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Session: HIV/AIDS: Have We Found the Right Prevention and Treatment Strategies?
5051.0: Wednesday, November 10, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
HIV/AIDS: Have We Found the Right Prevention and Treatment Strategies?
This session examines programs and services dealing with the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS. Factors such as human resource to provide services and financing to sustain services are described. Examples address practical applications.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, participants will be able to explain the components of successful prevention and treatment programs ant the financial implications of their interventions.
Moderator(s):Dennis Weeks, MBA, MPH
8:30 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:35 AMRapid upscaling of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) in Cameroon, West Africa  [ Recorded presentation ]
Tih Pius Muffih, MPH, PhD, George Ndikintum, Godlove Nkuoh, Joseph Nkfusai, Thomas K. Welty, MD, MPH, Edith R. Welty, MD, Janet Kayita, MD, MPH, Marc Bulterys, MD, PhD
8:50 AMImpact of an efficacious microbicide on global HIV transmission: Model projections
Charlotte Watts, PhD, Lilani Kumaranayake, Peter Vickerman, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Lori Heise
9:05 AMWithdrawn -- Effect of HIV/AIDS knowledge and education on sexual behavior among HIV discordant couples in Haiti
Martine Etienne, MPH, DrPH(c), Mian B. Hossain, MSC, MHS, PhD
9:20 AMEmerging issues in resource needs for ARV treatment programs in low-resource countries
Owen Smith, MPA
9:35 AMHuman Resources Implications of HIV/AIDS Scale-up: The Case of Zambia  [ Recorded presentation ]
Rebecca Furth, MA, Jenny Huddart, MBA, Joyce Lyons, PhD
9:50 AMConcluding Remarks
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:International Health
Endorsed by:HIV/AIDS; Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA