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Date: Thu, 8 Sep 1994 09:29:43 EDT
From: Senyo Opong, 774-2296 <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: ISAS CONFERENCE - PLEASE DISTRIBUTE
 
                        ****** News Release ******
 
        International Society of African Scientists (ISAS)
                Tenth Technical Conference
 
        Theme: AIDS IN AFRICA AND THE CARIBBEAN:
        ENABLING COMMUNITIES TO FIND SOLUTIONS
 
Date: September 20, 1994
Location: McLean Hilton at Tysons Corner, McLean, Virginia
(Hotel Phone #: 703-847-5000)
 
According to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO),
cumulative worldwide infections of the Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV) exceed 13 million, with a disproportionately high
number in Africa and the Caribbean. WHO also projects that most
new infections by the year 2000 will take place in  developing
countries. It is against this backdrop that the International
Society of African Scientists (ISAS) proposes to sponsor a
conference  titled "AIDS IN AFRICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: ENABLING
COMMUNITIES TO FIND SOLUTIONS". The conference objectives are
 
%  To bring participants up-to-date on prevention, care and
coping strategies.
 
%  To examine the impact of socio-cultural factors on  AIDS
education  and prevention programs.
 
%  To share experience from various public health programs.
 
%  To encourage collaboration and the exchange  of scientific
information on HIV and AIDS.
 
 
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS include:
 
                KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Louis Sullivan
(President of Morehouse School of Medicine and former Secretary
of HHS.)
 
        Dr. Collins Airhihenbuwa, Penn State University.
        Dr. Peter Cowley, The World Bank.
        Dr. Christiana Edem, Texas Tech University.
        Dr. Barney Graham, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
        Dr. Jody Heymann,  Harvard Medical School.
        Dr. Ivor Livingston, Howard University.
        Dr. Mary Ann Mercer, Johns Hopkins University.
        Dr. Davison Munodawafa, University of Akron.
        Dr. Justin Odulana, University of Cincinnati.
        Mr. James Walugembe, University of Oregon.
        Dr. Peter Weller, Ministry of Health, Jamaica.
 
 
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Health Care Providers, Public Health Officials, Policy Makers,
Politicians, Scientists, Researchers, Representatives from Family
Planning Agencies and International Health Organizations,
Journalists, Personnel from Funding Agencies and members of the
general public. For additional information, call Dr. Kwaku Temeng
at 302-695-1070 (Fax mail: 302-695-3347 ) or Dr. John Kilama at
302-451-0873 (Fax mail:  302 -366-5738).