Friday, November 7, 2008

A Closer look at PEPFAR - Monday 11/10, 3:30-5pm

Wagner Health Network (WHN), in conjunction with Global Health Alliance (GHA), International Public Service Association (IPSA), and Public Health Student Group at Steinhardt (PHSG) present:

A Closer Look at PEPFAR: Evaluating the Legacy of President Bush
Monday, November 10, 2008
3:30PM – 5:00PM

Rudin Forum, Puck Building
295 Lafayette Street

**Reception from 4:30PM – 5PM: Refreshments and Appetizers will be served**

RSVP: whnrsvp@gmail.com


Will the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) make President Bush known to history books as “The AIDS President?” When President Bush signed PEPFAR in 2003, the resulting authorization to spend $15 billion fighting the global HIV/AIDS epidemic was the largest commitment to combat a single disease in history. PEPFAR was reauthorized amid controversy in July 2008 to commit an additional $48 billion dollars to fight AIDS, TB, and malaria worldwide.

Some praise PEPFAR for saving millions of lives; others consider the plan to be misguided or deeply flawed. Come question our panelists about their opinions of PEPFAR’s achievements and the shortcomings, the plan’s overall place in President's Bush legacy, and what the new presidential administration might mean for the US initiative to fight HIV/AIDS worldwide.



Featured Panelists:

Beth Frederick is Executive Vice President of the International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC). Currently, she manages the Coalition's multifaceted initiative—With Women Worldwide: A Compact to End HIV/AIDS in addition to implementation of IWHC's strategic plan for FY 2008-10 and communications program. Prior to IWHC, Ms. Fredrick worked for 21 years with the Guttmacher Institute, an internationally recognized leader in sexual and reproductive health research and policy analysis.

Henry Chang is the Vice President of Impact Initiatives at the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria (GBC). Prior to joining GBC, he served as Chief of Global Affairs at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF). Henry was also a founding member of the Treatment and Data Committee of the Los Angeles Chapter of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP).

John Gershman (Moderator) is a Clinical Associate Professor of Public Service, Associate Director of NYU's Global MPH Program, and Director of Undergraduate Programs at Wagner. His research, writing, and advocacy work has focused on issues of U.S. foreign policy in East and Southeast Asia, the politics of international financial institutions and multilateralism, the political economy of democracy and development, the strategies and responses of social movements and NGOs to globalization, and terrorism.

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