS

Initiatives, World Vision Asia

10:45-10:55 Introduction Chair

10:55-11:10 Presentation

Dr. N. M. , Head, Dept. of Experimental Medicine, MGR

Medical University

11:10-11:25 Presentation Dr. Kuganantham

11:25-11:40 Presentation Dr. e Nankinga, Ministry of Health,

Uganda

11:40-12:15 Question and Answers

12:15-12:25 Summation Rapporteur

12:25-12:30 Concluding remarks Chair

12:30 – 13:45 Lunch

SESSION NINE:

Special experiences of the defence services in the control of

HIV/AIDS

CHAIR: Colonel (ret) Dr. Pierre Canonne, Member, International

Pugwash Council

Rapporteur: Professor Marie Muller, Chair SA Pugwash Group & Pugwash

Council

13:45 – 13:55 Introduction Chair

13:55 – 14:10 Presentation (Africa)

Col. Cornelius Engelbrecht, HIV/AIDS Programme Manager,

Department of Defence, South Africa

14:10 – 14:25 Presentation (India)

Col. A. K. Verma, Director, Health, Armed Forces Medical

Services, Ministry of Defense, GOI

14:25 – 15:00 Discussion Chair

15:00 – 15:10 Summation Rapporteur

15:10 – 15:15 Concluding Remarks

Chair

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VALEDICTORY

CHAIR: Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, President of the Pugwash Conferences

on Science and World Affairs and Chairman,

of M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation

15:15-15:25 Welcome Address

Mr. GianPietro Bordignon, Country Director, World Food

Program, India

15:25-15:40

Presentation of Consensus

Statement and Way Forward

Professor Marie Muller, Chair SA Pugwash Group & Pugwash

Council

15:40-16:10 Discussion

16:10-16:20 Concluding Remarks

Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, President of the Pugwash Conferences

on Science and World Affairs and Chairman, of M.S.

Swaminathan Research Foundation

16:20-16:30 Vote of Thanks Mr. Aniruddha Brahmachari, Programme

Officer, UNDP India

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(Pugwash is named after the village in Nova Scotia in Canada, where the first

conference for " peril free " world was held in 1957).