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CARAM Asia's participation at international events
International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) 8th ICAAP Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2007 - HIV & Mobility Events
CARAM Asia is participating at the 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 19-23, 2007. The following is the schedule of sessions and events related to mobility and HIV/AIDS: | Date | Event | | 18 AUGUST | | | 11am - 6pm | Asia Pacific Court of Women, organised by UNDP. at BMIC Convention Centre (MSC participant Indra Kalyani) | | 8am - 3.30pm | PLHIV Forum - MSC | | 19 AUGUST | | | 8am - 3.30pm | Community Forum
Break out session on Migrants - CARAM Asia | | 20 AUGUST | | | 11am -12.30pm | HIV testing in Asia and the Pacific
Track C: Room C | | 6.30pm - 8pm | Symposium:
Infrastructure, Mobile Populations and HIV. Organised by UNDP/ADP and UNAIDS: Main Hall | | 21 AUGUST | | | 11am | Oral presentation: Advocacy to enforce the Vietnamese Law on HIV/AIDS to protect migrants and mobile populations
(location TBD) | | 11am | Oral Presentation: Migration and HIV vulnerability
Eric Libramonte (ACHIEVE) | | 11am | Oral Presentation “Leadership from within for Sustainable response for HIV/AIDS" Presenter: Mahboob Alam (SHISUK)
| | 1.30 - 2.30pm | State of Health Report on Migrant Friendly Testing
CARAM Asia. Room C | | 11am-12.30pm | Migration, Cross Border and HIV vulnerability Track A (oral abstract) | | 11am-12.30pm | Empowering Sex Worker Communities and Harm Reduction Interventions. Track A | | 11am-12.30pm | ASEAN Regional Perspectives on Mobile Populations and HIV Vulnerability Reduction (location TBD)
organised by ASEAN secretariat | | 1pm - 2pm | ASAP and APN+ On testing _ PITC Rapid testing and VCCT | | 1.30pm-2.30pm | UNAIDS – GENEVA: Prioritizing HIV Prevention –Scaling up towards Universal Access (Room B) | | 1pm - 2pm | RAKS Thai foundation – HIV Prevention in Vulnerable Populations in the Mekong Region Community Based care and Support for HIV-Affected Community | | 4.30pm | Oral Presentation – "Empowering Spouses of MWs as agents for Sustainable Behavioral Changes" Presenter: Sakiul Millat Morshed (SHISUK)
| | 4.30pm | Oral presentation, “Health testing for migrant domestic helpers working in Hong Kong”
Elijah Fung, St. John’s Cathedral HIV Education Centre, Hong Kong | 4.30pm - 6pm
| D8-Migration: Risk and Opportunities (venue BCIS-02)
ACHIEVE chairing | | 6.30pm - 8pm | UNAIDS /APLF-Asia Pacific Leadership Forum on Monitoring progress in commitments to universal access through intergovernmental bodies | | 6.30pm - 8pm | The Global Fund – increasing the effective role of Civil society throughout the architecture of the Global Fund in South and East Asia | 22 AUGUST
| | | 11am-12noon | Symposium: Health and Human Rights of Migrant Workers in Asia
Room: Committee Room B – organized by CDS
Guest Speaker: Brahm Press (CARAM Asia - State of Health Convener) | | 11am | Oral presentation: Asia pacific Economic Commission (APEC) Guidelines on HIV/AIDS in the Workplace: Development and implementation - (focus on mobility) | | 1pm - 2pm | OHCHR/UNAIDS: Unblocking the barriers to Universal Access the role of national human rights institutions |
7th ICAAP Kobe, 2005 - HIV & Mobility Presentations CARAM Asia participated at the 7th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific held at Kobe Covention Centre, Kobe, Japan, July 1-5, 2005. The following are presentations made by CARAM Asia members and partners who attended the event: | Regional Strategies to Address HIV/AIDS Among Mobile Populations - A Right to Health Approach | Sharuna Verghis, CARAM Asia, the Secretariat, Malaysia | | Supporting HIV Positive Thai Migrants in Japan | Takashi Sawada, Services for Health in Asian & African Regions, Japan | | Emerging Issues in HIV/AIDS Interventions for Migrant Workers | Malu S.Marin, CARAM Asia / Action for Health Initiatives (ACHIEVE), the Philippines | | Research on HIV/AIDS and International Migration | Hideki Yanai and Lisa Imadzu, Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan
| | An Integrated Approach to HIV and Migration in Asia | Jackie Pollock, CARAM Asia / MAP Foundation, Thailand | | Institutionalizing HIV/AIDS Education in the Training Program of Foreign Service Personnel | Amara T. Quesada, CARAM Asia / Action for Health Initiatives (ACHIEVE), the Philippines
| | Role of International Organisations in Addressing HIV Vulnerability among Mobile Populations | G.Pramod Kumar, UNDP Regional HIV and Development Programme, Sri Lanka | | Decriminalising Sex Workers | Mony Tep, CARAM Asia / CARAM Cambodia, Cambodia | | Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS and STI among the Spouses of the Migrant Workers at Sainik Basti, Nepal | Pravina Gurung, CARAM Asia / Nepal Institute of Development Studies (NIDS), Nepal | | Domestic Workers and Their Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS | Cornelieke Keizer, CARAM Asia / Vrije Universiteit, the Netherlands | | |
International AIDS Conference (IAC)
- CARAM Asia participated in the XVIth International AIDS Conference held in Toronto from 13-18 August 2006.
- CARAM Asia participated at the XVth International AIDS Conference held in Bangkok from 11 - 16 July 2004. CARAM produced the following newsletters during the XVth IAC covering issues pertaining to mobility, health and human rights:
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