Ending inequalities to end AIDS and to end pandemics: HIV prevention and response in ASEAN (World AIDS Day 2021)
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Date:
Tuesday, 30 November 2021
Time:
10.00am – 11.30am (Singapore Time)
Synopsis:
40 years later, the AIDS epidemic still threatens the world not because of a lack of knowledge or tools, but because of structural economic, social cultural legal inequalities that obstruct proven solutions to HIV prevention and treatment. Tackling inequalities to advance the human rights of key populations and people living with HIV will make societies better prepared to tackle HIV, COVID-19 and other pandemics, support economic recovery and stability, and save millions of lives.
Tackling the underlying social injustices is a long-standing global promise in the Sustainable Development Goals, in the Global AIDS Strategy 2021–2026, the Political Declaration on AIDS adopted at the 2021 United Nations High-Level Meeting on AIDS.
In this webinar, the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, and UNAIDS aim to discuss some of the contemporary issues on HIV and AIDS that remain challenging for ASEAN countries, and how digital technologies can help drive change in prevention and support of key populations, contributing to address structural inequalities that continue to put populations at risk.
Attendance is open to academics, students, public health leaders, government, and civil society organisations in ASEAN and the wider Asia Pacific region.
Read more about World AIDS Day here.
Opening Remarks:
Prof Teo Yik Ying
Dean, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore
Mr Taoufik Bakkali
UNAIDS Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific
Speakers:
Prof Adeeba Kamarulzaman
President, International AIDS Society
Professor of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya
Dr Rayner Tan
The Greenhouse Community Services Limited and Project X
Visiting Research Fellow, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore
Assoc Prof Sophia Archuleta
Director of National HIV Programme, Singapore
Head, Division of Infectious Diseases, National University Hospital
Dr Ferdinal Fernando
Assistant Director and Head of Health Division, Human Development Directorate, ASEAN Secretariat
Closing Remarks:
Midnight Poonkasetwattana
Executive Director, APCOM (Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health)
Ikka Noviyanti
Advocacy Officer, Youth LEAD Indonesia
Moderated by:
Asst Prof Siyan Yi
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore
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