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SOPHIA FORUM: Panel session on Women, HIV and the health sector

01 Oct, 2009
  • Location: London
  • Date: 1 October 2009
  • Time: 6 - 9 pm

The Sophia Forum, together with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, are organising an exceptional panel session for UK health practitioners on Women, HIV and the health sector. The panel session will be held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel St, London WC1E 7HT, on Thursday 1 October 2009 from 6 to 9 pm.

Speakers will include Professor Peter Piot, Director of the Institute for Global Health at Imperial College and former Executive Director of UNAIDS; Professor Jane Anderson, Director of the Centre for the Study of Sexual Health and HIV, Homerton University Hospital; and Ms Winnie Sseruma, HIV Mainstreaming Coordinator, Christian Aid and former chair of the African HIV Policy Network.Please confirm your participation at SEP2009event@sophiaforum.net. 

 For more information, visit the Sophia Forum website, http://www.sophiaforum.net/

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