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AIDS in INDIA conference
8:00- 8:45 Registration and Coffee
8:45- 9:15 Welcome address Ms. Pramila Vivek, International Health Organization (IHO)
9:15- 9:30 Introduction to 'AIDS-in-India' Dr. Bikash Verma, International Health Organization (IHO)
9:30-10:30 Keynote address: 'IMPACT OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC IN INDIA' Dr. Prabhat Jha, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland
10:30-11:15 'LINKING US AND INDIA', Mr. Billy Pick, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington, DC
11:15-12:00 Overview: GOVERNMENT OF INDIA'S AIDS PROGRAMS Hon. JVR Prasada Rao, IAS, Director, National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) Secretary, Ministry of Health, Government of India
12:00-12:15 Q & A
12:15- 1:15 LUNCH
1:15- 1:40 Overview: World Bank AIDS Programs in South Asia Representative, WORLD BANK
1:40- 2:05 'Role of Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) for HIV' Dr. Douglas Huber, Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
2:05- 2:30 'Prevention, Care and Treatment for HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries' Dr. Bruce Walker, Harvard Medical School/Mass. General Hospital
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 'CATCH THEM YOUNG'-AIDS Education for Younger Population Dr. Rajan Gupta, Los Alamos National Laboratory
3:35- 4:00 'BOSTON TO BOMBAY'- Transferring HIV Prevention Models from US to India Ms. Lina Sheth, Massachusetts Asian AIDS Prevention Project
4:00- 4:30 Closing Remarks, Ms. Sharmeen Irani, IHO Vote of Thanks, Mr. Atul Kamat, Harvard University SAA
Date: 12/07/2001
Location: Snyder Auditorium, Harvard School of Public Health
Time: 8am - 4pm
Organized By: International Health Organization
Cost: students $25; others $50
Food: registration includes lunch and snacks; dinner at Bombay Club: $35
Contact: Atul Kamath akamath@fas.harvard.edu
Web: www.ihousa.org
Email: akamath@fas.harvard.edu
Directions: 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115