USAID Satellite Sessions

For a complete schedule on USAID-sponsored activities, download the USAID conference brochure [PDF, 356KB] Word Version [MS Word, 65KB].

• Addressing Stigma and Disclosure: Fresh Approaches and Lessons Learned from the Field
  18:00-20:00     Location: Fira de Barcelona Hall 5, Room 5
  This session will address current issues and challenges in stigma and disclosure in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The session will highlight activities that have successfully reduced stigma. Presentations will address current anti-stigma interventions including provider training, community mobilization, peer education, faith-based activities.
  
  Invited speakers:
  
  • Reduction of HIV/AIDS Stigma and Promotion of Safe Disclosure: The Muslim Community Perspective
    Magid Kagimu, Uganda
  • Health Care Workers and Stigma: Operations Research in a New Delhi Hospital
    Vaishali Sharma Mahendra, India and Bitra George, India
  • A Personal Account of Stigma (TBD)
    Suzana Murni, Indonesia
  • Stigma and Discrimination
    Nikki Schaay, South Africa and Edgar Gonzalez, Mexico
  • Stigma Reduction and Safe Disclosure of HIV Status- A Couples Perspective
    Kabanda Syamalevwe, Zambia and Brigitte Syamalevwe, Zambia
    

• What is the Future of Prevention in the Era of ARVs and Vaccine and Microbicide Trials?
  18:00-20:00     Location: Fira de Barcelona Hall 5, Room 5
  This session will explore issues concerning the effect that anti-retroviral (ARV) treatments, as well as vaccine and microbicide trials are having on primary prevention efforts. There has been an upsurge in HIV incidence in cities such as San Francisco and Amsterdam, where ARVs have been available for many years and where acquiring HIV is no longer considered a death sentence. The panel is composed of epidemiological/behavioral researchers and health professionals with first-hand experience in addressing these new challenges in prevention in countries such as Brazil where ARVs are already being widely distributed, as well as Botswana and Uganda, where ARVs may become more available.
  
  Invited Speakers:
  
  • ARVs and Prevention: a Brazilian Perspective
    Francisco Inácio Bastos, Brazil
    
  • Implications of Preventive HIV Vaccines on HIV Prevention Programs
    Timothy D. Mastro, USA
  • Prevention in Botswana (TBD)
    Serara Mogwe, Botswana
    
  • Leveraging Expanded Access to HIV/AIDS Treatment to Enhance Prevention
    Vinand Nantulya, USA

• Lessons Learned from Experiences in Prevention and Care in Latin America and the Caribbean
  20:30-22:30     Location: Fira de Barcelona Hall 5, Room 5
  Six presenters from the Latin America and the Caribbean region will highlight effective HIV/AIDS programs supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development. The presenters will represent best practices of the HIV/AIDS programming in the diverse socio-cultural nature as well as the various levels of the epidemic within the Latin America and Caribbean region.

• New Approaches In HIV/AIDS Programming
  18:00-20:00      Location: Fira de Barcelona Hall 5, Room 5
  HIV/AIDS threatens not only individuals and their families and communities, but also societies and the achievement of broader development goals. New approaches are being implemented that go beyond traditional public health interventions to protect development gains in the public and private sectors. This session will explore interventions to mitigate the economic and social impact of HIV/AIDS morbidity and mortality on the education and health sectors and on communities and households. Speakers will highlight case studies and lessons learned from integrating HIV/AIDS into the educational system and from community-based programs which provide economic opportunities for families and youth.
  
  Invited Speakers:
  • Mitigating HIV/AIDS Impact on the Education Sector
    Peter Badcock-Walter, University of Natal and Claudia Tjikuua, Namibia
  • Increasing Community Economic Resources
    Joan Parker, USA
    
  
  

• Scaling up: Grounded Realities
  18:00-20:00      Location: Fira de Barcelona Hall 5, Room 5
  This session will explore critical elements of program scale-up based on specific country experiences regarding scaling up VCT services, and expanding the role of NGOs and ARVs. Future scaling up concerns such as strategic assessment and planning, choosing the most appropriate approaches, the pace and pre-conditions for scaling up, sustainability, and replicability of HIV program will be discussed.
  
  Invited Speakers:
  • Scaling Up ARVs in Brazil (TBD)
    Francisco Inácio Bastos, Brazil
  • Scaling up NGOs in Tamil Nadu (TBD)
    Suniti Solomon, India
  • Quantity with Quality: determining strategies for scaling-up voluntary counseling and testing for HIV. A Kenyan model.
    Miriam Taegtmeyer, Kenya
  • VCT in Kenya (TBD)
    Maria Technitia, Kenya
    

Additional USAID-funded satellite sessions