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World AIDS Day: Addressing Stigma and Discrimination
When: Monday, December 1, 2003, 6:00 -7:30 p.m.
Where: Ross Hall, Rm 117, George Washington University, Washington, DC
The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services cordially invites you to a special World AIDS Day event on December 1, 2003.
"World AIDS Day: Addressing Stigma and Discrimination" is co-sponsored by the GWU Center for Global Health, the Global Health Student Representatives of the Public Health Student Association, the Medical Center Student Council and the Student Global AIDS Campaign.
Details
A 15-minute overview of the role of stigma and discrimination in the AIDS epidemic and introduction of the moving AIDS film, "A Closer Walk." A half-hour excerpt of the film will be followed by a 15-minute presentation on hopeful signs--successful efforts to reduce the prevalence of HIV/AIDS that have included strategies to to overcome stigma, discrimination, and the vulnerability associated with gender inequity. The concluding half-hour will be devoted to questions from the audience and answers by a panel of specialists in AIDS, reproductive health, human rights and gender.
Elizabeth Lule, Sr. Adviser for Population and Reproductive Health, the World Bank, will give the overview and introduce the film; Daniel Halperin, Sr. Advisor, Office of HIV/AIDS, USAID, will give the post-film presentation.
Q&A panelists in addition to Elizabeth Lule and Daniel Halperin, will be: Carol Larivee, head of behavior-change communication of Family Health International's AIDS Impact Project; Richard Skolnik, Director, GWU Center for Global Health; and Elaine Murphy, Senior Associate of the GWU Center for Global Health.
Dean Ruth Katz will welcome the audience and speakers.
Ross Hall is between 23rd and 24th streets, NW, below Washington Circle, directly behind the Foggy Bottom Metro station. You must have a photo ID to enter the bldg.
Please join us!
For More Information
http://www.gwumc.edu/sphhs/
category: Upcoming Events : Other Events
contributed by Andrea Welch on 14 November 2003
Global : United States
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