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SUB-COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION
THE UN SYSTEM'S FORUM FOR NUTRITION http://acc.unsystem.org/scn/
Agenda (as of 12 March 2001)
Symposium on
Nutrition and HIV/AIDS
Hosted by the World Food Programme at the Stanley Hotel,
Nairobi, 3-4 April 2001
| Tuesday
3 April 2001 |
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0820
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Participants are seated
|
| 0830 |
Opening of the
Symposium – Dr Namanga Ngongi, ACC/SCN Chair and Symposium
Chair
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0845
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Welcome – Dr Sam
Ongeri, Minister for Public Health, Kenya
|
| 0915 |
Keynote address:
The magnitude of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa and current
challenges -- Dr Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS |
| 1000-1030 |
Coffee/Tea |
| 1030-1115 |
Nutrition,
HIV/AIDS and Development – Dr Oliver Saasa, Head,
Institute of Economic and Social Research, University of Zambia,
Lusaka |
| 1115-1200 |
Weathering
the storm – the
review of HIV/AIDS impacts and actions – Dr Stuart Gillespie,
International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC |
| 1200–1300 |
Questions to the
speakers and discussion |
| 1300-1400 |
Lunch |
| 1400–1445 |
Nutrition
and the Care Package – Dr P.K. Dlamini, Minister for
Health and Social Welfare, Swaziland |
| 1445–1530 |
Panel Discussion
on the implications of HIV/AIDS for nutrition programmes. Panel members are:
- Mrs Sofia Mukasa Monico, Director, The AIDS Support
Organisation (TASO), Uganda
- Dr Ruth Nduati, Department of Paediatrics, Kenyatta National
Hospital, Kenya
- Dr Margaret Gachara -
Director of the National AIDS Control Council, Kenya
|
| 1530-1600 |
Coffee/Tea |
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1600-1730
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The audience is invited to comment on panelists’ proposals |
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1730
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Dr Abraham Horwitz
Memorial Lecture:
Infant Feeding Options for Mothers with HIV:
Using Women’s Insights to Guide Policies – Ms Lucy
Thairu, Graduate Student in International Nutrition, Cornell
University
Discussion
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| 1830
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Reception
hosted by The World Food Programme |
| Wednesday
4 April 2001 |
| 0800-1000 |
Concluding
Session:
Synthesis of conclusions and next steps – Dr Badara Samb, Chair
of the ACC/SCN Working Group on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS
- Discussion
- Symposium Chairman’s Closing Remarks -- Dr Namanga Ngongi
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| 1000-1030 |
Coffee/Tea |
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