Global AIDS Alliance Events at the International AIDS Conference

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Accelerating Action to Achieve Family-Centred Care: Campaign to End Pediatric HIV/AIDS (CEPA)

A Plenary Panel Discussion of Children and HIV: Family Support First - Working Together to Achieve Universal Support and Access to Treatment Symposium
Date and Time: Friday July 16th 3:30-5:00pm
Location: The Austria Center (note: requires registration to Symposium to attend)
Speakers:  Ms. Georgina Bukenya, Global Coordinator, Campaign to End Pediatric HIV/AIDS (CEPA), Global AIDS Alliance; Ms. Morolake Odetoyinbo, Project Director, Positive Action for Treatment Access, Nigeria; and Ambassador Jimmy Kolker, Chief, HIV & AIDS, UNICEF Headquarters. Moderated by Dr. Sabrina Kitaka, Mulago Hospital/Makerere University Medical School and Uganda Pediatric Association. With video address by Ms. Graça Machel, President of the Foundation for Community Development and Chair, Leadership Council of the Campaign to End Pediatric HIV/AIDS
Session overview: This session will stimulate a lively discussion that will challenge stakeholders to generate practical solutions to overcome existing bottlenecks to scaling up prevention, treatment and care of pediatric HIV/AIDS with the aim of eliminating vertical transmission. The discussion will be moderated by CEPA network partner Dr. Bakeera-Kitaka and will feature Ms Rolake Odetoyinbo from Nigeria and Mr. Jimmy Kolker of UNICEF.

Safe Schools: The Cross-Cutting Challenge of School-related Violence

Date and Time: Thursday July 22, 2:45-4:00pm
Location: Women’s Networking Zone, Global Village
Co-sponsors: Advocates for Youth, Global Action for Children & Global AIDS Alliance
Speakers: Mr. Ken Odumbe, ActionAid International Regional HIV&AIDS Coordinator, Kenya; Ms. Tina Musuya, Executive Director, Center for Domestic Violence Prevention; and Mr. Jaevion Nelson, Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network (JYAN)
Session overview: School-related violence (SRV) undermines efforts to achieve gender parity and universal primary education, to eliminate discrimination and violence against lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth, and to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015. SRV itself increases vulnerability to HIV, and is often cited as a leading cause of school drop-out. Though SRV affects millions of children, especially girls, worldwide each year, comprehensive programs to counter, prevent, and respond to such violence are largely absent from both national education plans and the international community’s funding priorities. HIV/AIDS, violence, and lack of educational opportunities are part of a vicious cycle. In this interactive session, various stakeholders will share testimonies of SRV and programs designed to respond, and we will discuss strategies for a collective way forward.

Other Events:

Human Rights March and Rally
Tuesday, 20th July, 18:300-22:15

  • 18:30-20:00 Pre-march activities at Schottentor 
  • 20:00-20:30 March from Schottentor to Heldenplatz
  • 20:45-22:15 Rally and live performance by Annie Lennox at Heldenplatz

 

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