HIV/AIDS, prevention and care among migrants in the Balkans
Presso l’Istituto Superiore di Sanità (giorno 21 a PORTE CHIUSE: vi si accede iscrivendosi preventivamente) , sia presso il Ministero
della Sanità (giorno 22 a porte aperte). Viale Regina Elena, 299 – ROMA
9:00 – OPENING AND WELCOME Agostino Miozzo
Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ranieri Guerra
Director of the Secretariat for Cultural Affairs, National Institute of Health
Natale Losi
Head of the Psychosocial & Cultural Integration Unit- IOM Rome
9:20 PRESENTATION OF THE PROGRAM HIV/AIDS IN THE BALKANS Michela Martini Researcher – IOM Rome
9:30 ? COUNTRIES OVERVIEW
Thomas Melo
Director of International Cooperation – Ministry of Health
Bosnia and Herzegovina Semra Cavaljuga
Epidemiologist Institute of Public Health
Sarajevo
Stamenkovic Stanimir
Ministry of Health
Banja Luka
Bulgaria Nina Gatcheva
Member of the National HIV/AIDS Committee – Ministry of Health
11:00 DISCUSSION
11:20 BREAK
11:45 Croatia Jasminka Dobravc Poljak
Ccordinator of HIV/AIDS peer education project, Ministry of Health
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Darko Djurkovic
Director of HIV/AIDS Department, Federal Institute of Health Protection
– Kosovo Pleurat Sejdiu
Chairman of HIV/AIDS Prevention Kosovar Committee
Xhevat Jakupi
AIDS Programme Manager, Dep. of Health and Social Welfare, UNMIK
– Montenegro Brankica Dupanovic
Delegate of the Ministry of Health
13: 10 Break
14:30 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Vesna Velik-Stefanovska
National Coordinator of the Committee for HIV/AIDS
Romania Sorin Petrea Delegate of the Ministry of Health
Slovenia Evita Leskov_ek
Head of the Municipal HIV Board in Ljubljana
15:30 DISCUSSION
16:15 HIV/AIDS: ?THE REGIONAL APPROACH? Jane Gronow – UNAIDS/UNICEF
Coordinator HIV/AIDS: Young People?s Health, Development and Protection Balkan Area
17:00 CONCLUSIONS: HIV/AIDS in the Balkans: ?The present and the future? ? comments on the panel presentations Jadranka Mimica
IOM Zagreb
9:30 INTRODUCTION Paolo Guglielmetti
Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Vittorio Agnoletto
Scientific board of the Italian league for the fight against AIDS – (LILA),
Member of the National HIV/AIDS Committee – Italian Ministry of Health
9:45 MIGRATION AND HIV/ AIDS: INTRODUCTION TO THE WORKING GROUPS
Mary Haour-Knipe
Coordinator for HIV/AIDS – IOM Geneva
10:00 WORKING GROUPS.
The aim of this session is to discuss possible interventions in the Balkans to reduce the HIV/AIDS risk and vulnerability among migrant populations through prevention and care. Divided in two groups, the participants will be requested to provide plans on how to strengthen the network among Balkan Institutional representatives and what would be necessary to sustain the network.
Rapporteurs:
Julie Lehair ? IOM Rome
Michela Martini – IOM Rome
Stefano Volpicelli -LILA Italian league for the fight against AIDS,
Participants:
All the Institutional representatives from the Balkans: Semra Cavaljuga, Jasminka Dobravc Poljak, Branka Dupanovic, Darko Djurkovic, Nina Gatheva, Evita Leskov_ek, Tomas Melo, Sorin Petrea, Stanimir Stamenkovic, Pleurat Sejdiu,Vesna Velik-Stefanovska, Xhevat Jakupi.
Jane Gronow – UNAIDS Coordinator HIV/AIDS: Young People?s Health, Development and Protection – Balkan Area
Mary Haour-Knipe -IOM Geneva, Coordinator HIV/AIDS programme
Jadranka Mimica – IOM Zagreb
Vesna Durovic, Senior Health Program Manager.- IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies), Delegation in BiH
Group 1: – HIV/AIDS prevention
– How to establish and strengthen the network in the Balkans
Group 2: – HIV/AIDS care
– How to establish and strengthen the network in the Balkans
13:00 Break
14:30 PRESENTATION OF THE WORKING GROUPS? RESULTS
15:30 ROUND TABLE OPEN TO PUBLIC DEBATE
?? Will the South Africa trial modify strategies against HIV/AIDS also in the Balkans? Challenges for a new cooperation?
Chairwoman: Nicole Janigro ? essay-writer ,Balkan expert
Participants (alphabetic order):
Vittorio Agnoletto – President of the scientific board of the Italian league for the fight against AIDS ? (LILA), Italian NGO
Lamberto Briziarelli ?Director of CSESI ? University of Perugia-Italy
Claudio Calvaruso – Director of Centro Studi- Italian Ministry of Health
Ranieri Guerra ? Director of the Secretariat for Cultural Affairs, National Institute of Health
Paolo Guglielmetti – Directorate General for Development Cooperation, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mary Haour-Knipe – Coordinator for HIV/AIDS – IOM Geneva
Lynellyn Long – Chief of Mission ? IOM Sarajevo
Alessandra, Redondi – Head of the medical department of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF )
Itala Turco – Farmindustria
18:00 WORKSHOP CONCLUSION
Natale Losi
Head of the Psychosocial & Cultural Integration Unit-IOM Rome
SCIENTIFIC BOARD:
Vittorio Agnoletto – President of the scientific board of the Italian league for the fight against AIDS (LILA), Member of the National HIV/AIDS Committee – Italian Ministry of Health
Claudio Calvaruso – Director of Centro Studi- Italian Ministry of Health
Ranieri Guerra – Director of the Secretariat for Cultural Affairs, National Institute of Health
Paolo Guglielmetti – Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mary Haour-Knipe – Coordinator for HIV/AIDS – IOM Geneva
Natale Losi – Head of the Psychosocial & Cultural Integration Unit – IOM Rome
Michela Martini – Psychosocial & Cultural Integration Unit, HIV/AIDS working area
Jadranka Mimica – IOM Zagreb
Agostino Miozzo – Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Stefano Volpicelli – LILA Italian league for the fight against AIDS
SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT:
IOM Rome, Via Nomentana 62
Natale Losi, Head of the Psychosocial & Cultural Integration Unit, HIV/AIDS working area
Michela Martini, Researcher , Psychosocial & Cultural Integration Unit, HIV/AIDS working area
Tel 06 44186204
Julie Lehair, Researcher , Psychosocial & Cultural Integration Unit, HIV/AIDS working area Tel 06 44186204
ITALIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS – DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
Paolo Guglielmetti Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ORGANISING SECRETARIAT:
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Via Nomentana 62 ? 00161 Rome
Eleonora Striglia – Silvia Di Blasi ? Claudia Martinez
Tel 0644186215 – 0644186214 – 0644186216
Fax 064402533 E-mail: MRFRome@iom.int
National Institute of Health
Viale Regina Elena, 299 ? 00161 Rome
Tel. 0649902611 ? 0649903431 ? 0649903436
Fax 0649387073 E-mail: segr-sac@iss.it
GENERAL INFORMATION
Venue
21 June 2001 ? National Institute of Health
Viale Regina Elena, 299 – 00161 Rome
22 June – Ministry of Health
Lungotevere Ripa,1 – 00153 Rome
