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HIV and Human Resources: Competing Priorities or Interconnected Solutions? |
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Non-Commercial Satellite |
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SR 6 (450) |
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11:15 - 13:15, 03.08.2008 |
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George Alleyne,
Jim Kim, United States (Moderator)
Mubashar Sheikh, Switzerland
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 Click here to see a webcast of this session on kaisernetwork.org
Health workers are the cornerstone and drivers of solid health systems - and yet, the world is facing a devastating shortage. This serious shortage across the world is recognized as one of the critical bottlenecks to reaching international health and development goals, including the goal of universal access to HIV treatment, prevention, care and support. Conversely, the HIV epidemic has further exacerbated the health workforce crisis, by significantly increasing workload, while simultaneously devastating existing workforces. The interconnectivity of these two issues is increasingly recognized - as is the need to address them in parallel, and not independently. Resolving the health workforce crisis will have a positive impact not just on the AIDS response but across all health outcomes. Learning from the AIDS response is critical. The AIDS community has blazed a trail, securing the high on the political agenda at the national, regional and global level and driving large scale financing. Civil society involvement has been at the heart of the AIDS response from the very beginning. And its presence there has been vital. Not only does civil society activism mobilize action, but community members are an invaluable source of knowledge about what works and about how to reach people. All of which is equally crucial to addressing the health workforce crisis. This satellite session, hosted by the Global Health Workforce Alliance as part of its work to identify and implement solutions to the health workforce crisis, aims to advance global thinking about AIDS, health and development to foster mutually beneficial outcomes. The session will unpack the synergies between the AIDS and health systems agendas, using their interconnectivity to forge a common agenda, in support of national scaling up towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support and achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The Satellite will include presentation of a 'compact' between health workers associations and civil society, including people living with HIV, which aims to combat AIDS-related stigma and discrimination within the health professions and to ensure greater support for health workers living with HIV.
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Global Health Workforce Alliance, UNAIDS and IAS
Presentations in this session:
11:15
SUSAT1002 | Opening statements
Peter Piot, Belgium
Margaret Chan
Sigrun Møgedal, Norway
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SUSAT1003 | Panel 1: HIV/AIDS
Mark Dybul, United States
Anandi Yuvaraj, India
Gregg Gonsalves, United States
Jacqueline Bataringaya
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SUSAT1004 | Panel 2: HRH
Tedros Adhanom Ghebeysus
Tesfa Ghebrehiwet
Pat Daoust, United States
Julio Frenk, Mexico
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