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CONCURRENT SESSION 1

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FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2004
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS---Session 1
TRACK A:  Prevention and Behavioral Change

1A. State of the Art in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Behavioral Change 

INTERCONTINENTAL: La Santa María/La Pinta

PRESENTERS
"HIV/AIDS Prevention: Theories of Behavioral Change" 
José Toro-Alfonso, Puerto Rico

"Abstinence, Fidelity, Condom Use and the Stabilization of the AIDS Epidemic in Haiti, 
a Meta Analysis"
Antoine Augustin, Haiti

"Popular Knowledge About AIDS in Guadeloupe (FWI): A Coherent Cultural System with 
Its Own Laws and Taboos"

Gaelle Bombereau, Guadeloupe

Moderators
Antonio de Moya, Dominican Republic
Robert Lee, CAREC/PAHO/WHO

TRACK B: Treatment, Care, and Support

1B. State of the Art in HIV/AIDS Treatment and Care

RENAISSANCE: Anacaona A/B

PRESENTERS
"State of the Art in HIV Treatment and Care"
Peter Mugyenyi, Uganda

"Health Care Management of HIV/AIDS Patients in Martinique"
André Cabié, Martinique

"Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) at GHESKIO in Haiti" 
Patrice Severe, Haiti

Moderators
Ellen Koenig, Dominican Republic
Bernard Liautaud, Martinique

TRACK C:  Mother-to-Child Transmission

1C. State of the Art in Research on the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission

MELIÁ: Constanza

PRESENTERS
"Mother to Infant Transmission: State of the Art"
Carmen D. Zorrilla, Puerto Rico

"The Substitution of Infant Formula for Breast Milk to Limit HIV Vertical Transmission in Haiti" 
Francine Noel, Haiti

"HIV/AIDS in Pregnant Women in French Guiana"
Milko Sobesky, French Guiana

Moderators
Perry Gómez, Bahamas
Santiago Collado-Chastel, Dominican Republic

TRACK E: Stigma and Discrimination

1E. Legal Framework for HIV/AIDS

INTERCONTINENTAL: La Niña

PRESENTERS
"Patient Rights and AIDS: A Review of Existing Literature" 
Hans Moerkerk, Netherlands

"AIDS and Human Rights in the Dominican Republic: Legal Initiatives Against Discrimination" 
Laura Pujols Subero, Dominican Republic

"Discrimination of the Anti-Discrimination Norm: Considerations on Values, Stigma, 
and Discrimination for a New Interpretation of the Normative Response to the 
HIV/AIDS Problem in the Region" 

Eric Raful Pérez, Dominican Republic

Moderators
Luis Reguera, International Labor Organization
Luis Abinader, Dominican Republic

TRACK F: Vulnerable Populations and HIV/AIDS

1F. Issues of Vulnerability I

MELIÁ: Samaná/Bonanza

PRESENTERS
"HIV Prevention Among Haitian Heterosexual Men: Transforming Social Norms, Normative Beliefs, and Sexual Practices" 

Blanca Ortíz-Torres, Puerto Rico

"Stereotypes About Sexuality and Their Role in the Prevention of HIV/AIDS" 
David Pérez-Jiménez, Puerto Rico

"Development of an STD/HIV/AIDS Prevention Program for Men Older than 15 Years of Age Through the Barber Shops in Five Health Regions in the Dominican Republic" 
Ramón Portes Carrasco, Dominican Republic

Moderator
Mónica Thormann Peynado, Dominican Republic

TRACK G:  Critical Issues Affecting the Caribbean Region

1G. Mainstreaming of HIV/AIDS

RENAISSANCE: Anacaona C

PRESENTERS
"HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean: Fighting Back Through Maneuvering"
Karl Theodore, Trinidad and Tobago

"Surveillance of Communicable Diseases in Aruba"
Chanin Boekhoudt, Aruba

Moderators
Eric Gaillard, Haiti
Judith Timyan, Dominican Republic 

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