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International Conference on HIV/AIDS and
Substance Abuse
3rd December,
2002
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Session
No. 1:
Cost effective Prevention
Education.
Chair:
Mr. Bhavnesh Sawhney, India
Keynote address by Chief Guest of Honour:
Mr. K. Vaidyanathan, (Project Director, AVERT-USAID,
India) 10.30 -
10.45
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Speaker:
Dr. Rosy M. Chhabra
(Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA) 10.45 -
11.10 |
Biodata:
Dr. Rosy Chhabra has been involved in working with HIV
infected minority population for the last ten years. Her
work in the past has focused on quality of life issues of
HIV infected population and in designing support programs
for women.
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Dr. Yusuf Merchant,
DAIRRC,
India 10.45 -
11.10 |
Dr. Yusuf Merchant is the president of Drug Abuse Information
Rehabilitation and Research Centre and also of the Hope
2002 International Conference. He has conducted Drug
Intervention Education that has reached over 40,000
students, has trained members of the Enforcement agencies
and has been conducting a Rehabilitation program for the
last 20 years , which has a current success rate of about
85 percent.
Dr Yusuf Merchant and Dr Rosy Chhabra are jointly
conducting STEP, an HIV education program jointly
organized by the World AIDS Foundation, Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center & DAIRRC.
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Topic of Presentation:
International Technology Transfer
of HIV Prevention Education Programs.
Abstract:
About thirty percent (300 million) of India’s
total population is between the ages of 10 to 24 years (UNFPA,
2000). The attitude, health-related experiences and
behavior of these youth directly impacts the future of
Indian society as these variables affect their
educational, social and financial choices. This paper
outlined a methodology designed to combine elements of the
models of successful curriculum based HIV prevention
programs in the US with the existing community-based
efforts in India to guide our approach to HIV/AIDS
awareness propagation.
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Speaker:
Ms Reyna Kasiram
(Addington Hospital, South Africa) 11.10 - 11.35 |
Biodata:
Ms. Reyna Kasiram is a researcher and
physiotherapist who is intimately involved with HIV/AIDS
on a daily basis. She has undertaken 4 years of practical
work training and was inspired by her experience to
research knowledge and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS. She has
had physiotherapy experience in several provinces in South
Africa and is very knowledgeable in the field of caring
for the HIV/AIDS patient.
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Topic of Presentation:
A Study on Knowledge and Attitude
to
HIV/AIDS : Contributing to Holistic, Quality Care
Abstract:
The presentation purported to provide researched
evidence that underscored the need for education and
knowledge amongst professional care givers to promote
holistic, quality service provision to those with the
disease.
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Speaker:
Dr.Saraswathi Sankaran
(Deepam Educational Society for Health (DESH), India)
11.35 - 12.00 |
Biodata:
Dr.Saraswathi Sankaran is a sociologist
specialized in lifestyle analysis. She has worked for over
two decades as a Counsellor in areas of ‘Level of Living’,
‘Welfare’, ‘Alcoholism’, and ‘Drug Abuse’. She has been
involved in AIDS control programs advocating ‘no risk’
lifestyle and Reproductive and Child Health in the last 15
years.
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Topic of Presentation:
Role of the Corporate Sector.
Abstract:
This presentation displays that through
workplace education and a supportive system an industry
can significantly prevent HIV/AIDS amongst employees as
well as remove myths and misconceptions.
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Expert opinion of Guest of Honour:
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Dr. Alka Gogate
(Project Director, Mumbai District AIDS Control Society,
India) 12.00 - 12.15 |
Questions and Answers: 12.15 - 12.45
Lunch break: 12.45 - 13.15
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Session No. 2:
Practical aspects of living with HIV
Chair:
Mr. Ismail Niyaz, Maldives
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Speaker:
Dr. Manu N Kulkarni
(Help Opportunity Promote Empathy (HOPE) Foundation, India)
13.15 - 13.40 |
Biodata:
Dr Manu N Kulkarni worked with UNICEF for 20
long years. He studied in Bombay University and Johns
Hopkins University and specialized in Public Health. He
attended 6th ICAP in Melbourne and is active in ICAP body.
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Topic of Presentation:
Retailing Good Health- An
experience with a Petroleum Company
Abstract:
The Hope Foundation and Bharat Petroleum have
set up what is called Diagnostic Picture Tests Kiosk in
One Stop Truck Shop in Dhon (A.P) in the Petrol Bunk
operated by the Company. This has helped to educate
hundreds of truckers to think about their STIs and about
the dangers of HIV/AIDS. The experiment is in the initial
stages, and the findings were discussed in this paper.
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