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The AIDS epidemic is one of the premier development challenges of the new millennium, threatening to undermine hard-won development gains in many countries. Countries with serious epidemics are now seeing significant reductions in life expectancy, increasing poverty, shortages of trained professionals, and weakened communities and institutions – effects that will be felt for generations. Despite substantial investments in AIDS prevention programs worldwide, by international agencies and multilateral institutions, 45 million new infections are predicted within the next eight years, with forty percent of those occurring in the Asia Pacific region. Dr. Kaufman’s presentation will review the requirements for leadership and effective public policies to respond to the AIDS epidemic, highlighting the needed inter-sectoral collaborations and multi-sectoral approaches that must be put in place for interventions to be effective, and discussing the contributions of NGOs, civil society and the private sector in responses world wide.
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