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24742: Wucker (announce): April 30 HIV/AIDS in the Dominican Republic and Haiti: A Bilateral Challenge

Michele Wucker <michele@wucker.com>

BATEY RELIEF ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES
III INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AGENDA

"HIV/AIDS in the Dominican Republic and Haiti: A Bilateral Challenge."
Sponsored by
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL FAMILY AIDS PROGRAM
and BARNARD COLLEGE.
Saturday, APRIL 30, 2005
at Columbia University, Schapiro Center,
Davis Auditorium,
500 West 120th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue)
in the City of New York.

CONFERENCE AGENDA

WELCOME (10:00 a.m.)
Corlisse Thomas
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Barnard College, Speaking for Dean Dorothy Denberg 

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
·Ulrick Gaillard, J.D.
Founder & Executive Director, Batey Relief Alliance
·Stephen Nicholas, M.D.
Director of Pediatrics, Harlem Hospital Center, Director, International Family AIDS Program, and Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University 

Framing the Mutual Challenges (10:15 a.m.)
Michele Wucker, Conference Moderator
Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute, New School University

HIV/AIDS in the Dominican Republic and Haiti: An Assessment (10:30 a.m.)
·An Epidemic across Shared Borders
Alan Berkman, M.D., Dominican Republic Project Leader, Columbia University Department of Epidemiology 
·Tourism and the Sex Industry as a Factor in Transmission and Visibility
Mark Padilla, Ph.D., M.P.H., SocioMedical Sciences Department, Columbia University 
·The Threat of HIV in the Workplace
Gessy Aubry, Haiti Country Director, SMARTWORK
·Second-Generation Surveillance of IST/HIV in the Artibonite Valley
Julio Soto, M.D., Ph.D., Directeur Scientifique, Centre de coopération internationale en santé et développement 
·Perspectives on a Cross-Border Approach
Judith Timyan, Dominican Republic Director, USAID/CONECTA

LUNCH (12:00-12:30 p.m.)
Bitter Suite
A dance presentation written, performed and choreographed by Sita Frederick

Bilateral Responses to HIV/AIDS Prevention (1:45 p.m.)

National Efforts in Haiti
·Challenges and Successful Approaches
Jean William Pape, M.D., Director of GHESKIO, Haiti, Professor of Medicine, Cornell University, New York 
·The Tragedy of HIV/AIDS in Haiti
Keith Joseph, M.D., Columbia University Division of Infectious Diseases and Partners In Health 

National Efforts in the Dominican Republic
·Family HIV Issues: the Family AIDS Program in La Romana
Consuelo Beck-Sague, M.D., Medical Director and Senior Pediatrician, Family AIDS Program 
·The Clinton Foundations HIV/AIDS Dominican Republic Initiative
Crispin Carrasco, Dominican Republic Director, Clinton Foundation
·HIV/AIDS in the Bateyes: The Batey Relief Alliance in Monte Plata
Raymond Thertulien, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Director, Batey Relief Alliance

COFFEE BREAK (4:00 p.m.)

Challenges and Innovation in HIV/AIDS Prevention (4:15 p.m.)
·Empowering Women in HIV Prevention
Elizabeth Beachy, Dominican Republic Country Representative, PSI
·A Holistic Island-wide Approach to Fighting HIV
Antonio de Moya, Office of the Executive Director, COPRESIDA
·Community Organizing In HIV Education and Prevention for Sex Workers
Santo Rosario, Executive Director, COIN
·Grassroots Soccer: Sports in HIV/AIDS Health Education and Social Change
Jon D. Erickson, PhD; Patricia F. Erickson, DVM; Batey Libertad Coalition, University of Vermont 

CONCLUSION and SUMMARY of RECOMMENDATIONS (5:45 p.m.)
Michele Wucker

RECEPTION (6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.)

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This event is co-sponsored by the Bill Clinton Foundation, COPRESIDA and the University of Vermont.
For more information, visit <http://www.bateyrelief.org>www.bateyrelief.org or contact Ulrick Gaillard at (917) 627-5026. To register, email bra@bateyrelief.org with your name, affiliation, address, email, phone and fax numbers, and number of guests attending with you.
Admission is free to the public but space is limited so register soon to ensure your space. Batey Relief Alliance appreciates your support of our work to bring medical services to marginalized populations in the Dominican Republic. Donations to Batey Relief are fully tax-deductible under IRS Section 501c3 


ABOUT BATEY RELIEF ALLIANCE
A batey, whose name originates from an indigenous Taino word, is a community of workers who live amid the cane fields of the Dominican Republic. The bateyes are among the country's poorest areas; typically constructed from concrete blocks, many have no electricity or running water, and access to medical care is limited. Most of their residents are Haitians and their children, often born in the Dominican Republic.
Established in 1997, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) operates as a not-for-profit, humanitarian aid entity, uniting member grassroots organizations, government agencies, universities and the international community in a strategic partnership to help create a productive and self-sufficient environment for poor marginalized populations in the Caribbean. Toward this end, BRA Dominicana is actively involved in addressing the precarious socio-economic situation of thousands of migrant children, their families and others languishing in the bateyes, urban and rural slums and the border zones in Haiti and the Dominican Republic by raising public awareness - facilitating thoughtful dialogues - and delivering services in primary health care, HIV/AIDS prevention/education/treatment, child development, improved water and sanitation, shelter reconstruction, micro-credit projects, legal aid and education. Visit us at www.bateyrelief.org.