SFAF & Pangaea at the XVI International AIDS 2006 Conference

A team from The San Francisco AIDS Foundation and Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation attended the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada. Session and satellite information for the conference can be found in the Programme-at-a-Glance on the AIDS 2006 Web site.

Pangaea organized a satellite session titled Clinical Mentoring and Training of HIV/AIDS Healthcare Professionals in Resource Limited Settings: Development of New Models. We'll have edited video and audio available soon. The unedited audio file of the session is available now.

Here is a list of the presentations included in this session.

• Clinical Mentoring in China: Building Capacity for Quality Patient Care in Yunnan Province Eric Goosby, MD (Moderator), CEO/Chief Medical Officer, Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation
• Introducing the Clinical Mentoring Toolkit: Results from 3 Country Pilot Programs Michael Reyes, MD, MPH, Director, International Training & Education Center on HIV (I-TECH)
• The Role of Clinical Mentoring in China's National HIV/AIDS Treatment Roll-out Dr. Zhang Fujie, Director, National Center for AIDS, Chinese Center for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, People's Republic of China
• Scaling up to Universal Access: Developing National Clinical Mentoring Systems for HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment Sandy Gove, MD,World Health Organization
• Clinical Mentoring in Sub-Saharan Africa: Scaling Up Treatment in the Private Sector Prof. Dr Joep M.A. Lange, Chairman, PharmAccess Foundation
• Creating National Capacity for Local Mentors and Trainers in the Public Sector in Africa Richard Marlink, MD, Scientific Director for Care and Treatment - Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Professor, Harvard School of Public Health
• Clinical Mentoring: Capacity Building and Training in Northern Africa, the Middle East and the Baltics Renslow Sherer, MD, Director, HIV/AIDS/STI, Project HOPE
• Clinical Mentoring in Nurse Training for HIV/AIDS Care: Models in Kenya Anne Sliney, RN, ACRN, Nursing Specialist, William Jefferson Clinton Foundation

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