Programme

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Monday, November 20
8.30-9.00am	Reception
9.00-9.30am	Opening Session Chair: Terry McKinley, Director, UNDP International Poverty Centre, Brasilia Kim Bolduc, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Brazil Nilcéa Freire, Minister, Special Secretariat for Policies for Women, Brazil Carlos Passarelli, STD/AIDS National Coordination, Ministry of Health, Brazil Introduction to Conference: Lily Ohiorhenuan , HIV/AIDS Group,UNDP New York
9.30-11.00am	Topic: An Introduction to the Macroeconomic Issues of Scaling-Up HIV/AIDS Financing Chair: Terry McKinley, International Poverty Centre, Brasilia Panel: Fernando Cardim, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Mwanza Nkusu, International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C. David Goldsbrough, Center for Global Development, Washington D.C. Beng’i Mazana Issa, Prime Minister's Office, Tanzania AIDS Commission
11.00-11.15am	Break
11.15-12.30pm	Open Discussion Chair: Mary Shawa, Principal Secretary for Nutrition, HIV&AIDS, Office of the President and Cabinet, Malawi
12:30-1:30pm	Lunch
1:30-3.00pm	Topic: Response of Governments/International Institutions/Civil Society on Scaling Up HIV/AIDS Financing Chair: Alberic Kacou, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Nigeria Presentation : Aisha Baldeh, National AIDS Secretariat, The Gambia Panel: David Evans, Director of Health System Financing, World Health Organization (WHO) Syed Rahman, DNS, Durjoy Nari Shongo, Bangladesh Phillip Nyadhoda, UNAIDS/UNDP Zimbabwe Paulo Meireles, International Center for Technical Cooperation of the National Aids Programme, Brazil
3.00-3.15pm	Break
3.15-5.00pm	Topic: Background Papers on Macroeconomic Policies for Combating HIV and AIDS Chair:Degol Hailu, UNDP Caribbean Presentations : David Bevan, Oxford University, UK John Serieux, University of Manitoba, Canada Matias Vernengo, University of Utah, US Bernard Walters, Manchester University, UK
5.00-6.00pm	Open Discussion Chair: Lemma Merid, Senior Policy Advisor, UNDP Regional Service Center, Johannesburg

 

Tuesday, November 21
9.00-11.00am	Topic: Country Experiences on Spending for HIV and AIDS Chair: Fidele Sarassoro, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Ethiopia Presentations : Jan Kees Martijn, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC Mick Foster, independent consultant Degol Hailu, UNDP Caribbean Kenneth Mugambe, Commissioner of Budget,Ministry of Finance, Uganda
11.00-11.15am	Break
11.15-12.30pm	Open Discussions   Chair: David Evans, World Health Organization
12:30-1:30pm	Lunch
1:30-3.00pm	Topic: Implications for Government/Donors/Civil Society funding, budgeting and expenditure Chair: Aisha Baldeh, National AIDS Secretariat, The Gambia Presentations: John Kamigwi, Deputy Director, National AIDS Control, Kenya Rick Rowden, ActionAid Gavin George, Heard, South Africa Jorge Beloqui, National Network of PLWHA (People Living with HIV/AIDS), Brazil Panel: Fidele Sarassoro, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Ethiopia Atila Roque, Socio-Economic Studies Institute (INESC), Brazil Folarin Olowu, Intellfit, African Research and Training Company, Nigeria
3.00-3.15pm	Break
3.15-4.30pm	Continuation of Panel and Open Discussion Chair: Alberic Kacou, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Nigeria
4.30-5.30pm	Summing Up Lily Ohiorhenuan, HIV/AIDS Group, UNDP New York Terry McKinley, International Poverty Centre, Brasilia

 

Wednesday, November 22

9.00-11.30am

Special Brazil session (optional) : Presentations of the National AIDS Programme and of the joint Government of Brazil/UNICEF/UNAIDS project Laços Sul-Sul that seeks to offer universal access to first-line treatment to 6 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America with the support of the Brazilian Government. Mauro Teixeira de Figueiredo, National STD/AIDS Program COOPEX Gustav Liliequist, International Center for Technical Cooperation of the National Aids Programme, Brazil  (Executive 5 auditorium)

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