| 15th December TUESDAY |
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Section 1: Updates in HIV Epidemiology
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Session 1: Worldwide data
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Chair: Professor Bernhard Schaller, Addis Ababa University Ethiopia.
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| 09:00am-09:30am |
“Topic to be confirmed”
Dr Bisola Ojikutu, Havard Medical School, Harvard USA
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| 09:30am-10:00am |
“Topic to be confirmed”
Dr Jose Zuniga, President/CEO, IAPAC, Chicago, USA
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| 10:00am-10:30 am |
“Variation in the incidence of Oral Disease & Dental care of HIV-infected Adults with Aging of AIDS”
Assistance Professor Kishore Shetty, AIDS Education Training Center, Bangalore, India
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| 10:30am-11:00am |
Coffee Break Coffee Break Interactive Networking
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| 11:00am-11:30am |
To be confirmed
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| 11:30am-12:00am |
To be confirmed |
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| 12:00am-14:00pm |
Lunch & Interactive session |
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Session 2: Global Response
Chair: Professor Tulio de Oliveira, SANBI, Cape Town, South Africa |
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| 14:00pm-14:30pm |
Predicting HIV drug resistance in the developing countries
Dr Andrew Phillips, Royal Free & University College, London, UK |
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| 14:30pm-15:00pm |
AIDS Vaccine Innovation: The role of Public Partnerships
Professor Joanna Chataway (Open University, UK) |
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| 15:00pm-15:30pm |
The Global Approach to Develop a HIV Vaccine: The Global HIV Vaccine
Professor Alan Bernstein (Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, USA)
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| 15:30pm-16:00pm |
Coffee Break & Interactive Networking |
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Section 2: HIV/AIDS & Vulnerable Groups
Session 3: HIV/AIDS & The youth
Chair: Professor Joanna Chataway (Open University, UK) |
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| 16:30pm-17:00pm |
“Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS
Professor Zhimin Liu Peking University Peking, China
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| 17:00pm-17:30pm |
“Info-Infection Booms as HIV/AIDS Looms in Chandigarh, India”
Rajesh Kumar, Punjab Engineering College, India |
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| 17:30pm-18:00pm |
“HIV Prevention among drug users in northern Thailand”
Assistant Professor Apinun Aramattana, Chaing Mai University, Chaing Mai, Thailand |
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Session 5: HIV/AIDS, Minorities & Stigmatization Chair: Professor Zhimin Liu, University of Peking, Peking China |
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| 18:00pm-18:30pm |
To be confirmed |
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| 18:30pm-19:00pm |
To be confirmed |
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| 19:00pm-19:30pm |
To be confirmed |
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| 20:30pm |
Day One Ends |
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| 16th December August, 2008 WEDNESDAY |
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Section 3: Updates in Basic Sciences |
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Session 6: Virology & Immunology
Chair: Professor Bernhard Schaller, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
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| 09:00am-9:30am |
HIV-1 p24 Antigen as an alternative to tests for HIV-1 RNA for diagnosis of Pediatric HIV-infection and treatment monitoring”
Professor Jorg Schupbach, University of Zurich, Zurich Switzerland |
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| 09:30am-10:00am |
“Immunopathogenesis of Human Immunodeficiency virus”
Professor Sharon Lewin, Alfred Hospital, Victoria, Australia. |
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| 10:00am-10:30am |
“Genetic Factor that may make Africans more susceptible to infection by HIV”
Professor Robin Weiss (University College, London, UK) |
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| 10:30am-11:00am |
Coffee Break & Interactive Networking |
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Session 7: HIV/AIDS, Co-infections & Other Co-morbidities Chair: Professor Robin Weiss (University College, London, UK) |
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| 11:00am-11:30am |
“Managing TB in HIV-infected Patients”
Dr Stephen Lawn, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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| 11:30am-12:00nn |
“HIV & Hepatitis B and C Co-infections”
Professor Mamta K Jain, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center USA |
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| 12:00am-12:30pm |
“HIV & HBV Co-infection”
Professor Sharon Lewin, Alfred Hospital, Victoria, Australia |
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| 12:30pm-13:00pm |
To be confirmed |
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| 13:00pm-13:30pm |
To be confirmed |
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| 13:30pm-14:30 |
Lunch & Interactive Networking |
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Session 8: Update in Pathogenesis
Chair: Dr Jose Zuniga, President/CEO, IAPAC
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| 14:30pm-15:00pm |
To be confirmed |
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| 15:00pm-15:30pm |
To be confirmed |
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| 15:30pm-16:00pm |
To be confirmed |
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Session 9: Updates in HIV Therapeutics Chair: Professor Jorg Schupbach, University of Zurich, Zurich Switzerland |
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| 16:00pm-16:30pm |
To be confirmed |
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| 16:30pm-17:00pm |
“Fluconazole plus Flucytosine for treating HIV-associated oropharyngeal Candidiasis”
Dr A Yaro, Africa Health Research Organization, Accra Ghana. |
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| 17:00pm-17:30pm |
Coffee Break & Interactive Networking |
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| 17:30pm-18:00pm |
To be confirmed |
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| 18:00pm-18:30pm |
To be confirmed |
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| 18:30pm-19:00pm |
To be confirmed |
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| 19:00pm-19:30pm |
“Topic to be confirmed”
Professor Brian Gazzard, Chelsea Westminster Hospital, UK
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| 17th December, 2008 WEDNESDAY |
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Session 10: Therapy: From Clinical trials to practice
Chair: Dr Bisola Ojikutu, Havard Medical School, Havard USA |
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| 09:00-09:30am |
“Strategies for chemotherapy & Prophylaxis of HIV Infection”
Professor Eric De Clercq, Rega Institute of Medical Research, Belgium |
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| 09:30-10:00am |
To be confirmed |
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| 10:00-10:30am |
To be confirmed |
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| 10:30-11:00am |
Coffee Break & Interactive Networking |
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Session 11: Vaccine: History, situation and the Way forward
Chair: Professor Eric De Clercq, Rega Institute of Medical Research, Belgium |
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| 11:00-11:30am |
“Topic to be confirmed”
Professor Tulio de Oliveira, South Africa National Institute of Bioinformatics, Cape Town South Africa |
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| 11:30-12:00nn |
To be confirmed |
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| 12:00-12:30pm |
To be confirmed |
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| 12:30-13:00pm |
“Topic to be confirmed”
Professor Robin Shattock, St George’s University, UK |
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| 13:00-13:30pm |
“HIV re-infection: Implications for HIV Vaccine Design”
Professor Julie Overbaugh (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA): via satellite |
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| 13:30-14:30pm |
Lunch & Interactive Networking |
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Section 4: Socioeconomics Aspects of HIV/AIDS Session 12: HIV/AIDS & Socio-cultural aspects |
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| 14:30-15:00pm |
“Socio-cultural realities and importance of interventional activity of AIDS -related education”
JS Sajith, Government Medical College, India
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| 15:00-15:30pm |
To be confirmed |
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| 15:30-16:00pm |
To be confirmed |
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| 16:00-16:30pm |
Coffee Break & Networking |
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Session 13: Economic of HIV/AIDS |
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| 16:30-17:00pm |
The Effectiveness of Scaling-up of ART across countries
Dr Maarkus Haacker, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine London
& International Monetary Fund, USA
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| 17:00-17:30pm |
To be confirmed |
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| 17:30-18:00pm |
To be confirmed |
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| 18:00-18:15pm |
Coffee |
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Session 14: Scenarios from Africa: Community case study
Chair: Dr Anne N Phiri, Lusaka Zambia |
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| 18:15-18:45pm |
“Pattern of Presentation among HIV/AIDS Patients in Makurdi Nigeria”
Dr Odimayo M Simidele, Benue State University, Nigeria
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| 18:45-19:15pm |
Adherence to treatment for HIV positive mothers and their babies
Dr Lydia Mungherera, TASO, Kampala Uganda |
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| 19:15-19:45pm |
To be confirmed |
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| 19:45-20:15pm |
To be confirmed |
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| 20:15-20:20pm |
Vote of thanks |
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| 20:20pm |
Conference comes to an end |
