Events and Trainings

Events & Trainings - Upcoming

6-8/12/07 National Bioethics Conference, Bangalore, India

Place: Bangalore, India
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Website: http://www.??????.org

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27/01/08 - 29/01/08 International Conference on Opportunistic Pathogens in AIDSourth

Place: New Delhi, India
Contact: Prof. Sarman Singh at sarman.singh@gmail.com
Website: http://www.icopa-india.org

The conference will focus on new HIV epidemic trends, treatment guidelines, vaccine development, various opportunistic infections occur and their management and prevention, aiming a healthy survival of PLWH.

03/02/08 - 06/02/08 15th International Union Against Sexually Transmitted infections (IUSTI) - Asia Pacific Congress on Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS

Place: Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Contact: Attracta D’ Silva, Event Coordinator at justi@index.ae
Website: http://www.iusti.ae

The objectives of the union are to bring together all forces devoted to fight against the sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) including HIV/AIDS and the endemic treponematoses and to promote throughout the world activities aimed at the research, prevention and control of the diseases and to encourage its members to contribute to public health programs for the control of STIs.

24/02/08 - 27/02/08 Microbicides 2008

Place: New Delhi, India
Contact: m2008@microbicides2008.com
Website: http://www.microbicides2008.com/ and GCM's conference website

The conference intends to provide updates on the current state of art and the likely future scenario about the ongoing research and development efforts in the area of microbicides in different parts of the world. In addition to basic researches and innovative product development of novel microbicides, the progress made in areas of ethics, clinical research, socio-behavioural and epidemiological studies, accessibility and acceptability issues will be discussed.

Events & Trainings - 2007

19/08/07 - 23/08/07 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific

Place: Colombo, Srilanka

GCM organised and participated in a number of events at the 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP).

New Prevention Technologies Symposium: “New HIV/STI Prevention Technologies on the Horizon”

Organized by: PATH, GCM and International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

The symposium looked at NPTs embedded in a wider range of options and attempts to address NPT research challenges and assess opportunities for learning lessons from the introduction of existing health technologies, for community mobilization and joint policy advocacy among groups working on HIV and sexual reproductive health in Asia and the Pacific.

Speakers include: Jeffrey O’Malley, PATH, India; Suniti Solomon, YRG Care, India; Leela Visaria, India; and Khartni Slamah, Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers, Thailand

Skills building workshop: Female-Initiated HIV Prevention: Microbicides basics

Organized by: Global Campaign for Microbicides, India

21August 2007, 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m

The workshop focused on the basic science, on research efforts taking place regionally and globally and provide an orientation to GCM regional advocacy activities.Through activities like film screening and participatory group work, participants will learn about information resources and strategies for microbicides advocacy.

Poster presentation: Global Campaign for Microbicides (GCM): Advocacy on female initiated HIV prevention in Asia-Pacific”, Number: 2284. The poster will provide an overview of GCM advocacy strategies and activities in the region.

Events & Trainings - 2003

29/09/03 - 30/09/03 National Stakeholders Meeting

Place: New Delhi, India

The Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)’s, Global Campaign for Microbicides and the Indian Council of Medical Research held a National Policy Meeting on Microbicides and HIV Prevention Options for Women in New Delhi, India. The meeting, funded by USAID through a Health Tech Project grant to PATH, brought together representatives of government, donors, researchers, NGOs, international agencies, medical providers, and pharmaceutical industry members to discuss policy implications of microbicides.

Microbicides are crucial for millions of women at risk. Existing prevention --abstinence, monogamy, and male condom use-- are often not within women’s control. Data presented at the meeting demonstrated the biological and social vulnerability of Indian women, particularly women in primary partnerships where regular condom use is very low. Although microbicides are still under research in India and elsewhere, it is important to accelerate the research and to begin now to plan for access, acceptability, delivery, and use of safe and effective microbicides.

Participants and government representatives in the meeting included Member of Parliament Mr. Oscar Fernandez, executive secretary of the Indian Parliamentarians’ Forum on HIV and AIDS, MP Mrs. B. Saroja, Health Secretary Mr. Prasada Rao, Secretary of Family Welfare Mr, PK Hota, the Director and Scientific Director of the National AIDS Control Organization Mrs. Meenakshi Datta Ghosh and Dr. PL Joshi, and Director of ICMR Dr. Ganguly, as well as many others. After a scientific session on the ongoing research in India, including four candidate microbicides in clinical trials, the participants discussed policy challenges and implications that need to be addressed simultaneously with the clinical research. Some of these include determining the public health impact of microbicides, positioning microbicides within a constellation of existing and emerging prevention methods (male and female condoms, cervical barriers, vaccines); male involvement in microbicide programs, resource and access issues, and the role of communities in implementing appropriate and ethical research. Several recommendations were made, particularly to form a multi-sectoral working group on the issue of microbicides, that will include members from the many different interests represented at the meeting. The Global Campaign and PATH will move the initial coordination of the group forward by in the coming months.

Events & Trainings - 2002

First Microbicide Community Stakeholder's Meeting in New Delhi, India

10/10/02 - 11/10/02 Community Stakeholders' Meeting

Place: New Delhi, India

IN-N, PATH India, and the Global Campaign co-convened a Community Stakeholders’ Meeting on HIV Prevention Options for Women. The meeting convened over 30 representatives from NGOs working throughout India on issues of HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, sexuality and gender. In addition, the meeting hosted representatives from the government, research institutions, international and donor agencies, and the private sector. The purpose of the meeting was to create a network of informed community stakeholders actively engaged with policy makers, researchers and the private sector in facilitating research, development, introduction and access to prevention options for women in India.

The agenda included a passionate discussion of HIV and women’s status in India, and overviews of female condoms, cervical barriers, and microbicides, focusing on ongoing or potential research in India; and experiences in advocating for new methods on other regions, including the work of the Global Campaign for Microbicides. Participants also developed strategies and key principles reflecting community priorities in advocating for prevention options for women. These included:

The need to continue to address power, gender, and equity issues along with efforts to offer new technologies for women’s protection

Involvement of men in reproductive health and safer sex decision-making, and thinking of new methods in the context of couples as well as for women.

The need for additional means of prevention among all sectors of the population, not just those previously considered "high risk."

Educating providers today to familiarise them with the methods of tomorrow

Ensuring that the eventual products will be affordable or free to those who need them

Involvement of community stakeholders and the NGO community in research, policy and introduction of new prevention methods

Click here to download the Position Paper from the Community Stakeholders' Meeting

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