World AIDS Day 2007

Successful Approaches to Preventing HIV/AIDS in Young People - Does Youth Participation in Program and Policy Design Add Value?

This session will discuss best practices in HIV prevention among youth, emphasizing the demand side, and the role of youth themselves in the search for sustainable solutions.  The panel consisting of youth innovators and leaders combating HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS experts, practitioners and policy makers, as well as HIV positive youth, will discuss the benefits and problems related to youth participation in the HIV/AIDS prevention program and policy design.

Speakers:
Elizabeth Lule, Manager, AFTHV
Kingsley Essomeonu, Nigeria, Founder of Society for Adolescents and Youth Health International
Vikram Laisharma, India, Better Treatment Equals Better Life for Young People Using Drugs and Affected by HIV/AIDS
Noel Prudencio, Guyana, Peer Educator in Ameridian Community
Maxwell Marx, Director, Students Partnership Worldwide, USA

Discussants:
Adam Tanner, Washington DC, Metro TeenAIDS
Lorena Eutiquia Santos Zarate, Mexico, Youth Collective Sexualidad sin Limites Project
Jose Ramierz, Washington DC, HIV positive Latino youth

Moderator:
Mattias Lundberg, Sr. Economicst, HDNCY

To register, and request building pass, please send an email to nnjie@worldbank.org