"Provoking Hope: A Brown University HIV/AIDS Symposium" 4/23/2004
Brown University, Providence, R.I.
This symposium brings together disparate audiences to engage in the issues at the core of the pandemic.
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Areas of exploration include the following:
- Socioeconomic consequences of AIDS
- The driving and restraining factors of increasingly novel and collaborative strategies for the prevention and treatment of HIV/ AIDS
- The impact that gender inequality and marginalized or stigmatized populations have on access to prevention and to quality care throughout the world
- The cutting-edge research and scientific breakthroughs that is, at times, stagnant and congested by conflicting agendas
Opening Session (4/23/2004)
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Development and AIDS: Reflections on an Evolving Epidemic (4/23/2004)
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The panel will address the complex relationship between the HIV/AIDS pandemic and various international social and capital development efforts.
Welcome (4/24/2004)
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Dr. Berkley will address the vexing issues surrounding why the AIDS vaccine product pipeline is so impoverished, as well as the economic and business incentives that will be required to move this initiative onto the global agenda.
HIV Care in the Community: Pragmatic Issues (4/24/2004)
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Preventing HIV and AIDS in the Future (4/24/2004)
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Keynote Address (4/24/2004)
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The Pandemic and Treatments (4/24/2004)
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In light of the numerous initiatives to bring HIV/AIDS treatment to the developing world, this session will highlight key issues such as access, adherence, and monitoring.
The Pandemic and Prevention (4/24/2004)
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Focusing on prevention, speakers will address what constitutes prevention, the effectiveness of current prevention methods, and the future role of prevention in treatment settings, among other topics.
Lessons Learned—Creating a Comprehensive AIDS-Care Program in a Resource Constrained Environment (4/24/2004)
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Town Meeting on the U.S. Response to HIV/AIDS (4/24/2004)
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About the Series
The Pandemic Series is made up of three elements: Facing AIDS, the acclaimed documentary by Rory Kennedy; Imaging AIDS, an art exhibition that includes work by Annie Leibovitz, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Cindy Sherman; and Provoking Hope, a three-day symposium which explores HIV prevention, treatment, and the effects of the epidemic in developing countries. The series is presented at Brown University by the following University programs and affiliates: Brown Alumni Association, Student Coalition on AIDS, Brown Medical School, David Winton Bell Gallery, and University Advancement; and by Physicians for Human Rights, Health Action AIDS Project.
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