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CONCURRENT SESSION 7

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SATURDAY, MARCH 6
4:00 - 5:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS---Session 7
TRACK A:  Prevention and Behavioral Change

7A. Voluntary Counseling and Testing

INTERCONTINENTAL: La Santa María/La Pinta

PRESENTERS
"Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment Centers to Curb the AIDS Epidemic: The Haiti-GHESKIO Model"
Patrice Joseph, Haiti

"Free and Anonymous HIV Testing in Martinique" 
Danielle Quist, Martinique

"Predicting HIV-Infected Patients' Adherence with Counseling and Medical Referral During HIV Counseling and Testing in Haiti" 
Maxi Ascencio, Haiti

Moderators
Bernard Liautaud, Martinique
Alberto Carrera, Puerto Rico

 

TRACK B:  Treatment, Care, and Support

7B1. Adherence

RENAISSANCE: Anacaona A/B

PRESENTERS
"Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy: Challenges for Caribbean Countries"
Lydia E. Santiago, Puerto Rico 

"Counseling and Adherence Initiative for HIV/AIDS Patients in Martinique"
Véronique Beaujolais, Martinique

"Quantifying Non-adherence and Determining Factors Affecting Patient Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), Centres GHESKIO, Haiti" 
Olivia Du Moulin, Haiti

Moderator
Sylvie Abel, Martinique

 

TRACK B:  Treatment, Care, and Support

7B2. Care for the Children

RENAISSANCE: Anacaona C 

PRESENTERS
"Monitoring Children with HIV/AIDS at the Dr. Robert Read Cabral Children's Clinic and at the Casa Rosada"
Solange Soto, Dominican Republic

"Antiretroviral Therapy in Infected Children: GHESKIO's Experience"
Gyrlande Bois, Haiti

"The Impact of HIV Infection on the Development of Preschool Dominican Children" 
María Hernández-Reif, United States

Moderators
Santiago Collado-Chastel, Dominican Republic
Francine Noel, Haiti

TRACK C:  Mother-to-Child Transmission

7C. Integration of Reproductive Health Strategies in the Reduction of HIV Transmission

MELIÁ: Constanza

PRESENTERS
"Integration of Reproductive Health Strategies in the Reduction of HIV Transmission"
Marie Deschamps, Haiti 

"Integrating Women's Health with Scale-Up of AIDS Prevention and Care: Five Lessons from Rural Haiti"
Maxi Raymonville, Haiti

"HIV/STI Prevention and Care for Pregnant Women, and Contraceptive Care for Migrant Women Who Reside Illegally in Curaçao and/or Have No Health-Care Insurance" 
Marion Schroen, Netherlands Antilles

Moderator
Noreen Jack, Trinidad and Tobago

TRACK E: Stigma and Discrimination

7E. Impact of Discrimination by Health Care Professionals on PLWHA

INTERCONTINENTAL: La Niña

PRESENTERS
"Who Will Heal These Wounds? The Stigmatization of HIV/AIDS by Health Professionals"
Nelson Varas-Díaz, Puerto Rico

"Attitudes of General Practitioners Toward Homosexuals in the Netherlands Antilles"
Anita Radix, Netherlands Antilles

"Stigma and Discrimination: The Real Challenge in Community-Based Treatment of PLWHA" 
Evelyne Ancion, Haiti

Moderators
Stewart Smith, Trinidad and Tobago
Robert Hunter, Puerto Rico

TRACK F: Vulnerable Populations and HIV/AIDS

7F. Drug and Substance Abusers

MELIÁ: Samaná/Bonanza

PRESENTERS
"HIV/AIDS Among Drug Users in Puerto Rico: Evidence of a Public Health Emergency"
Héctor M. Colón, Puerto Rico

"HIV Risk Behaviors Among Homeless Out-of-Treatment Drug Users in Two Caribbean Countries" 
Marcus Day, St. Lucia 

"Drug Use and HIV Risk in the Dominican Republic" 
Michele Shedlin, United States

Moderators
Luis Emilio Montalvo Arzeno, Dominican Republic
Fernando García Bodden, Dominican Republic

TRACK G:  Critical Issues Affecting the Caribbean Region

6G. POSTER SESSION

RENAISSANCE: Teatro La Fiesta

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