MEDIA CENTER
XVI International AIDS Conference
13–18 August, Toronto, Canada

Presentations by Population Council Staff and Colleagues
Names of Council researchers and colleagues appear in boldface type.
    

Tuesday, 15 August
8:45–10:15 am	Plenary Session—Prevention: Proven Approaches and New Technologies Gita Ramjee Plenary speaker: "New prevention technologies"
11:00 am–12:30 pm	Oral Session—Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of People Living with HIV (Room SR 6) Avina Sarna, Stanley Luchters, Scott Geibel, Paul Munyao, Susan Kaai, K. Mandaliya, K. Shikely, M. Hawken, Johannes van Dam, and Marleen Temmerman: "Sexual risk behavior in regular partner relationships: Still a concern among PLHA receiving HAART in Mombasa, Kenya" (Abstract no. TUAD0102)
12:30–2:00 pm	Poster Session (Poster Exhibition Area, Level 800, South Building of Metro Toronto Convention Centre) Susan Kaai, Avina Sarna, Scott Geibel, Stanley Luchters, P. Munyao, K. Mandaliya, K. Shikely, Marleen Temmerman, and Johannes van Dam: "Self-stigmatization and HAART: Documenting changes in stigma faced by people living with HIV on HAART in Mombasa, Kenya" (Abstract no. TUPE0686) (poster) Tamil Kendall: "Media, migration, and HIV/AIDS: A Mexican case study" (Abstract no. TUPE0938) Karusa Kiragu, Susan Kaai, Isaiah Tanui, Godfrey Baltazar, and John Wanyungu: "Occupational exposure to HIV infection among Kenyan health workers: Findings from a national survey" (Abstract no. TUPE0431) (poster) Vaishali Sharma Mahendra, Laelia Gilborn, S. Bharat, R. Mudoi, I. Gupta, B. George, L. Samson, and Julie Pulerwitz: "How prevalent is AIDS-related stigma among health care workers? Developing and testing a stigma index in Indian hospitals" (Abstract no. TUPE0729) (poster) Andrea R. Wallace, Aaron Teitelbaum, Livia Wan, Maria Gloria Mulima, Laura Guichard, Robin A. Maguire, and David M. Phillips: "Determining the feasibility of utilizing the microbicide applicator compliance assay for use in clinical trials" (Abstract no. TUPE0154)
12:45–1:45 pm	Poster Discussion—Adherence (Poster Discussion Site B, Poster Exhibition Area, Level 800, South Building, Metro Toronto Convention Centre) Stanley Luchters, Avina Sarna, Scott Geibel, P. Munyao, Susan Kaai, K. Mandaliya, K. Shikely, M. Hawken, Marleen Temmerman, and Johannes van Dam: "Evaluating a directly administered antiretroviral therapy intervention to promote long-term ART adherence in Mombasa, Kenya: A twelve-month evaluation" (Abstract no. TUPDB01) (poster)
12:45–1:45 pm	Poster Discussion—Accelerating Prevention Research to End the Epidemic (KC 1, Poster Exhibition Area, Level 800, South Building, Metro Toronto Convention Centre) Stephanie Skoler: "Evaluation of microbicide applicators to determine vaginal use in the Carraguard Phase 3 clinical trial" (Abstract no. TUKC101)