Below, please find a list of events, hosted by CSIS. Click on an event title to view more information. Video or audio files of on-site conferences or events are usually posted within two days.
CSIS HIV/AIDS Task Force Final Conference
View the Conference Video at: http://www.kaisernetwork.org/healthcast/csis/15jul08 Slideshow from conference (flash) 9:00 am Welcome: John J. Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS Introduction: J. Stephen Morrison, Executive Director, CSIS Task Force on HIV/AIDS 9:30 am Senator Sam Brownback, United States Senate (i) Reflections on the major U.S. accomplishments on HIV/AIDS and global health in this decade, what factors brought about this surprising set of achievements, and what lessons are to be drawn. Ambassador Mark Dybul U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator AUDIO (mp3, 00:19:26)
July 1
Kaiser/CSIS Briefing on the 2008 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting
Joint CSIS HIV/AIDS Task Force and Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Kampala Implementers' Meeting Briefing Summary The CSIS HIV/AIDS Task Force and Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation jointly hosted a briefing on the morning of July 1, 2008 in Washington, DC to reflect upon the 2008 HIV/AIDS Implementer’s Meeting that took place last month in Kampala, Uganda.. The briefing featured Ambassador Mark Dybul, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, and a panel discussion by Stephen Morrison, Executive Director of the CSIS HIV/AIDS Task Force; Janet Fleischman, Chair of the CSIS HIV/AIDS Task Force Committee on Gender; Alicia Carbaugh, Senior Policy Analyst, HIV Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation; Dr. Caroline Ryan, Senior Advisor on HIV Prevention and Technical Team Leader, OGAC; and moderated by Jennifer Kates, Vice President and Director of HIV Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation.
March 4
Combating the Twin Epidemics of HIV/AIDS and Drug Addiction
Combating the Twin Epidemics of HIV/AIDS and Drug Addiction: Opportunities for Progress and Gaps in ScalePresenting Authors:Dr. Robert Heimer,Ph.DYale University School of Public HealthTraci C. Green, M.Sc.Yale University School of Public HealthDiscussants:Dr. Eric Goosby, M.D.CEO and Chief Medical Officer, Pangaea Global AIDS FoundationDr. Caroline Ryan, M.D, M.P.H.Office of the U.S. Global AIDS CoordinatorModerated by:Phillip Nieburg, M.D., M.P.H.Senior Associate, CSIS Task Force on HIV/AIDSandJ. Stephen Morrison, Ph.DExecutive Director, CSIS HIV/AIDS Task ForceThe CSIS report is authored by David A. Fiellin, associate professor of medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine; Traci C. Green, National Institute on Drug Abuse predoctoral fellow, Yale University School of Public Health; and Robert Heimer, professor, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale University School of Public Health.Data presented in the report were compiled between November 2006 and June 2007. Sources included papers in the peer-reviewed medical and social science literature, reports from national agencies and international organizations, and direct communication with contacts either in the country of interest or at the agencies and organizations responsible for managing or funding treatment programs and HIV relief efforts.This report focuses on 12 developing countries: 10 with injection-driven HIV epidemics(China, Georgia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Russia,Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Vietnam) and 2 with emerging epidemics among injection drug users (Kenya and Nigeria).
February 21
Sizwe's Test: A Young Man's Journey Through Africa's AIDS Epidemic
Sizwe's Test: A Young Man’s Journey through Africa’s AIDS Epidemic by Jonny Steinberg Discussion Moderated by J. Stephen Morrison, Executive Director, CSIS HIV/AIDS Task Force *Acclaimed South Africa journalist Jonny Steinberg journeys into the center of the AIDS crisis in his home country (where more than 1 in 8 people are HIV-positive) to find out why, even when they are within walking distance of treatment, people are staying home and dying.
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