5/6/08 - Mexico Update

5th of August, 2008 NEWS FROM THE XVII INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCEProvided by kaisernetwork.org, a free health policy informationservice of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundationhttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/aids2008CONTENTS----------------4 August 2008----------------1. Sessions2. Daily Roundup3. Press Briefings4. Newsmaker Interviews5. Podcasts6. Mexico City Notebook7. News Summaries==================================================================---------------------------------1. SESSIONS---------------------------------Webcasts and podcasts of the following sessions are now available.Opening Session, 3 August 2008http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2863Scaling up Comprehensive Prevention of Mother-to-child TransmissionProgrammes: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Adapting GlobalRecommendations to Country Situation, 3 August 2008http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2859HIV Transmission under ART, 3 August 2008http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2860Universal Access of TB Services to PLHIV: Harnessing Collaboration andCoordination, 3 August 2008http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2861Plenary: Panel Discussion on the State of the Epidemic, 4 August 2008http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2866Regional Session: Sub-Saharan Africa, 4 August 2008http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2868Is Religion a Barrier to HIV Prevention? 4 August 2008http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2870HIV/AIDS and Health System Reform: Achieving Universal Coverage, 4 August 2008http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2872Learning by Doing: Scaling up HIV Operations Research inResource-Limited Settings, 4 August 2008http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2871Reaching Millions - Youth, AIDS and the Digital Age, 4 August 2008http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2873***LIVE WEBCASTS TUESDAY***10 a.m. ET - Plenary Session, Day 212 p.m. ET - Official Press Conference1:45 p.m. ET - Travel Restrictions on People Living with HIV: GoingAgainst the Grain of Human Rights and Public Health---------------------------------2. DAILY ROUNDUP---------------------------------Kaisernetwork.org managing editor Jill Braden Balderas reports on thedaily highlights from the XVII International AIDS Conference, Monday,4 August - Friday, 8 August, in Mexico City.The Daily Roundup for Monday, 4 August will be posted later today.http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2838---------------------------------3. PRESS BRIEFINGS---------------------------------Official Press Conference, 4 August 2008http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2867Press Conference: The Role of the AIDS Epidemic in Black America inthe Global AIDS Epidemic, 4 August 2008http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2875---------------------------------4. NEWSMAKER INTERVIEWS---------------------------------Throughout the AIDS 2008 Conference, the Kaiser Family Foundation'sJackie Judd will interview newsmakers who will preview and summarizeconference developments.Allyson Leacock, Executive Director, Caribbean Broadcast MediaPartnership on HIV/AIDShttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2836#leacockLeacock speaks about efforts to mobilize Caribbean media to put aspotlight on the HIV/AIDS epidemic.Elisabet Fadul, IAS Youth Programme Co-Chairhttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2836#fadulFadul, from the Dominican Republic, discusses how she became anHIV/AIDS activist and what she wants delegates to understand aboutreaching out to young people.Ceci Connolly, Correspondent, Washington Posthttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2836#connollyConnolly discusses her recent series of reports on HIV/AIDS in Mexico,including border areas, and among Hispanics in the U.S.---------------------------------5. PODCASTS---------------------------------Spanish- and English-language audio podcasts from the opening andclosing sessions, plenary sessions, and selected other sessions andpress conferences are available.Listen to select sessions in:Spanishhttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/aids2008/audio.cfm?lang=spEnglishhttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/aids2008/audio.cfm?lang=enTo subscribe to language specific podcasts of select sessions from theconference visit http://www.kaisernetwork.org/aids2008/podcast.cfm .---------------------------------6. MEXICO CITY NOTEBOOK---------------------------------Science magazine correspondent Jon Cohen reviews the day's news at theconference in daily interviews with Kaiser's Jackie Judd. Submit aquestion for Jon Cohen by emailing ask@kaisernetwork.org .Mexico City Notebook from Monday, 4 August will be available later today.http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2837---------------------------------7. NEWS SUMMARIES---------------------------------XVII International AIDS Conference Opens Amid Calls for UniversalAccess to Treatment, Disappointing Vaccine, Microbicide Trials4 August 2008http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=53677Media Outlets Profile Attendees at HIV/AIDS Conferences in Mexico City4 August 2008http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=53678Additional news coverage will be available in the Kaiser DailyHIV/AIDS Report, including summaries of all the news coverage fromacross the globe.Available at noon ET, online at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/dailyreports/hiv .Sign up for email at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/email .==================================================================We encourage you to forward this email to your friends, colleagues,listservs, discussion groups or let them know they can sign up forthis free email athttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/signupAIDS2008.cfm .This daily update email, provided during the week of the XVIIInternational AIDS Conference, is a free service of the Kaiser FamilyFoundation. 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