Title

HIV, human rights, and sustainability: From analysis to action

Code

WESA14

Session Type

Non-Commercial Satellite

Venue

Hall 11B

Date Time

Wednesday 25 July, 18:30 - 20:30

Chair:

Chris Beyrer, Johns Hopkins University, United States

Organizer:

Global Institute for Health and Human Rights (GIHHR) International AIDS Society (IAS) OPEC Fund For International Development (OFID)

The purpose of this session is to advance the call to action for governments, lawmakers and stakeholders to remove legal barriers to health and human rights. Panellists' will provide an overview of the legal, social and political barriers to HIV and AIDS care in conservative social settings, showcase model programmes that effectively address these action items around the world and discuss adaptation and replication in countries of the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia regions.

18:30 WESA1401	Welcome and Introduction Arash Alaei, Institute for International Health and Education, United States

18:35 WESA1402	Opening Remarks Shirin Hashemzadeh, OFID, Austria

18:40 WESA1403	Removing legal and structural barriers to HIV services; HIV services for women prisoners and women who inject drugs in Afghanistan, Nepal and Pakistan Fariba Soltani, UNODC, Austria	Slides

18:50 WESA1404	Creating Protective Legal Frameworks that outlaw discrimination against key and priority populations Michael Kirby, Global Commission on HIV and the Law, Australia

19:00 WESA1405	Mechanisms for Data Safety and Security Hally Mahler, FHI 360/LINKAGES, United States	Slides

19:10 WESA1406	Measuring the Impact of Human Rights on Global Health Ralf Jurgens, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Switzerland	Slides

19:20 WESA1407	Adaptation and Replication – Moderated Panel Discussion Elie Ballan, M-Coalition, Lebanon Nesrine Risk, The American University of Beirut, Lebanon Judith Nthini, Ypouth Net and Counselling (YONECO), Malawi Ashraf Grimwood, Kheth'Impilo, South Africa Oxana Ibragimova, ALE Kazakhs Union of People Living with HIV, Kazakhstan Gulzhakhan Akhmetova, Republican AIDS Centre, Kazakhstan Romesa Roy Willam, Sindh Transgender Network, Pakistan Philip Wandawa, The AIDS Support Organization (TASO), Uganda

20:15 WESA1408	Questions and Answers

20:25 WESA1409	Closing Remarks Chris Beyrer, Johns Hopkins University, United States Kamiar Alaei, Institute for International Health and Education, United States