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CONCURRENT SESSION 4

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SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2004
9:00 - 10:30 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS---Session 4
TRACK A:  Prevention and Behavioral Change

4A. Surveillance Systems and Prevention

INTERCONTINENTAL: La Santa María/La Pinta

PRESENTERS
"Social and Clinical Profile of Patients Infected with HIV in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, from 1992 to 2002"
Doris Báez Feliciano, Puerto Rico

"Knowledge About STI/HIV/AIDS Among Adolescents at GHESKIO"
Harry Theodore, Haiti

"National Study of HIV Seroprevalence, Dominican Republic, 2002" 
Maritza Molina Achécar, Dominican Republic

Moderators
C. James Hospedales, CAREC/PAHO/WHO
Elpidio Collado, Dominican Republic

TRACK B: Treatment, Care, and Support

4B. Best Practices in Care and Support

RENAISSANCE: Anacaona A/B

PRESENTERS
"HIV/AIDS in Puerto Rican Patients 50 Years of Age or Older"
Alejandro Amill Rosario, Puerto Rico

"Correlation of CD4+ T Cell Count with Clinical Manifestations of AIDS in Haiti" 
Paul Denis Leger, Haiti

"Renal Disease in HIV-Infected Subjects: The Deleterious Effects of Smoking" 
María José Miguez Burbano, United States

Moderator
Miguel Ureña, Dominican Republic

TRACK D:  Critical Issues in Drug Resistance and Vaccine Research

4D. State-of-the-Art Research on HIV/AIDS Vaccine 

MELIÁ: Constanza 

PRESENTERS
"The Long Road to an HIV Vaccine"
José Esparza, UNAIDS

Moderators
Jean William Pape, Haiti
Farley Cleghorn, United States  

TRACK F: Vulnerable Populations and HIV/AIDS

4F1. Vulnerability of Youth and Adolescents I

MELIÁ: Samaná/Bonanza

PRESENTERS
"FHI Experience in Home-Care-Based Approach for Orphans in Haiti"
Magda Cheron, Haiti

"Adolescents at Risk and Behavior in Puerto Rico and Its Relation to Certain Intrapersonal, Behavioral, and Social Variables"
Andrés Collazo, Puerto Rico

"Family Factors Related with HIV Prevention in a Group of Puerto Rican Adolescents" 
Elizabeth Iglesias Fulbright, Puerto Rico

Moderators
Maxi Ascencio, Haiti
Irma Febo, Puerto Rico

TRACK F: Vulnerable Populations and HIV/AIDS

4F2. Men Who Have Sex with Men

INTERCONTINENTAL: La Niña

PRESENTERS
"Masculinity and Power: Health Risks and Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in a Sample of Men Who Have Sex with Men in Puerto Rico"
José R. Felicié Mejías, Puerto Rico

"Networks of Social Support for HIV+ Homosexual Men in Puerto Rico"
Rafael Rivera-Ortiz, Puerto Rico

"Bisexuality and Trust: New High-Risk Factors Against the HIV/AIDS Epidemic" 
Leonardo E. Sánchez Marte and Martha Arredondo Soriano, Dominican Republic

Moderators
José Toro-Alfonso, Puerto Rico
Robert Lee, CAREC/PAHO/WHO

 

TRACK G:  Critical Issues Affecting the Caribbean Region

4G. Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS: The Return on Investment in Good Programming

RENAISSANCE: Anacaona C

PRESENTERS
"HIV/AIDS and the Caribbean Response"
Roger McLean, Trinidad and Tobago

"GOALS Modeling in the Caribbean: Using a Resource Allocation Model to Assess the National Strategic Plan or Global Fund Budget Proposals While Measuring Their Impact on the HIV/AIDS Epidemic"
Eric Gaillard, Haiti

"Socioeconomic Impact of HIV/AIDS on the Tourism Sector of the Dominican Republic" 
Magdalena Rathe, Dominican Republic

Moderator
Karl Theodore, Trinidad and Tobago

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