UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
Atlanta Conference with African Ministers of Health, 04/00

Atlanta Conference with African Ministers of Health, 04/00

April 13-15, 2000
Atlanta, GA, USA

A unique conference opportunity to network and share with 40 Ministers of Health from Africa

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIV/AIDS & MALARIA IN AFRICA

April 13-15, 2000
ICA: Atlanta Apparel Mart Atlanta, Georgia

WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIV/AIDS & MALARIA?

It is a collaborative grass-roots effort of local Atlanta-based health-related and non-profit organizations in partnership with Af rica's Ministries of Health and the co-sponsorships of World Health Organization (WHO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and local businesses. It is designed to offer a platform for the Ministers of Health to present an "African Response" to pandemic diseases of HIV/AIDS and malaria. The primary objectives are:

* To discuss the availability of funds for training needed for the people of Africa

* To discuss the availability of funds to buy testing reagents and various pharmaceuticals for opportunistic infections and AIDS.

* To make a "united voice of appeal" to the American public, policy-makers, scientific, private and religious sectors and other friends of Africa for concrete support to African initiatives aimed at addressing these two major health problems.

* To strengthen the alliance between African health ministers and the American public, the private sector and other friends of Africa in a fight against HIV/AIDS and malaria.

* To identify necessary objectives which will ensure significant inroad progress in dealing with the associated health problems of these diseases during the first decade of the new millennium.

* To mobilize financial, technical and in-kind resources that will be used to support community-based interventions for HIV/AIDS and malaria prevention and control; and to support the strengthening of selected health/medical research institutions in Africa.

* To develop an action-oriented "Atlanta Declaration" for confronting the problem of the many orphans that have resulted from HIV/AIDS.

It is a partnership of ordinary people, grass-roots organizations, local and international businesses, health agencies, governments and faith/religious communities that have concluded that the impacts of these diseases have exceeded the boundaries of health concerns; that the absence of a known cure for AIDS is no excuse for its widespread devastation; and that malaria is a curable disease which has been controlled in most parts of the world: Why not in Africa? With millions of lives lost yearly, a growing number of orphans, a generation slowly disappearing, economic loss due to a lack of productive hours, a decrease in life expectancy of adults and many other related damages, an unprecedented, multi-level and multi-national plan is immediately required. It is an "opportunity to make a difference!"

Keynote presentations by Andrew Young, Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell, Sandra Thurman (White House Office of National AIDS Policy), Dr. Eve Lackritz (CDC), Dr. Nils Daulaire (Global Health Council), community leaders and advocates, and Ministers of Health from around Africa.

AIDS & Malaria Conference
c/o American Medical Team for Africa (AMTA)
110 East Andrews Road, Suite 309
Atlanta, GA 30345, USA
Tel: +1-404-231-9030
Fax: +1-404-231-0920
mailto:amta@bellsouth.net

Or register on line at:
http://www.amta2000.org

REGISTRATION FEES:
Registration fees include program sessions, luncheon programs, conference materials and exhibit. Tickets for meal programs and some special events will be available at an additional cost.
US$ 100.00 Early Bird
US$ 125.00 After March 21, 2000
US$ 160.00 Pre-Registration including all luncheons
US$ 310.00 Pre-Registration including all luncheons, Dinner and Gala

Daily Meal Tickets will be dependent on availability.

WHO WILL ATTEND?
Ministers of Health from each country in Africa together with one of his/her top technical AIDS and Malaria advisers or staff.

Representatives of relevant UN Agencies, World Bank, WHO, CDC and other development partners of Africa.

Representatives (officials) of the State of Georgia, as well as the United States of America.

Representatives of the private sector in America, particularly the pharmaceutical companies.

Representatives of professional (health/medical) associations / organizations in the United States of America.

Representatives of the American public, including the media, local churches and NGOs

American Medical Team for Africa (AMTA) is an Atlanta-based organization that is dedicated to reducing poverty and improving the quality of life in Africa by assisting the healthcare sector with medical related supplies, medical training and facilitating partnerships with American healthcare institutions. AMTA has worked in 22 African countries since 1991 donating more than US$ 12 million dollars worth of medical equipment, sponsoring seven medical teams to Africa and facilitating partnership agreements with American medical institutions.

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Global Health Council
Global AIDS Program
1701 K Street, NW Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006, USA
Tel: +1-202-833-5900
Fax: +1-202-833-0075
http://www.globalhealth.org

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Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar
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