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[Introduction]
[Agenda] [Abstracts]
[Recommendations]
[Biographical
Sketches] [Participants]
Agenda
Monday, December 17, 2001
| 9:00-10:00 |
Opening Ceremony |
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9:00-9:10 |
Dr. Juan Manuel Sotelo
PAHO/WHO Representative in Argentina |
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9:10-9:20 |
Dr. Lorenzo Cortese
Secretary of Programming for the Prevention of Drug Addiction and Fight against Drug Trafficking of the Nation's Presidency |
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9:20-9:30 |
Dr. Henry Francis
Director HIV Program, NIDA |
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9:30-9:40 |
Dr. Pedro Chequer
Inter-country Program Advisor. UNAIDS
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9:40-9:50 |
Dr. Fernando Zacarias
Program Coordinator, Regional HIV/AIDS/STI Program PAHO
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| 10:00-10:15 |
Objectives and Expected Outcomes
Jag Khalsa (NIDA) / Rafael Mazin/Armando Peruga (PAHO) |
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Situation Analysis, Dimensions and Trends of the Problem
Moderators: Armando Peruga (PAHO)/Jerry Flanzer (NIDA)
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| 10:15-11:15 |
Part I
Epidemiology of Drug Use and HIV (Industrialized and Developing Countries)
Situation in the United States, Jerry Flanzer (USA)
Epidemiology of HIV and other Blood-borne Pathogens among Injecting Drug Users Starting Detoxification in Metropolitan Barcelona, Robert Muga (Spain)
Situation in Latin America:
- Franklin Alcaraz (Bolivia)
- Sergio Sosa Estani (Argentina)
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| 11:15-11:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:30 |
Part II
Political and Cultural Determinants for the Distribution of Blood-borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections among Specific Subpopulations
The Industrialized Countries Experience:
- Mary Latka (USA)
- Maria José Bravo (Spain)
The Developing Countries Experience:
- Sylvia Inchaurraga (Argentina)
- Carlos Magis (Mexico
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| 12:30-13:00 |
Discussion |
| 13:00-14:30 |
Lunch |
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Obstacles for the Development of Prevention and Health Care
Policies
Moderators: Skip Francis (NIDA) / Fernando Zacarias (PAHO)
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| 14:30-16:00 |
What is Happening, What Needs to be Done, Who is
Responsible, What Barriers Need to be Removed/Environment Changed
Patrica lnsúa (Spain)
Leonardo Costa, Raquel Magri (Uruguay)
Mariano Montenegro (CONACE, Chile)
Fabio Mesquita (Brazil/Brasil)
Graciela Touzé (Argentina)
Drug Treatment as HIV prevention, David Metzger (USA)
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| 16:00-16:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 16:30-17:30 |
Two Examples of "Best Practices" in Progress: Prevention
of Sexual Transmission and MTCT Prevention
Argentine participant. Damian Lavarello
Discussant: Mary Latka (USA)
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Tuesday, December 18, 2001
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Obstacles for the Development of Prevention and Health Care
Policies
Moderators: Skip Francis (NIDA) / Fernando Zacarias (PAHO)
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| 9:00-10:30 |
Conditions
Health Effects of Drug Abuse and Co-occurring Morbidity Conditions
HIV, HBV, HCV, Mercedes Weissenbacher (Argentina)
Improving Hepatitis B Virus Immunization Among Young Injectors in San Francisco, Paula Lum (USA)
Drug Abuse in HIV-lnfection: Risk of Neurological Disease and Treatment Issues, W. Royal (USA)
Health Care Access for IDU Infected with HIV, Steve Crystal (USA)
Tuberculosis in IDUs, Graciela Moscatello (Argentina)
The HIV Transmission Gradient: How Drug Injectors Protect Themselves and Their Partners, David Bell (USA)
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| 10:30-10:45 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:45-12:45 |
Cost-Effective Interventions documented
Is Lack of Adherence of IDUs a Groundless Assumption? Silvana De Castro (WHO), Fabio Mesquita-(Brazil)
Clinical Management of STI, and Hepatitis among IDUs, Graciela Moscatello (Argentina), Mônica Malta (Brazil)
HIV Risks and Patterns of Drug Treatment and Health Care among Puerto Rican Drug Users in Puerto Rico and New York, Rafaela Robles (USA)
Impact of Drug Treatment and Ambulatory Medical Care on HIV-infected Drug Users on Clinically Relevant Outcomes, Barbara Turner (USA)
Discussion: The Need for Comprehensive Care, including Prevention, Detoxification and Other Approaches.
Discussants: Barbara Turner (USA) and Damian Lavarello (Argentina)
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| 12:45-14:15 |
Lunch |
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Primary and Secondary Prevention Among IDUs and Their Sexual
Partners: Success Stories
Moderators: Skip Francis (NIDA) / Fernando Zacarias (PAHO)
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| 14:15-16:15 |
Sexual Interventions for Drug Abusers: What works? Mary Latka (USA)
Lessons Learned in Latin America: Diana Rossi (Argentina), Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa (Brazil)
Rapid Assessment on Intravenous Drug Use and Its Risk in Bogota, Ines Elvira Mejia (Colombia),
Special Challenges for the Implementation of Prevention Activities in Developing Countries, Graciela Radulich (Argentina), Maria Luz Osimani (Uruguay) and Fabio Mesquita (Brazil)
Discussion: Can Success Stories be adopted in different settings? Jag KhaIsa (NIDA)
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| 16:15-16:45 |
Coffee Break |
| 16:45-17:15 |
Report: MJ Bravo, R Mazin D Rossi,
C Rius, M Weissenbacher |
Wednesday, December 19, 2001
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Technical Cooperation and Potential Areas of Collaboration
Moderators: Henry Francis (NIDA) / Rafael Mazin (PAHO) / Jag Khalsa(NIDA)
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| 9:00-10:30 |
The "nuts and bolts" of technical cooperation
among countries, organizations and groups
Dissemination of "Best Practices", Mercedes Weissenbacher, Rafael Mazin
NIDA's International Collaboration Agenda. Jag Khalsa |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:45 |
Identification of Potential Areas of
Collaboration Among Countries and Institutions (All participants)
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| 12:45-14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00-15:30 |
Questions and Answers about Specific
Projects |
| 15:30-16:30 |
Recommendations, Suggestions for Follow-up
and Closing Remarks |
Organizers
Pan American Health Organization - World Health Organization
Dr. Armando Peruga / Dr. Rafael Mazin / Dr. Fernando Zacarias
National Institute on Drug Abuse - National Institutes of Health
Dr. Jag Khalsa
Spanish International Cooperation Agency
Dr. Isabel Noguer
Organizers in Argentina
Dr. Mercedes Weissenbacher /Lic. Diana Rossi
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