XVII International AIDS Conference
Post date: 07 August 2008
Newsmakers conference summaries
Throughout the AIDS 2008 Conference, the Kaiser Family Foundation's Jackie Judd has been talking with newsmakers who have been summarizing conference developments. The following newsmaker reports, as videos, podcast or transcript are now available from the followng link: http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=2836#yamada
(1) Zonibel Woods, Programme Manager, Ford Foundation Video | Podcast
Woods discusses the women's agenda at the AIDS conference and what has and has not been achieved since the previous conference.
(2) Gregg Gonsalves, AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa Video | Podcast
Gonsalves discusses the "backlash" he sees developing against efforts to stem the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
(3) Tachi Yamada, M.D., President, Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Video | Podcast Dr. Yamada discusses his expectations of the AIDS conference and his priorities as head of the Bill & Melinda Gates' Global Health program.
(4) Kevin Fenton, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention Video | Transcript | Podcast Larry Levitt, vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation and editor-in-chief of kaisernetwork.org, talks with Dr. Fenton about newly-released estimates of the number of annual HIV infections in the U.S.
(5) Craig McClure, IAS Executive Director Video | Transcript | Podcast
McClure discusses some unique aspects to this year's International AIDS Conference and previews the science, prevention and treatment programs.
(6) Ceci Connolly, Correspondent, Washington Post Video | Transcript | Podcast
Connolly discusses her recent series of reports on HIV/AIDS in Mexico, including border areas, and among Hispanics in the U.S.
(7) Luis Soto-Ramirez, M.D., IAS Conference Co-Chair Video | Transcript | Podcast
Dr. Soto-Ramirez speaks about the significance of the AIDS 2008 conference to Latin America and the region's efforts to combat HIV/AIDS.
(8) Elisabet Fadul, AIDS 2008 Youth Programme Co-Chair Video | Transcript | Podcast
Fadul, from the Dominican Republic, discusses how she became an HIV/AIDS activist and what she wants delegates to understand about reaching out to young people.
(9) Allyson Leacock, Executive Director, Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/AIDS Video | Transcript | Podcast Leacock speaks about efforts to mobilize Caribbean media to put a spotlight on the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
(10) Linda Richter, Ph.D., Executive Director, Child Youth Family & Social Development (South Africa) Video | Transcript | Podcast Professor Richter speaks about the significance of her plenary speech on Wednesday, which is the first to focus exclusively on children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS.
(11) Pedro Cahn, M.D., Ph.D., IAS Conference Co-Chair Video | Transcript | Podcast
Dr. Cahn speaks about how he and other leaders prepared for the first AIDS Conference ever to be held in Latin America.
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