[Watch the recording of this session at AIDS 2016] A Press Conference session will be organized jointly by AIDS Society of India (ASI), CNS (Citizen News Service), Lilly MDR TB Partnership, Gujarat AIDS Prevention unit ISRCDE, ARUNA and partners around International TB Conference (TB 2016) and XXI International AIDS Conference 2016 (AIDS 2016). At 2015 United Nations General Assembly, governments had committed to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, one of which is to end AIDS and TB by 2030. If people living with HIV continue to die of TB, we will fail to achieve SDGs and also lose gains made in fight against AIDS and TB both. Saving lives of TB is not just a public health imperative, it is also a social justice imperative!
Venue: Press Conference Room 2, (inside) Media Center, AIDS 2016 official conference venue
Time: 2pm - 2:45pm
Date: Sunday, 17th July 2016
Panel of experts:
- [Watch recording 1:58 - 4:55] Nomampondo Barnabas, Civil Society Liaison Officer, International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)
- [Watch recording 4:55 to 10:03] Dr Haileyesus Getahun, Co-Chair of TB 2016 and Coordinator TB-HIV, WHO Global TB Programme
- Carmen Perez Casas, HIV Technical Manager,UNITAID
- [Watch recording 18:50 - 23] Amy Israel, Program Director for Lilly's Global Health Programs
- [Watch recording 14:00 to 18:50] Dr Christopher Zishiri, Country Director (Zimbabwe), International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)
- Dr KS Sachdeva, DDG, National AIDS Control Organization (weblink)
- [Watch recording 10 - 14:00] Dr Padmapriya Darsini, Scientist E, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), ICMR
- Jogendra Upadhyay of Gujarat AIDS Prevention unit (GAP) will share experiences of TB co-infection in children living with HIV
- Shobha Shukla (Moderator), Managing Editor and Executive Director, CNS
This session is jointly hosted by (in alphabetical order): AIDS Society of India (ASI), ARUNA, CNS (Citizen News Service), Gujarat AIDS Prevention unit (GAP) ISRCDE, Lilly MDR TB Partnership and Vote For Health campaign.
For further information, please contact:
Bobby Ramakant, CNS: Email: bobby@citizen-news.org | Skype: bobbyramakant
