Day 1, 20 - October

 

Day 1 moderator: Shari Turitz, Director of Programs, OSI Public Health Program

 

08:30

Registration

 

 

09:00

Introductions

 

 

09:10

Presentation by the PHP Director

 

 

 

Francoise Girard

 

 

 

Presentation of the PHP Strategic Framework

 

 

 

PHP Human Rights in Patient Care Campaign

 

 

09:45

LAHI Program Highlights since September 2007

 

 

 

Jonathan Cohen

 

 

 

Trends in LAHI funding

 

 

 

Key achievements

 

 

 

Presentation of new LAHI Grants Database

 

 

11:15

Coffee break

 

 

11:45

Practitioner Guide Project

 

 

 

Tamar Ezer with Judy Overall and LAHI coordinators

 

 

 

Trends in LAHI funding

 

 

13:00

Lunch

 

 

14:00

Putting human rights on the global AIDS agenda: OSI’s Human Rights and HIV/AIDS: Now More Than Ever Campaign

 

 

 

Ralf Jürgens and Jonathan Cohen

 

 

 

Overview of the campaign and LAHI’s work at AIDS 2008 in Mexico City

 

 

 

Questions for plenary discussion

 

 

 

- What collective actions can the 600+ endorsing organizations take globally?

 

 

 

- How can we support endorsers to continue using the Declaration?

 

 

 

- How can we draw new constituencies into the campaign?

 

 

 

Break-out discussions by region

 

 

 

- Who from your region should be added to the current list of supporters?

 

 

 

- What collective action can the endorsing organizations take regionally/locally?

 

 

 

- What additional tools might be needed to support this action?

 

 

 

Report-back and concluding discussion

 

 

15:45

Coffee break

 

 

16:15

collaboration with Mental Health Initiative

 

 

 

Presentation of the Mental Health Initiative

 

 

 

Judith Klein

 

 

 

Discussion of potential collaboration with LAHI

 

 

17:30

Day 1 closing remarks

 

 

 

Shari Turitz

 

 

18:30

Group Dinner

 

 

Day 2, 21 - October

 

 

 

Day 2 moderator: Francoise Girard, Director, OSI Public Health Program

 

 

09:00

Criminalization of HIV Transmission and Exposure: What Should LAHI Do?

 

 

 

Taking stock: where are we at the global, regional, and national level?

 

 

 

What actions do we need to take to prevent criminalization of HIV transmission?

 

 

 

What do we need in terms of tools and resources to assist this work?

 

 

 

Who are the allies we need to involve?

 

 

11:00

Coffee break

 

 

11:30

Looking Ahead to LAHI’s Impact

 

 

 

exercise led by Shari Turitz

 

 

 

Group brainstorming: What overall impact do we want LAHI to have achieved in the next five years?

 

 

 

Short break while facilitators group the responses by category

 

 

 

Break-out discussion: How will we know we’ve achieved these impacts?  What are three measures of success?

 

 

 

Report back and comment on each group’s ideas

 

 

13:00                   

Closing Remarks

 

 

 

Jonathan Cohen

 

 

13:30

Lunch

 

 

18:00

Optional buffet dinner