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<description><![CDATA[AIDS Patient Care and STDs  Oct 2009, Vol. 23, No. 10: 895-897. 
		
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<description><![CDATA[ On April 20, 2009, the World Banks InfoShop launched a discussion on the new book, AIDS Is it a Risk to Economic Development in Regions with Low HIV Prevalence?  The book, edited by two World Bank specialists, provides an analysis about HIV/AIDS as a development issue in the South Asian region where there is low HIV prevalence and concentrated epidemics. The event was moderated by Julie McLaughlin, Sector Manager of the South Asia Regions (SAR) Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank.  ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Although we might not always consider it, a well developed and appropriate legal framework is a very necessary component in the fight against HIV/AIDS. On September 12, 2007, the authors of the report Legal Aspects for HIV and AIDS A Guide for Policy and Law Reform came together at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, DC, to present and discuss the role of law in the fight against this devastating pandemic. ]]></description>
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<title> Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Now in its second edition, the Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (DCP2) gathers the work of more than 350 specialists into one volume on the strategies, successes, and systems of health care intervention. In this presentation on September 12, 2006, sponsored by the World Bank InfoShop, experts in the field discussed the books recommendations and the future of disease control. The session was chaired by Jacques Baudouy, Director of Health, Nutrition, and Population for the World Bank at the Banks headquarters in Washington, DC.]]></description>
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<title> 09. Responding to HIV/AIDS</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ On June 19, 2006, the Sustainable Community Development Fund (CommDev) hosted a daylong conference at the IFC Building on Washington, D.C., to discuss Sharing Experience Enhancing the Benefits to Communities from Extractive Industry Projects. The conference aimed at sharing experiences, conducting training, and raising awareness of the community development work being implemented in communities impacted by extractive industries. In this afternoon breakout session, chaired by Gillette Conner, Program Officer for IFC Against AIDS, event participants responded to health issues  with a particular focus on HIV/AIDS  in extractive industry communities.]]></description>
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<title> 3. Diseases Without Borders</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Despite advances in fighting infection, more than 10 million deaths worldwide result from communicable illnesses each year. How are global development organizations fighting back against the problem of disease? In this May 18, 2006, session of the Global Issues Seminar Series, students from the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the United States joined together by videoconference to learn the answers to that question. Asli Gurkan, a consultant with the World Banks External Affairs department, chaired the session.]]></description>
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<title> Addressing Gender and Legal Dimensions in HIV/AIDS, Part Two</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ As much as HIV/AIDS is about treatment and prevention, it is also about the secondorder effects that precipitate its spread, such as gender disparities. In many countries where HIV/AIDS has become epidemic, the problem can be linked to limited legal rights for women. In this March 31, 2006 videoconference, chaired by Gift Manase, a Health Economist for the World Bank Institute, activists and policy makers from several African countries met to discuss how they have approached the gender and legal aspects of HIV/AIDS.]]></description>
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<title> Addressing Gender and Legal Dimensions in HIV/AIDS, Part One</title>
<link> http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1751&#x26;EID=843</link>
<description><![CDATA[ As much as HIV/AIDS is about treatment and prevention, it is also about the secondorder effects that precipitate its spread, such as gender disparities. In many countries where HIV/AIDS has become epidemic, the problem can be linked to limited legal rights for women. In this March 31, 2006 videoconference, chaired by Gift Manase, a Health Economist for the World Bank Institute, activists and policy makers from several African countries met to discuss how they have approached the gender and legal aspects of HIV/AIDS.]]></description>
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<title> Institutional Arrangements for Harmonization and Alignment of Aid for HIV/AIDS with Poverty Reduction Strategies</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Since HIV/AIDS is a problem that affects countries all across Africa, it has a large number of programs and organizations dedicated to defeating it. Coordinating those programs so that they act in concert, however, can increase their effectiveness substantially. The UNDP, UNAIDS, and World Bank are jointly supporting a program whose purpose is to enhance the integration of HIV/AIDS into Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS). In this February 23, 2006, videoconference, organized by the World Bank Institute/Global HIV/AIDS Program and chaired by health economist Gift Manase, participants from Rwanda and Tanzania shared their experience in harmonizing HIV/AIDS programs successfully.]]></description>
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<title> Session 4 Can Economics Help Fight AIDS?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ At its headquarters on December 1, 2005, in support of World AIDS Day 2005, the World Bank held a week of events sponsored by the Global HIV/AIDS Program and coordinated by the South Asia region. HIV and AIDS are clearly challenges for the Banks work in the developing world, and are challenges not easily surmounted. This presentation examines the economic basis of the World Banks involvement in HIV/AIDS.]]></description>
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<title> HIV/AIDS and the Youth Part 2</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Timed to coincide with the World Banks other World AIDS Day activities, this panAfrican videoconference was organized by the World Bank Institutes Leadership Program on HIV/AIDS on November 29, 2005. Youth groups and Bank Country Coordinators from Tanzania, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Kenya, and Ethiopia were linked for discussion of HIV/AIDS and its impact on young people in Africa. This presentation contains the second half of the videoconference.]]></description>
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<title> HIV/AIDS and the Youth Part 1</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Timed to coincide with the World Banks other World AIDS Day activities, this panAfrican videoconference was organized by the World Bank Institutes Leadership Program on HIV/AIDS on November 29, 2005. Youth groups and Bank Country Coordinators from Tanzania, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Kenya, and Ethiopia were linked for discussion of HIV/AIDS and its impact on young people in Africa.]]></description>
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<title> Session 3 Middle East and North Africa HIV/AIDS Strategy Launch</title>
<link> http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1668&#x26;EID=804</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On December 1, 2005, in support of World AIDS Day 2005, the World Bank held a week of events sponsored by the Global HIV/AIDS Program and coordinated by the South Asia region. HIV and AIDS are clearly challenges for the Banks work in the developing world, and are challenges not easily surmounted. In this presentation of the Middle East and North Africa HIV/AIDS Strategy Launch, held at Bank headquarters, Bank experts laid out and discussed a plan for fighting the disease in this section of the globe. ]]></description>
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<title> Session 2 quot;Keeping the Promisequot; (continued)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ At its headquarters in Washington, DC, in support of World AIDS Day 2005, the World Bank held a week of events sponsored by the Global HIV/AIDS Program and coordinated by the South Asia region. HIV and AIDS are clearly challenges for the Banks work in the developing world, and are challenges not easily surmounted. This presentation continues the December 1, 2005, Keeping the Promise panel, as questions are posed to the participants. The panel was chaired by Julian Schweitzer, Sector Head of Human Development for South Asia for the World Bank. ]]></description>
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<title> Session 1 Keynote and quot;Keeping the Promisequot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ At its headquarters in Washington, DC, in support of World AIDS Day 2005, the World Bank held a week of events sponsored by the Global HIV/AIDS Program and coordinated by the South Asia region. HIV and AIDS are clearly challenges for the Banks work in the developing world, and are challenges not easily surmounted. On December 1, 2005, the sessions were recorded, beginning with this keynote address and panel. ]]></description>
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<title> Part Two Fighting HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination at the Workplace</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Efforts to combat HIV/AIDS are greatly hampered by stigma and discrimination, especially in African states where the disease affects more than 25 million people, according to a December 2004 report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). A videoconference on October 27, 2005, sponsored by the Health and AIDS unit of the World Bank Institute, provided a forum for sharing information, experiences, best practices, and lessons learned on fighting stigma and discrimination at the workplace. The event brought together health officials, business executives and development experts from Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, and Washington, D.C. Gift Manase, a health economist for the World Bank Institute, moderated the videoconference from the Global Development Learning (GDLN) Headquarters in Washington, D.C.]]></description>
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<title> Part One Fighting HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination at the Workplace</title>
<link> http://info.worldbank.org/etools/BSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1647&#x26;EID=799</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Efforts to combat HIV/AIDS are greatly hampered by stigma and discrimination, especially in African states where the disease affects more than 25 million people, according to a December 2004 report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). A videoconference on October 27, 2005, sponsored by the Health and AIDS unit of the World Bank Institute, provided a forum for sharing information, experiences, best practices, and lessons learned on fighting stigma and discrimination at the workplace. The event brought together health officials, business executives and development experts from Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, and Washington, D.C. Gift Manase, a health economist for the World Bank Institute, moderated the videoconference from the Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) Headquarters in Washington, D.C.]]></description>
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<title> Seminar 10 Human Development Diseases Without Borders</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Its easy to forget that political borders are an arbitrary creation, and they are not respected by natural disasters and diseases. In this December 14, 2005, seminar of the Global Issues Seminar Series, organized by External Affairs at the World Bank headquarters, experts explain the dangers of infectious diseases traveling between people, nations, and even continents. Students from the American University of Beirut, Sofia University, and University of Amsterdam joined by videoconference, while Johns Hopkins University, Virginia Tech, Georgetown University, George Washington University, University of Wisconsin, and American University students attended in person at the World Bank headquarters.]]></description>
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