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Meetings and Symposia

Business and HIV/AIDS in South Africa

The UCLA Program in Global Health convened a think tank meeting in South Africa June 2006. The meeting assembled business, academic, and government thought leaders to develop. a research agenda containing recommendations for economic, legal, clinical, epidemiologic, and social science investigations. The meeting provided a forum to: 1) review recommended "best practices" for southern Africa businesses related to HIV/AIDS; 2) review available surveys describing the programs and responses of businesses in southern Africa; 3) review available data on the preventive and therapeutic health productivity, economic, and social impact of southern African business programs; 4) deliberate questions such as the viability of programs in HIV/AIDS for small- and medium-sized businesses, and the role of the private sector; 5) identify evidence-based recommendations and strategies for advocating implementation in the southern African region; and 6) identify research gaps and strategies for remediation through targeted investigations in South Africa. The outcomes of the meeting are to be published in a special issue of the journal AIDS.

Global AIDS/Tropical Medicine Journal Club

The UCLA Program in Global Health holds a monthly Journal Club on Wednesday evenings on topics related to international HIV/AIDS and tropical medicine. Faculty, fellows, residents, medical students, and others interested in global health are invited to attend. Focus areas have included the Millennium Development Goals, international HIV treatment and prevention, tuberculosis research, and malaria policy.