The purpose of this half-day conference was to look beyond the immediate issues of HIV/AIDS and the possibility of an avian flu epidemic, both already well ensconced in Washington’s worry list. The conference highlighted how public health fits into the growing U.S.-India relationship, both as an area of cooperation and as a factor in determining India’s medium- and long-term future. It also examined tools for developing a public health capability in India that can service both the threats we already know about and those that may develop in the future, and that can serve as a center of excellence for dealing with the health issues that threaten international security. The conference put the HIV/AIDS issue into a larger public health context, and related the issue to India’s future at a time when U.S. -India relations are increasingly important.
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