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Wednesday, June 2 | Thursday, June 3 | Friday, June 4       

Wednesday, June 2, 2004

OPENING PLENARY SESSION
Future's Threshhold: Examining the Risks, Rights and Potential of Global Health


Session Moderator:

Nils Daulaire, M.D., M.P.H.
President & CEO, Global Health Council

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Speakers:

Robert Blum, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Professor & Chair, Department of Population & Family Health Sciences,
Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Deborah Prothrow-Stith, M.D.
Associate Dean for Faculty Development &
Director & Professor of the Division of Public Health Practice,
Harvard School of Public Health (Conference Co-Chair)

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PLENARY SESSION
Tuned In, Turned On: the Impact of Media and Marketing on Youth Behavior


Session Moderator:

Jane Bertrand, DrPH
Director, Center for Communications Programs, Johns Hopkins University

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Speakers:

Mandla Sibeko
South African youth, National Programme Officer, loveLife

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Thursday, June 3, 2004

PLENARY SESSION
Threats and Sources: Addressing Substance Abuse and Violence Among Youth


Session Moderator:

Cheryl Healton, DrPH
President & CEO, American Legacy Foundation

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Speakers:

Gary Barker, PhD
Director, Instituto PROMUNDO

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Neo Morojele, PhD
Medical Research Council, South Africa

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Evaline Akello
13-year old girl from Northern Uganda

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ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET

The Gates Award for Global Health

Announced and presented by:

William H. Gates, Sr.
Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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The Gates Award recipient:

Fazle Hasan Abed
Founder and Chairman of BRAC

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The Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health & Human Rights
Presented by:

U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy
D-VT

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Best Practices in Global Health
Presented by:

Stephanie Chafee
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The Best Practices Award recipient:

Dr. Catherine Hamlin
Founder, Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital

(accepted on her behalf by Ms. Shaleece Haas, co-founder of the American Friends Foundation)
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UN Bombing Memorial
Presented by:

Dr. John Schultz
President, Christian Children's Fund

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Friday, June 4, 2004

SPECIAL SESSION
Early Marriage: Advancing the Global Agenda


Presenters:

Judith Bruce
Director, Population Council
Child Marriage, Social Isolation and Implications for HIV Policy

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Geeta Rao Gupta, PhD
President, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
Child Marriage: Social and Economic Linkages and Opportunities for Intervention

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CLOSING PLENARY SESSION
How Do You Spell Success? The ABCs of HIV/AIDS Prevention


References Used/Cited

Green, E.C. 2003. Rethinking AIDS prevention. Westport, CT: Praeger

Hearst, Norman and Sanny Chen, Condom promotion for AIDS prevention in the developing world: is it working? Studies In Family Planning 2004; 35 [1]: 39 –47.

Reddy, S.P., S. Panday, D. Swart, C.C. Jinabhai, S.L. Amosun, S. James, K.D. Monyeki, G. Stevens, N. Morejele, N.S. Kambaran, R.G. Omardien and H.W. Van den Borne, Umthenthe Uhlaba Usamila. 2002 The South African youth risk behaviour survey. Cape Town: South African Medical Research Council, 2003.

Shelton, James D, Daniel T. Halperin,Vinand Nantulya, Malcolm Potts, Helene D. Gayle, King K. Holmes. Partner reduction is crucial for balanced "ABC "approach to HIV prevention. BMJ: vol. 328. 10 April 2004. www.bmj.com.

Shisana, Olive and Leickness Simbayi. 2003. The Nelson Mandela/HSRC study of HIV/AIDS. Cape Town, 8000, South Africa: The Human Sciences Research Council.

Stoneburner, Rand L. and Daniel Low-Beer. Population-level HIV declines and behavioral risk avoidance in Uganda. 30 April 2004. Science 304: 714-18.

Shelton, Halperin, Gayle et al. Partner eduction is crucial for balanced “ABC” approach to HIV prevention. BMJ: vol. 328.

Bracher, Santow Watkins. Assessing the potential of condom use to prevent the spread of HIV: a microsimulation study. Studies in Family Planning: vol. 35, no. 1.

Are people using condoms? London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. November 2003. www.hivtools.lshtm.ac.uk.

Cohen. Beyond slogans: lessons from Uganda’s experience. The Guttmacher Report. December 2003.