Fourth
Annual Conference on Health and Human Rights
8:30 a.m.
– 5:00 p.m.
Houston Hall at the
University of Pennsylvania
Bodek Lounge
3417 Spruce Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Global Lawyers and
Physicians (glp@bu.edu)
Ethics and Human Rights
Program, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Evelyn.Shuster@med.va.gov)
African Studies Center,
University of Pennsylvania (Africa@sas.upenn.edu)
Physicians for Human Rights
(phrusa@phr.org)
Penn Center for AIDS
Research, University of Pennsylvania (aidsres@mail.med.upenn.edu)
Global AIDS Alliance (pzeitz@earthlink.net)
Health Gap Coalition and
Critical Path AIDS Project (healthgap@critpath.org)
Middle East Center, University
of Pennsylvania (info@mec.sas.upenn.edu)
HIV/AIDS has become one of the most formidable
public health, human rights and health challenges of modern times. The AIDS
epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa has overwhelmed the region and it urgently
requires a concerted global effort and private/public cooperation to
efficiently implement prevention and treatment strategies.
This symposium seeks to provide answers to these
challenges. The morning session explores the meaning of the “international
right to health” and its usefulness as a tool for making AIDS prevention and
treatment available in Africa. Experts will give examples of concrete and
workable strategies that can make a difference in the lives of African
citizens. The afternoon session
focuses on existing barriers to implementation, and explores possible actions
to overcome them. The symposium culminates in the development of a “Philadelphia Declaration” in Defense of Health and Human Rights and the Dignity
of People living with HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Conference participants will join a panel of experts to discuss the
provisions that should be included in the “Declaration.”
7:00 – 8:30 Registration
8:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Lee Cassanelli
MORNING
SESSION: WORKABLE STRATEGIES
8:30 – 9:00 Conference Overview: Putting the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Context
Evelyne Shuster
9:00 – 9:30 The International Right to Health: Useful or Useless in the AIDS
Epidemic in Africa?
Theresa J. Kaijage
10:00 – 10:30 Audience
Participation
10:30 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:30 Private/Public Partnership:
Global AIDS and the Health Fund
Paul Zeitz
11:30 – 12:00 Global AIDS Action: The Role of American Residents
Julie
Davids
12:00 – 12:30 Audience
Participation
12:30 – 2:00
Lunch
AFTERNOON
SESSION: BARRIERS TO ACTION
2:00 – 2:20 Grassroots Movements In Africa: AIDS Prevention and Treatment
Rosemarie Kadende-Kaiser
Alex Otieno
2:40
– 3:00 The Role of Health Professionals in the
AIDS Campaign
Leonard Rubenstein
3:00
– 3:30 Audience
Participation
3:30 – 3:45 Break
3:45 – 5:00 Round Table: Developing an
Action Plan -
The
“Philadelphia Declaration”
Chair: George J. Annas
Panelists: Julie Davids, Aranthan S. Jones, Rosemarie
Kadende-Kaiser, Theresa J. Kaijage, Alex Otieno, Leonard Rubenstein, Evelyne
Shuster, Paul Zeitz.
5:00 Adjournment
The Conference should be attended by health care and public health professionals, scientists, policy makers, attorneys, legislators, ethicist-philosophers, journalists, health and human rights advocates, AIDS activists, students in science, medicine and public health, and concerned citizens.
There is no fee for attending the conference,
but a voluntary contribution of $40 would be greatly appreciated. Advance
registration is encouraged.
Registration Form
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Veterans
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Speakers
George J. Annas, JD, MPH Professor and Chair, Health Law Department, Boston University School of Public Health, and Co-Founder, Global Lawyers and Physicians
Lee Cassanelli, PhD Director, African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
Julie Davids Director, Critical Path AIDS Project, Member of Health Gap and ACT UP, Philadelphia
Aranthan S. Jones II Program Specialist at the National Institute of Health (NIH) and Fogarty International Center (FIC), Washington, DC
Rosemarie Kadende-Kaiser, PhD Research Fellow at the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict, and Instructor for the Women’s Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania
Theresa J. Kaijage Founder of WAMATA (Walio Katika Mapambano Na AIDS Tanzania), an HIV/AIDS support group in Tanzania
Paul J. Kaiser, PhD Associate Director, African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
Alex Otieno, MPH Adjunct Professor of Sociology, Arcadia University, and Community Liaison, Outreach Coordination Center, Project H.O.M.E., Philadelphia
Leonard Rubenstein, JD Executive Director, Physicians For Human Rights, Washington, DC
Evelyne Shuster, PhD Conference Director, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Philosophy in Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
Paul Zeitz, MD Co-Founder and Director of Global AIDS Alliance, Philadelphia