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PRNewswire - November 28, 2007
WHAT: A press briefing by conference call with experts on global HIV/AIDS, assessing the latest epidemic update as well as recently issued proposals by several of the candidates for US President, including Senator Clinton.
We will discuss what the new estimates of the AIDS crisis mean for the next phase of the global response, as Congress begins to rewrite the law authorizing the US AIDS program. Journalists will have the chance to ask questions of several top experts, including the author of a recent book on the AIDS crisis in Africa.
WHO: Helen Epstein - a public health specialist and molecular biologist who has worked on AIDS vaccine research. She is the author of The Invisible Cure.
Beatrice Were -- a Ugandan AIDS and women's rights activist and a founder of the National Community of Women Living with AIDS. She was awarded Human Rights Defender of the Year by Human Rights Watch in both 2005 and in 2006.
Joanne Carter -- Associate Executive Director of RESULTS/RESULTS Educational Fund (REF). For 14 years, she has worked with key Congressional allies to draft legislation and lead campaigns to combat diseases of poverty.
Dr. Paul Zeitz -- Executive Director of the Global AIDS Alliance Fund, who is attending this week's high level meeting on pediatric AIDS in South Africa.
WHEN: Thursday, November 29, 2007 11:30 am ET (10:30 am CT / 9:30 am MT / 8:30 am PT)
HOW: This call is for journalists only, who can call in from any phone. Please RSVP for the call by contacting David Bryden at <dbryden@globalaidsalliance.org>. Journalists only may call in directly to the call by dialing toll free 1-800-909-5202 or from outside the US and Canada call +1-785-830-7975
Source: Global AIDS Alliance Fund
CONTACT: David Bryden of the Global AIDS Alliance Fund, 1-800-909-5202, +1-785-830-7975 (outside the U.S. and Canada), dbryden@globalaidsalliance.org
Web Site: http://www.globalaidsalliancefund.org/
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