ADVISORY/United Nations Announces Plan to Fight AIDS.Business/Health Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2001 TOPIC: The United Nations has announced a "battle plan" to fight AIDS, according to an article by USAToday.com. The agreement reached by the 189-member General Assembly reportedly includes the strengthening of programs to reduce AIDS discrimination in the workplace and to implement prevention programs targeted at people who demonstrate risk-taking behavior. Nations who are committed to the plan hope to globally reduce AIDS infection rates by 25 percent by 2010, the article says. The Global AIDS Fund is scheduled to be set up by the end of this year and a board of directors will be selected over the coming weeks that will include members of industry, governments and advocacy groups. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Ms. Anne Calvo is the divisional health advisor of The Salvation Army Salvation Army, Protestant denomination and international nonsectarian Christian organization for evangelical and philanthropic work. Organization and Beliefs The Salvation Army has established branches in 100 countries throughout the world. . She advises 16 homeless programs on health issues, coordinates health care programs with social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales and assesses risk management health issues. Calvo has more than 25 years experience in the public health arena, with a special concentration in HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome administration. Previous positions that highlight her training in the HIV/AIDS arena include: Executive Director for The Salvation Army's Bethesda House, a 50 bed RCFCI; AIDS and Clinic Manager for The Los Angeles Mission and Staff Nurse on the AIDS floor at St. Mary's Medical Center St. Mary's Medical Center may refer to:
Dr. Mark Katz, regional HIV/AIDS physician coordinator of Kaiser Permanente, has an extensive background in AIDS/HIV and has delivered more than 300 public addresses on HIV. PR: Laura Marshall laura.h.marshall@kp.org Dr. Shalom Z. Hirschman, M.D., joined Advanced Viral Research Corp. as president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. following a 28-year affiliation with The Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and The Mt. Sinai Hospital. During his tenure there, Dr. Hirschman held several academic positions, including Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Professor of Medicine, and Vice Chairman of the Department of Medicine. He spent seven years at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. He has been published in many peer-reviewed journals, including THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE The New England Journal of Medicine (New Engl J Med or NEJM) is an English-language peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. It is one of the most popular and widely-read peer-reviewed general medical journals in the world. , NATURE and SCIENCE, and founded one of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's first and most active AIDS treatment and research centers. PR: Michael Rosen mrosen@bratskeir.com Professor Manfred Kuechler, of the sociology department at Hunter College (CUNY CUNY City University of New York ), is an expert regarding sociology and AIDS. 212/772-5588; 212/772-4000 (University PR Phone) ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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