"Southern States Summit on HIV/AIDS and STDs: A Call to Action" 11/14/2002
Kaiser Family Foundation, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, and the Southern State AIDS Directors Work Group, Charlotte, N.C.
Former Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher delivers the keynote address for this conference in which participants address the challenges faced by states in the Southern region of the U.S. in responding to the HIV/AIDS and STD epidemics.
A background report prepared by the Kaiser Family Foundation for the Summit shows that the South has more people estimated to be living with AIDS than the Northeast, Midwest and Western regions of the United States.
Welcome & Purpose of Meeting and Keynote Address
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J. Steven Cline; Evelyn Foust and Beth Scalco, co-chairs, Southern State AIDS Directors Work Group; Jennifer Kates, Kaiser Family Foundation; Julie Scofield, NASTAD.
Keynote Address: Dr. David Satcher
Plenary: The HIV/AIDS & STD Crisis in the South
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Moderator: Evelyn Foust, North Carolina.
Panelists: Peter Leone, UNC; Hazel Dean, CDC-DHAP; and Hillard Weinstock, CDC-DSTD.
State Legislators Roundtable
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Moderator: Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Kaiser Family Foundation.
Panelists: Sen. Warren Giese, South Carolina; Sen. Paulette Riley-Irons, Louisiana; Del. Bonnie Brown, West Virginia; Sec. Carmen Hooker-Odom, North Carolina; and Rep. Laura Hall, Alabama.
Plenary: The Role of Federal Partners in Addressing the HIV/AIDS & STD Crisis in the South
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Moderator: Casey Blass, Texas
Panelists: Victor Barnes, CDC-DHAP; Jo Valentino, CDC; and Michael McDaniel, CMS.
Plenary: Mobilizing Communities to Respond
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Moderators: Tom Liberti, Florida & Miguelina Leon, NMAC.
Panelists: Bambi Gaddist, South Carolina; Don Sneed, Texas; Pastor Gwendolyn Curry, North Carolina; and Nancy Rivera, Florida.

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