The World Bank at the
XV International AIDS Conference
Bangkok 2004
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The
World Bank is committed to building a
substantially stronger and more effective
global response to meet the challenge of
HIV/AIDS. The World Bank is one of the largest
sources of financing for HIV/AIDS programs in
the United Nations system. In the last few
years, the Bank has committed about US$1.7
billion through grants, loans and credits for
programs to fight HIV/AIDS.
The World Bank as a founding co-sponsor of
UNAIDS and serving as trustee of the Global
Fund is dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS and
building partnerships to halt and eventually
reverse the spread of the epidemic.
Representatives of the Bank will be
participating in thirty-eight separate events
at Bangkok. For a complete listing, click
here.
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Sample Lisitng of World Bank Activities
at
Bangkok July 11-16, 2004
Sunday, July 11, 2004
AIDS
Treatment and Prevention: Costs and
Consequences of Expanding Treatment in
India, Thailand and South Africa
11:45 - 1:45 pm. Room E
Many developing countries are considering
whether or to what degree they should expand
public financing for antiretroviral therapy
(ART). In choosing among alternatives,
governments need to weight the future stream
of benefits against the costs of each
alternative. This symposium presents
estimates of future benefits and costs for
India, Thailand and South Africa and opens
the floor for discussion of the significance
of these findings.
Monday, July 12, 2004
Accelerating Implementation of
National HIV/AIDS Programmes: Lessons from
the Multi-Country AIDS Programme (MAP).
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Room N
This session will focus on the World
Bank's MAP programme and its work with
National AIDS Councils and Civil Society in
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Increasing the Impact of HIV/AIDS
Prevention: A New Approach from South Asia.
4 - 5:30 p.m., Room O
South Asia countries recognize the
importance of resource allocations on the
ultimate impact of their prevention
programs. The World Bank has launched a
regional initiative using a practical impact
analysis tools to address this question.
This leadership session will present the
model, as well as case studies of Nepal and
West Bengal, which have undertaken this
exercise in 2004. Policy implications and
lessons learned for other countries will be
discussed.
Sustainable
Access to ARV Treatment: The Role of Health
Systems in Reaching the Poor
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. EC6
This session will focus on the role of
health systems in planning, management and
delivery of antiretroviral treatment at
country level. Can access to treatment be
improved without efforts to improve health
systems?
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
AIDS
and the Media: 20 Years of Learning: The
Panos Global AIDS Program
6:00 - 8:00 pm. Room F
Reaching those in need of HIV/AIDS Drugs
and Supplies: Overcoming Obstacles to
Procurement in Resource Limited Settings
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Room G
OED
evaluation of the Effectiveness of the
Bank's HIV/AIDS Assistance
8:15 - 10:15 p.m.
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Improving Accountability and Effectiveness
of International HIV/AIDS Assistance
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Room N
What
do we know and what needs to be done? The
objectives of this leadership session are to
stimulate a discussion among representatives
of donor agencies, community organizations
and delegates about he state of evaluation
of accountability for outcomes of HIV/AIDS
assistance.
- HIV/AIDS in the
Workplace - Facing the Challenges -
Realizing the Opportunities
6 - 8 p.m. in room EC2.
- The
presentations and the session will focus on
the metrics involved with making the
decision to offer workplace policies, with a
focus on the ethical, social and legal
questions and considerations companies face
in operating as an "ethical
company." The session is being
moderated by Robert Mallett, Sr. VP of
Pfizer, and speakers include Andrew Frean,
Regional Medical Director of BP, Wilfred
Griekspoor, Board Member of Pharmaccess,
Peter Laughran, Executive Director of the
van Leer Foundation, and MC Sullivan,
Executive VP of the Midwest Bioethics
Center.
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- Thursday, July 15, 2004
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- Partnership in scaling up care &
treatment under World Bank MAP
- 12:00 - 2 p.m., Room L.
- The session will focus on the early
results and lessons from MAP funding of ART
programs in Barbados, Cameroon and Rwanda.
Panel members will include: Mr. Urbain
Olangueana Awona, Minister of Health,
CAMEROON, Dr. Innocent Nyaruhirira, Minister
of State in charge of HIV/AIDS and Related
Diseases, RWANDA, Dr. Akin Abayomi,
Director, Laboratory Monitoring Services,
Ladymeade Reference Unit, BARBADOS and Dr.
Moeti Matshidiso, Director Regional AIDS
Program, WHO-AFRO.
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- Developing
High Impact Leadership Skills on HIV/AIDS
4:00 - 7:00 pm in Session Room O
- The Leadership Program on AIDS at the
World Bank Institute in Washington DC
will conduct a 3 hour session on “Skills
Building: Developing High Impact
Leadership Skills on HIV/AIDS” as part
of the Leadership Program at the XV
International AIDS Conference on July
15. The goal of this session is to
promote good leadership in HIV/AIDS in
different sectors in an effort to
increase the capacity of HIV/AIDS care
and prevention efforts globally. The
session will consist of speakers who
have provided substantial leadership in
the following sectors: Political,
Health, ART, Advocacy, Media, and the
Private Sector
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- Click here for a full list of all World
Bank Activities
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Leadership Program
Are you a media professional? Please
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Bank's Online Media Briefing Center
and pre-register for the AIDS Media Center (www.aidsmedia.org)
Coming Soon!
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Media Contacts:
Phil Hay: (202) 473-1796. E-mail: Phay@worldbank.org
Stevan Jackson: (202) 458-5054. E-mail: Sjackson@worldbank.org
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Live webcast can be accessed here.
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The Leadership Program on AIDS will extend
this live webcast to India,
Africa, and Brazil. For
additional information, please contact Subhash
Hira, Program Leader, Leadership Program on AIDS. shira@worldbank.org
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