Working Across Sectors Against AIDS in India
Thursday, February 24, 2005
6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Starr Auditorium, Kennedy School of Government
An estimated 5.1 million Indians are infected with HIV/AIDS, making India second in the world to South Africa in number of HIV cases. Stemming an epidemic of this magnitude requires collaborative work among all stakeholders involved, strong institutional capacities to carry out work, and political commitment at the highest levels both for prevention and treatment.
Please join us for a discussion on how multiple sectors are working together to fight AIDS in India .
Speaker: Dr. Subhasree Raghavan, Founder and President, SAATHII
Organizations at the frontlines of the fight against HIV/AIDS - government, non-government, community-based, UN, faith-based, private sector agencies and positive networks - are in urgent need of support to strengthen and expand their prevention and treatment services. SAATHII supports these organizations by fostering information sharing, promoting collaborations and ialogue, raising attention and political commitments and providing focused technical and financial assistance when needed. For more information on SAATHII, please visit www.saathii.org.
Dr. Raghavan has worked extensively on various issues related to HIV prevention, care, support and treatment over the last 10 years. She also served as faculty at the Joseph Mailman School of Public Health and the Department of Medicine at Columbia University and as a clinician at Harlem Hospital in New York .
This event is brought to you by:
AIDS Tank, Harvard School of Public Health
Kellogg School of Government
South Asian Business Association, Harvard School of Business
Social Enterprise Group, Harvard School of Busines
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