Coming to Vienna for XVIII AIDS Conference? We look forward to meet you there!

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HIV ATLAS is participating in XVIIIth International AIDS Conference being held in Vienna, Austria.

HIV ATLAS would like to cordially invite all of you to meet and network for the cause of PLHIV Employment, Use of Mobile Technology and Social Media for Response to HIV, TB & Malaria. Please email jharsh@... for individual meetings. We look forward to listen to your thoughts.

HIV ATLAS Program in Conference:

• Satellite on Sunday, July 18, 2010 11.00 – 2.30 AM, Mini Room # 7

• Professional Development Workshop, Monday, July 19, 2010, 2:30pm - 6:00pm Mini Room # 8

• Two Poster Presentations on July 21, 2010

• HIV ATLAS Volunteers Meeting on July 22, 2010

HIV ATLAS as part of the consortium; Social Media for Response to HIV is conducting one Satellite event followed up by a Professional Development Workshop.

Satellite Event

Social Media Lab for Clinicians and HCWs in HIV/AIDS

Date: Sunday, July 18, 2010

Time: 11:00am - 1:30pm

Location: In Mini Room 7.

Information and Communication Technology is seen as a vital factor in enhancing development and healthcare efforts. Internet, E-Networking, Social Media, Mobile Phones and Telemedicine can improve the efficiency of HIV/AIDS information exchange in resource-limited settings. Clinicians will be introduced to social media tools to increase their knowledge and skills in accessing and disseminating live HIV/AIDS information through the internet, mobile devices and other interactive media. An understanding of online communities and their impact on HIV clinical management will be provided. Clinicians will be presented methods of using such social media tools to gain access to target audiences including PLWHA, their support groups, as well as monitor and gauge responses from the target audience. This workshop will help clinicians and health care workers understanding the basics of how these tools can be used to influence knowledge, attitudes, behav!

iors and in rapidly disseminating cutting edge research and evidence-based case management approaches.

Speakers

•Kohli, Ishdeep (Swasthya India, JSPH)-Mumbai, India: Introduction to Social Media Lab for Clinicians and HCWs in HIV/AIDS

•JVR Prasada Rao- Special Advisor to Executive Director, UNAIDS, India: Introductory Remarks on Information and Communication Technologies

•Shih, Ting (Click Diagnostics)- Boston, United States: Expert Sourcing for Real-Time AIDS Management by Front-Line Health Workers

•Manoharan, Gurusamy (I-TECH)- Chennai, India: Distance Learning and HIV Clinical Seminar Series for HIV Physicians

•Colby, Donn (Harvard Medical School AIDS Initiative in Vietnam (HAIVN) Vietnam: Cloud Consulting: Using Electronic Groups for Physician Communication

•Khorakiwala, Huzaifa (Wockhardt Foundation) Mumbai, India: NGO and IT Maximization

•Aggarwal, Vikas (Project Concern International/ India) New Delhi, India: Reaching out to Communities through Mobile Technologies for Positive Health and Livelihood Outcome: Experience from India

•, Joe (AIDS-India, AIDS-Asia, Jodhpur School of Public Health) Melbourne, Australia: Scope of Internet Mediated Social Communication in HIV Response

•Harsh, Jagdish (HIV ATLAS) New Delhi, India: Social Media for Response to HIV

Workshop

Professional Development Workshop - Distance Based Learning Technologies E-Health and Social Media for Clinical HIV Management

Date: Monday, July 19, 2010

Time: 2:30pm - 6:00pm

Location: In Mini Room 8.

Information and Communication Technology is seen as a vital factor in enhancing development and healthcare efforts. Internet, E-Networking, Social Media, Mobile Phones and Telemedicine can improve the efficiency of HIV/AIDS information exchange in resource-limited settings. Clinicians will be introduced to social media tools to increase their knowledge and skills in accessing and disseminating live HIV/AIDS information through the internet, mobile devices and other interactive media. An understanding of online communities and their impact on HIV clinical management will be provided. Clinicians will be presented methods of using such social media tools to gain access to target audiences including PLWHA, their support groups, as well as monitor and gauge responses from the target audience. This workshop will help clinicians and health care workers understanding the basics of how these tools can be used to influence knowledge, attitudes, behav!

iors and in rapidly disseminating cutting edge research and evidence-based case management approaches.

Speakers

•Kohli, Ishdeep / Purohit, Anil: Introductions

•Manoharan, Gurusamy: (I-Tech) Chennai, India

•Aranda-Naranjo, Barbara: Director, Office of Global HIV/AIDS Program, HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau, MD United States

•Shih, Ting (Click Diagnostics) Boston, United States

•Colby, Donn (Harvard Medical School AIDS Initiative in Vietnam) (HAIVN) Vietnam

•Aggarwal, Vikas (Project Concern International/ India) New Delhi, India

•, Joe (AIDS-India, AIDS-Asia, JSPH) Melbourne, Australia

•Harsh, Jagdish (HIV ATLAS) New Delhi, India

Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Community Health Workers, Pharmacists, Psychologists, Counselors, Social workers, Traditional or Complementary Therapy Practitioners, Lab Technicians, Trainers, Clinical Mentors, Academicians and others working in Clinical Science, Prevention Science, Epidemiology

HIV ATLAS Poster Presentations

HIV ATLAS shall be presenting best practices and results from our field projects on July 21, 2010 through two of the selected abstracts related to PLHIV employment and Social Media. We look forward to meet and network with you all there!

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