Satellite Session Announcement:: Social Media Lab for Clinicians and HCWs in HIV/AIDS

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Satellite Session Announcement: Social Media Lab for Clinicians and HCWs in

HIV/AIDS

Swasthya India, Jodhpur School of Public Health, HIV-Atlas are pleased to

announce the Consortium ‘Social Media Network for HIV Response’.

We are organizing the Satellite Session “Social Media Lab for Clinicians and

HCWs in HIV/AIDS”, at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, to be held in

Vienna, Austria, 18-23 July 2010. The Satellite Session will take place on

Sunday, 18 July, 11:15 - 13:15, in Mini Room 7

• Kohli, Ishdeep (Facilitator), Mumbai, India

• Purohit, Anil (Chairperson), Boston, United States

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, behaviors and in rapidly disseminating cutting edge

research and evidence-based case management approaches.

Speakers:

1. Introductory Remarks on Information and Communication Technologies

JVR Prasada Rao

Special Advisor to Executive Director, UNAIDS

India

2. Expert Sourcing for Real-Time AIDS Management by Front-Line Health Workers

Shih, Ting (ClickDiagnostics)

Boston, United States

3. Distance Learning and HIV Clinical Seminar Series for HIV Physicians

Manoharan, Gurusamy (I-TECH)

Chennai, India

4. Cloud Consulting: Using Electronic Groups for Physician Communication

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

Vietnam

5. NGO and IT Maximization

Khorakiwala, Huzaifa (Wockhardt Foundation)

Mumbai, India

6. Reaching out to Communities through Mobile Technologies for Positive Health

and Livelihood Outcome: Experience from India

Aggarwal, Vikas (Project Concern International/ India)

New Delhi, India

7. Social Media for Response to HIV

Harsh, Jagdish (HIV-ATLAS)

New Delhi, India

8. Scope of Internet Mediated Social Communication in HIV Response

, Joe (AIDS-India, AIDS AIDS-Asia, Jodhpur School of Public Health)

Melbourne, Australia

Participants wishing to attend can confirm their participation to Ishdeep Kohli

at ishdeepkohli@...

Ishdeep Kohli

Executive Director – Programs and Partnerships

Swasthya India

Mumbai, India