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Press Release
11/16/2005
AIDS IN INDIA: PROGRESS and OPPORTUNITIES
Friday, December 2, 2005
Venue: Snyder Auditorium
Harvard School of Public Health
677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
Welcome Address:
Barry R. Bloom, PhD, Dean of Faculty, Harvard School of Public Health
Keynote Speaker:
Ambassador Teresita Schaffer
Director, South Asia Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies, WDC
Corporate Sector Speaker:
Mr. Bharat Wakhlu
President, TATA Inc., USA
Other distinguished speakers from academic, corporations, non-profit
organizations to present updates and strategies on addressing the AIDS
epidemic in India!!
AIDS in India: According to UNAIDS,
India has the second highest number of HIV/AIDS cases in the world -
estimated to be more than five million. It has one of the highest
rates of new HIV infections and thus, by 2015, is projected to become
the world epicenter of the AIDS pandemic. The socio-economic
devastation caused by the AIDS epidemic may well decimate all the gains
made by the Indian economy. AIDS-India Conference: IHO has been a
leader in promoting international discourse on the AIDS pandemic in the
Indian Subcontinent since 1992. This conference will present
perspectives on the status and impact of AIDS in India, and explore
strategies to strengthen the collaboration between India and the United
States in confronting this enormous challenge. It aims to gather
local, national, and international experts from government,
non-government, corporate, education, and charitable sectors. Its
goal is to develop cross-cutting strategies to fight the AIDS epidemic
and its consequences upon the social and economic fabric of India. It
will provide updates on HIV/AIDS in India, share ideas, discuss ways to
replicate successful US models of AIDS prevention in South Asia, and
foster a sincere and intellectual discussion.
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES
As a result of participating in this program, attendees will be able:
• Discuss updated information on the HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment.
• Articulate the latest information on HIV vaccine development and drugs.
• Establish better coordination and partnerships among attendees and between participating organizations.
• Recognize and be able to utilize information on
HIV/AIDS and co-morbidities in the international health arena.
• Use updated information in patient care on
treatment and prevention of both HIV infection and
AIDS.
Morning sessions
8:00-8:45 COFFEE and REGISTRATION
8:45-9:00 Welcome! Barry R. Bloom, PhD, Dean of Faculty
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
PROGRESS IN PROGRAMS AND POLICIES
9:00-9:30 Current State of the AIDS Epidemic in India
and Govt. of India’s AIDS Programs: Dr. A. S. Rathore, Joint
Director, Advanced Centre for AIDS & Related Diseases NICD,
Government of India, New Delhi, India
9:30-10:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Engaging India: U.S. Role in Combating the AIDS Pandemic:
Ambassador Teresita Schaffer, Director, South Asia Program
Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
10:00-10:30 Gates Foundation-Sponsored HIV Prevention Trials:
Renee Rizdon, MD, Senior Program Officer, HIV, TB, and Reproductive
Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA
10:30-11:00 Regional Approach to
AIDS Prevention in India: RATNEI model: Bikash Verma, DVM, MD,
President International Health Organization (IHO), Boston, MA
11:00-11:15 Break
PROGRESS IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
11:15-11:45 Generic Production of
Pharmaceuticals for Resource-Poor Countries: Charles Caprariello, Vice
President for Corporate Communications and Government Affairs, Ranbaxy
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Princeton, NJ
11:45-12:15 Corporate Initatives to Prevent the Spread of HIV/AIDS:
Bharat Wakhlu, President, TATA Inc, New York, NY
12:15-1:00 Lunch in the Harvard School of Public Health cafeteria
Afternoon sessions
PROGRESS IN CARE AND TREATMENT
1:00-1:30 Cultural and Religious
Stigmas Associated with AIDS and HIV: Nalini Tarakeshwar, PhD,
Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS Yale School of Medicine,
New Haven, CT
1:30-2:00 Scaling Up Infrastructure
for the Conduct of Community-based AIDS Prevention and Treatment
Research in India: Kenneth Mayer, MD, Professor, Dept. of
Medicine Brown University Medical Center, Providence, RI
2:00-2:30 Challenges in HIV
Education and Care in the Developing World: Howard Libman, MD,
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Director,
HIV Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Harvey
Makadon, MD, Vice President, Harvard Medical International, Boston, MA
2:30-3:00 Break
SUMMARY AND PERSPECTIVE
3:00-3:30 Progress and
Opportunities for India: Nirmal K. Ganguly, MD, MBBS, Director
General Indian Council of Medical Research
Advisor, NACO, Govt. of India, New Delhi, India
3:30-4:00 Questions, Answers and Discussion Time
4:00 Vote of Thanks: H.R. Chowdri, MD, Board of Directors
International Health Organization
Conference Contact Information:
Dr. James Parmentier, Conference Co-Chairman:
Dr. Ram Chowdri, Conference Co-Chairman
Dr. Bikash Verma, Conference Chair: iho@usa.com
Ms. Sarika Chopra, Conference Registration schopra@ihousa.org
Phone: (617)254-5077
International Health Organization (IHO) was incorporated in
Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1992 as a non-profit organization to
focus on improving the health and living conditions of the poorest
populations in the Indian Subcontinent. IHO is based in Boston,
Massachusetts, with a regional office in Patna, (India), and projects
in several states of India, and Nepal. Through its ‘Regional AIDS
Training Center & Network in India’, IHO is training health
sector workers in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka.
Jointly-sponsored by:
Harvard University South Asian Association
Harvard Medical International
American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI)
Massachusetts Medical Society
International Health Organization
Register at: www.ihousa.org.
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