USAID Summer Seminars
Session 6
 The
Bureau for Policy and Program Coordination, in coordination
with the Knowledge for Development Subcommittee, is pleased
to present USAID 2004 Summer Seminars.
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Organizer: Anne
Ralte, PPC/USAID. Presenters: Richard
Cornelius , PPD/USAID; Peter
Salama, AFR/USAID
The effects of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on public health are
well-known: more than 40 million are currently infected
with HIV, and approximately 29 million have already died
of AIDS since the pandemic began. Every day, more than 8,200
die from this disease. As bad as these numbers are, HIV/AIDS
is having
an increasingly devastating impact on other development
sectors as well. In countries where the pandemic is most
advanced, HIV/AIDS is eroding human capital, degrading organizational
capacity, fragmenting social and economic networks, and
disrupting the transfer of knowledge and skills that are
vital to socioeconomic
performance and development. These changes produce a self-reinforcing
downward spiral that becomes increasingly more difficult
to arrest the longer it continues.
This session begins with a 20-minute presentation on “Mitigating
the Impacts of HIV/AIDS on Development” by Richard
Cornelius (Senior Policy Advisor for Health, PPC/P) on new
policy guidance from PPC on programming to mitigate the
development impacts of HIV/AIDS. The presentation will focus
on the following issues:
- What is the rationale for supporting efforts to mitigate
the development impacts of HIV/AIDS?
- What are the costs and benefits of cross-sectoral collaboration
on mitigation programs?
- What are examples of best practices from the field?
- What are some of the practical funding and organizational
considerations to consider?
The second part of the session is 20-minute presentation
on the scope and nature of “HIV/AIDS and Complex Emergencies”
by Peter Salama (HIV/AIDS Senior Advisor, Africa Bureau).
The presentation will focus on the following issues:
- What is the scope and nature of the HIV/AIDS problem
in complex emergencies?
- What are inter-agency recommendations to address the
problem in complex emergencies?
- How is this problem being addressed?
- What can be done to improve our efforts, and what is
the way forward?
- How does HIV/AIDS affect food and nutrition and vice
versa?
The presentations will be followed by open discussion and
Q&A to all presenters.
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WHEN: Each Tuesday, 9:00 to 11:00 AM through September
14
WHERE: The Center for Association Leadership at
the Marriott Learning Complex is located in the Ronald Reagan
Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW. Main entrances to the Ronald Reagan Building are
located on 14th Street and along Woodrow Wilson Plaza at 13th
and Pennsylvania Avenue. The Center for Association Leadership
is located on the Concourse Level (one floor below street
level) near the Metro entrance to the Ronald Reagan Building.
The Center is on your left before the Metro passageway. If
taking Metro, the Federal Triangle metro stop (blue and orange
lines) is connected to the Ronald Reagan Building by a covered
passageway. The Center will be immediately on your right as
you enter.
OTHER: A photo ID is needed to enter the Ronald
Reagan Building.
REGISTRATION: No pre-registration, but we recommend
that you arrive at least 20 minutes early to pass building
security and to get a good seat.
QUESTIONS: For additional information, please contact
Cindy Arciaga at 202-661-5859 or by e-mail at CArciaga@DIS.CDIE.ORG.
Information will be available on the web at: www.usaid.gov/policy/cdie.
Point of Contact: Any questions concerning USAID
Summer Seminars may be directed to Judy Light, PPC/DEI/DI,
202-712-0761, or Joe Lieberson, PPC/DEI/ESPA, 202-712-4704.
To view descriptions for the upcoming 2004 seminars,
please click here.
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