9 September, 2008

Africa Series Three-- HIV/AIDS in Africa: Socio-Economic Considerations

Time: 9 September 2008 8:30am-7pm | Venue: UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium

Webcast on HIV/AIDS in Africa from the United Nations University, UN Headquarters, New York.

This one-day symposium has been webcast. The link is available at: Morning; Afternoon (To view this webcast please use Realplayer)

Media Sponsors - African Press Organization - APO and Creamer Media



Watch the interview with Elizabeth Pisani, PhD in infectious disease
epidemiology, and Susan Watkins, Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania; Visiting Research Scientist at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Message from the Secretary- General

Africa's development needs: state of implementation of various commitments, challenges and the way forward--Report of the Secretary-General

Report of the Secretary- General

other language version available at here

Presentations of the Speakers

Keynote Speaker: Asha-Rose Migiro, UN Deputy Secretary-General

Deputy Secretary-General's remarks about the social and economic dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Africa: UN University and Cornell Lecture Series is available at here

Panel 1. The Impact of HIV/AIDS: Micro and Macro Perspectives

1. Challenges on HIV/AIDS in Africa within the Context of Africa's Development Needs, Emelia Timpo, Senior Adviser, UNAIDS

Emelia Timpo's September 9 Presentation

2. Macroeconomic Impacts of HIV/AIDS: Markus Haacker, IMF

Macroeconomic Impact

3. Microeconomic perspectives on the impacts of HIV/AIDS, Harsha Thirumurthy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kathleen Beegle, World Bank, Markus Goldstein, World Bank

Microeconomic perspectives on the impacts


Panel 2: Intensifying Prevention and the Role of Local Governments and Communities

1. Gender, Social Norms, and the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS in Africa: Susan Watkins

Depictions of Gender & HIV in Policy Documents vs Rural Malawi

2. Political and Institutional Failure: Kondwani Chirambo (video presentation)

3. Prevention Impacts of HIV/AIDS Interventions in Africa: What Have We Learned?: Peter Glick, Cornell University

What we have learned

4. Prevention Impacts of HIV/AIDS Interventions in Africa: What Have We Learned from Ghana's Perspective: Richard Amenyah, Technical Director, Ghana AIDS Commission

Ghana's Perspective

5. The Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in Three countries in Southern Africa: Some Key Findings from Population-based Surveys: Leickness Simbayi, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), South Africa

Three countries in Southern Africa

Discussant: HIV & Local Governance, Mayor Ayebi Gilbert Manouan Coordinator of the Alliance of Mayors and Municipal Leaders on HIV and AIDS in Africa

Local Governance


Panel 3: Support Systems: Access to Treatment and Care

1. Opportunities and Constraints in the Roll-out of Anti-retro Viral Therapies: Mead Over, Center for Global Development

Opportunities and Constraints in the Roll-out of Antiretroviral Therapies

2. Access to ARV Treatment: Opportunities and Impediments for South-South Cooperation: Obijiofor Aginam, UNU Peace & Governance Programme

Access to ARV Treatment and Intellectual Property Rights

3. Treating Ourselves to Trouble? The Uncertain Relationship Between Treatment and HIV Prevention in Developing Countries: Elizabeth Pisani, author of The Wisdom of Whores

Treating Ourselves to Trouble

4. The Role of Food and Nutrition in Treatment Care and Support: Martin Bloem, Chief of Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Policy, WFP

Martin Bloem UNU Cornell sept 2008

5. The Fight Against AIDS in the Larger Context: the End of 'AIDS Exceptionalism': Roger England, Health System Workshop

The end of "AIDS exceptionalism"

Moderator: Support Systems:Access to treatment and care, Dr Bradley Hersh Coordinator, Operations and Technical Support Unit Department of HIV/AIDS, World Health Organization, Geneva

Access to treatment and care

About the Symposium

After holding Africa Series One and Two, we will continue our symposium of the UNU-Cornell Africa Series-- Afirica Series Three. Africa Series Three will discuss African issues focused on "The social and economic dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Africa."

The purpose of the symposium on The Social and Economic Dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Africa is to examine the complex linkages between HIV/AIDS and reproductive and sexual behaviors, as well as the implication of HIV/AIDS on the economic well-being of communities, households and individuals in Africa.

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Speakers' Biography

Bios

Speaker's Abstract

Abstracts

Brochure

Brochure

Appendix:

1. The Ghana AIDS Commission

2. AMICAALL

3. Human Sciences Research Council

4. Related Links