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PRNewswire - October 14, 1999
What: Leading AIDS experts from the medical, research, government and public health sectors will address a wide range of issues relating to African-Americans and AIDS. Presentations at the conference will focus on access to HIV prevention initiatives, the role of faith-based ministries, testing, counseling and treatment. The conference will also include a public viewing of the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
When: Thursday, October 14, 1999 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Where: Hyatt Regency Atlanta 265 Peachtree Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30303 International Ballroom
Who: Speakers Include:
Stephen B. Thomas, Ph.D. Director, Institute for Minority Health Research, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory, Atlanta, GA
Hydeia L. Broadbent, 15-year-old AIDS activist The Hydeia L. Broadbent Foundation
Robert Franklin, PhD President, Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, GA
John Bartlett, MD Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Phill Wilson President, The African-American AIDS Policy and Training Institute
Contact: Debbie Kreshover or Rebecca Norwood Medisphere Communications, Inc. 212-213-4211 or 917-208-0682
This conference is sponsored by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and is being supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb Immunology.
SOURCE Bristol-Myers Squibb
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