"Our Future on Common Ground: Health and the Environment" 5/27/2003
Global Health Council, Washington, D.C.
Conference explores how various types of environments---physical, social, economic---affect health.
Developing an Expanded and Comprehensive Response to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic (5/27/2003)
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Participants learn about and apply techniques or methods for expanding the scale and scope of HIV/AIDS programs.
Preparing to Deliver Care and Treatment to People with HIV/AIDS (5/27/2003)
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Participants explore the opportunities and challenges associated with introducing care and treatment interventions in clinic and community settings in resource-poor countries.
Making the Connections:Linkages Between Health and the Environment (5/28/2003)
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Speakers include Nils Daulaire, M.D., M.P.H., president and CEO, Global Health Council; Thais Corral, executive director, Brazil's Network for Human Development (Conference Co-chair); Paul Epstein, M.D., associate director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School; and Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Tools for Prevention: Communication Strategies to Fight HIV/AIDS (5/29/2003)
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Presenters discuss the untapped potential of youth leaders, the effectiveness of the performing arts, and the incorporation of psychosocial principles as additional items for the prevention toolkit.
The Gates Award for Global Health
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Dr. William Foege presents the award on behalf of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Dr. Paulo R. Teixeira, director of the Brazilian National AIDS Program.
The Leadership Imperative: International Cooperation for a Sustainable Future (5/30/2003)
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E. Anne Peterson, M.D., assistant administrator, USAID Bureau for Global Health, moderates this plenary. Speakers include David Nabarro, M.D., executive director, WHO’s Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments; and Jeffrey Sachs, Ph.D., director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University.

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