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INAUGURAL SESSION: |
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Chair: Mr. Bhavnesh Sawhney |
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Address by Guests of
Honour: |
10.21 - 10.25 |
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Dr. Barbara Schofield,
Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, New York,
USA
(Dr. Barbara Schofield is the attending
Pediatrician at Specialty Hospital TCCHCC for children
with complex medical needs and developmental
disabilities.) |
10.00 – 10.03 |
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Prof.Nili Liphschitz,
Tel Aviv University, Israel
(Prof. Nili Liphschitz is the Head of the Botanical
laboratories of the Institute of Archaeology at Tel
Aviv University.) |
10.04 - 10.07 |
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Prof. Akim J. Mturi,
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(Prof. Akim J. Mturi is Associate Professor of
Demography in the School of Development Studies at the
University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa) |
10.08 – 10.11 |
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Professor Jacques Fortin, Lille University, France
(Professor Jacques Fortin, MD, PHD, pediatrician,
is currently Professor of Health Education Sciences,
Department of Public Health, School of Medecine, at
Lille University, France). |
10.12 – 10.15 |
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Ms. Ruba Al Hassan, United
Nations Development Programme, UAE
(Ms. Ruba Al Hassan is the Human Development Programme
Coordinator for the United Nations Development
Programme in the UAE.) |
10.16 – 10.19 |
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Vote of thanks |
10.22 – 10.25 |
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SCIENTIFIC SESSION No.
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Chair: Mrs. Ravena
Hinduja |
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Speaker No. 1 |
10.26 – 10.50 |
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Dr. Siegfried Van
Duffel
Ghent University, Belgium. |
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Bio-data:- Dr. Siegfried
Van Duffel is a lecturer at Groningen University (The
Netherlands), and researcher at Ghent University. He
has published in several international journals,
including The Journal of Political Philosophy and
Critical Review. |
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Title of Presentation:-
Natural Rights of Subsistence |
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Abstract:- Human rights,
it is often said, are a “product of the culture of the
West”. Not being a relativist, the author,
nevertheless would like to point to a conceptual
relation between natural rights theories and some
elements in the culture wherein these theories were
first developed. In this paper, he focused on one of
these theories: i.e. the theory that grants all people
a right to basic necessities. The fundamental
rationale behind this natural right is the intuition
that God created each human being with a specific
purpose. The secular version of this intuition is that
each human being has a purpose with his or her life,
and this generates duty on other human beings. It was
argued that a non-religious theory of natural rights
to subsistence will entail morally objectionable
consequences. One reason for this is that the secular
theory is unable to delineate the extent of other
people’s duties to assist. |
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Speaker No. 2 |
10.51 – 11.15 |
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Dr. Tulshi D. Saha
National Institutes of Health, USA. |
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Bio-data:- Dr. Tulshi D.
Saha is currently working as an Epidemiologist/Survey
Statistician at the National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of
Health (NIH), USA. His research interests include
psychometric properties of alcohol and other substance
use disorders, with emphasis on statistical modeling. |
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Title of Presentation:-
Assessing Alcohol Problems Continuum: Epidemiology of
Alcohol Use and Dependence in the US |
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Abstract:- This study
applied Item Response Theory (IRT) to examine the
psychometric properties of the DSM-IV alcohol use and
dependence criteria, using data from the National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism’s 2001-2002
National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related
Conditions (NESARC). Using the nationally
representative sample of 43,093 adults, data were
analyzed for regular current drinkers (n=22,526).
Results from this study revealed that the criteria
reflecting symptoms of DSM-IV abuse were as relevant
as criteria reflecting symptoms of dependence to
determining the overall extent of alcohol-related
problems. |
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Speaker No. 3 |
11.16 – 11.40 |
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Dr. Deshratn Asthana
University of Miami – Miller School of Medicine, USA. |
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Bio-data:- Dr. Deshratn
Asthana is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and
Medicine, and Director, Laboratory for Clinical and
Biological Studies, University of Miami – Miller
School of Medicine, USA. |
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Title of Presentation:-
Drug Resistance: Ensuring Access and Effective Use of
Antiretrovirals in Resource-Limited Settings |
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Abstract:- The use of
highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has led
to remarkable advances in the treatment of HIV
infection. Unfortunately, a high number of patients
fail therapy. When this happens, it is often assumed
that viral resistance has developed to all drugs being
used and this necessitates a change in the therapeutic
regimen. Because there is a high incidence of
cross-resistance among the different agents in the
three classes of antiretroviral agents that are
currently available, the options for new regimens are
frequently limited. This lecture examined current
knowledge, practices in monitoring drug resistance and
outlined the guidelines for performing these assays. |
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS |
11.41 – 11.55 |
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SCIENTIFIC SESSION No.
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Chair: Mrs. Ravena
Hinduja |
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Speaker No. 1 |
11.56 – 12.20 |
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Dr. Nirupa Borges
Mumbai Districts AIDS Control Society, India |
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Bio-data:- Dr. Nirupa
Borges is the Project Director of Mumbai Districts
AIDS Control Society, and Prof. & Head of Dept. of
Medicine, T.N.Medical College, Mumbai, India. |
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Title of Presentation:-
Overview of the MDACS activities |
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Abstract:- The author who
is the Project Director of Mumbai Districts AIDS
Control Society, provided an overview of her
organization’s activities in this presentation. |
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Speaker No. 2 |
12.21 – 12.45 |
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Dr. Yusuf Matcheswala
Masina Hospital, Mumbai, India. |
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Bio-data:- Dr. Yusuf
Matcheswala is a practicing psychiatrist at Masina
Hospital and J.J Hospital, Mumbai. |
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Title of Presentation:- My
Masina experience in treating dual disorders. |
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Abstract:- The author who
is the Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Masina
hospital, spoke of his experiences, in this
presentation. |
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Speaker No. 3 |
12.46 – 13.10 |
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Dr. S.K. Singh and Dr.
Marlene Berg
International Institute for Population Sciences,
India, and Institute for Community Research, USA |
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Bio-data:- Dr. Shri Kant
Singh holds a Ph.D in Statistics from BHU and is
currently working extensively in the area of HIV/AIDS.
His areas of expertise include Migration Models,
Rural-Urban Migration & Return Migration and its
impact on potential spread of HIV/AIDS and Evaluation
of Intervention programmes.
Along with Dr. Marlene Berg, from the Institute for
Community Research in United States, Dr. Singh serves
as PI on the NIAAA sponsored study entitled “Alcohol,
sexual risk and HIV Prevention in Mumbai, India”. |
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Title of Presentation:-
Understanding Alcohol and Sex Risk among Youth in
three Slum Communities in Mumbai, India |
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Abstract:-
This paper presented summary data gathered through a
qualitative/quantitative ethnographic study of the
psychosocial and contextual determinants of risky
sexual behavior among adolescents in three low-income
communities in Mumbai and discussed the formative
research strategies that are being used to increase
understanding of the context and opportunity
structures which put youth from these communities at
risk. A presentation of methods used in this
context-specific research illustrated the importance
of generating community and individual level data to
formulate culturally-appropriate, sustainable
approaches to multi-level interventions for combating
the combined risks of drinking and unsafe sex
practices that can lead to STD/HIV. |
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS |
13.11 – 13.25 |
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LUNCH |
13.26 – 14.00 |
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SCIENTIFIC SESSION No.
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Chair: Dr.Meghna
Vithlani |
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Speaker No. 1 |
14.01 – 14.25 |
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Ms. Laila Yousef Al
Hassan
Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi, UAE. |
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Bio-data:- As Senior
Editor at the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi, Ms.
Laila Al Hassan has been responsible for planning and
implementing environmental awareness campaigns in the
local press. She holds a Bachelors in Communication
from the American University in Washington DC, USA as
well as an MA in Tourism, Environment and Development
from King's College London, UK. |
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Title of Presentation:-
Empowering a Society With Environmental Education and
Awareness |
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Abstract:- With increasing
habitat loss and the rapid pace of development
threatening the environment in the United Arab
Emirates (UAE), effective awareness and environmental
educational programmes become imperative to garner the
cooperation of various targeted audiences in
implementing effective protection measures. The
Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi launched several
programmes in 1998, which are carried out by its
Environmental Education and Awareness Division. The
Division also motivates the general public, women,
fishermen and the corporate sector, besides organizing
exhibitions and conferences on endangered species in
which the public also participates. This paper
examined the effectiveness of these efforts. |
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Speaker No. 2 |
14.26 – 14.50 |
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Dr. Anwar Jeewa
Minds Alive Rehabilitation Centre, South Africa. |
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Bio-data:- Dr. Anwar Jeewa
is a dentist qualified in India, who has had a
substance abuse problem for 17 years. He is now sober
for 8 years and has been inspired from his experience
to research substance abuse and to set up and manage a
rehabilitation centre in Durban, South Africa. |
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Title of Presentation:-
Treatment for Substance Abuse in the 21st Century: An
Empowerment Model |
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Abstract:- The web of
illusion and disillusionment that weaves the substance
dependent’s body, mind and spirit together catches
almost everyone in its sphere and makes it one of the
most challenging and complicated issues facing today’s
clinician. Just as a web may be at once inviting,
invisible and deadly for the unsuspecting, a lack of
knowledge regarding addiction can be time consuming,
frustrating and ultimately destructive in the
therapeutic setting. Due to the interwoven
symptomology throughout the body, mind and spirit of
the substance dependent, our treatment must also be
multidimensional and interconnected. There is a need
to explore best practice treatment models for
substance dependents in residential treatment centres
and that formed the topic of this paper. |
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Speaker No. 3 |
14.51 – 15.15 |
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Ms. Mary Crewe and Mr.
Pierre Brouard
Centre for the Study of AIDS, University of Pretoria,
South Africa. |
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Bio-data:- Ms. Mary Crewe
is the Director of The Centre for the Study of AIDS at
the University of Pretoria. She was on the team that
drafted the National AIDS Plan of 1994, a founder
member and co-chair of the AIDS Consortium and NACOSA
and was the chair of the National Department of
Education AIDS and Lifeskills Committee for HIV/AIDS
education in schools. She has links with local,
regional and international tertiary institutions, has
published a book on AIDS and authored many articles. |
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Mr. Pierre Brouard has a
Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from the
University of the Witwatersrand. He has worked in the
field of HIV/AIDS for the past 15 years, and is
currently employed by the Centre for the Study of AIDS
at the University of Pretoria as the Deputy
Director/Manager of the programme. |
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Title of Presentation:-
HIV and AIDS - the view from the epicenter |
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Abstract:- South Africa
has been renowned as one of the countries with the
worst HIV and AIDS epidemic in the world, as well as
having one of the fastest growing epidemics. This
presentation looked at how the response to this
epidemic has been shaped by a number of forces and
what some of the key lessons are that can be learned
from the South Africa response. The Centre for the
Study of AIDS based at the University of Pretoria has
been centrally involved in the South African AIDS
response. The presentation focused on the research
done by the CSA on stigma and human rights, on the
impact on the education system and on the complex
issue of HIV testing and ARV treatments. It discussed
the implications of these findings on the further
development of the AIDS epidemic and took from them
important observations and lessons for other
countries, such as India, that are in the beginnings
of the development of the epidemic. |
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS |
15.16 – 15.30 |
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TEA |
15.31 – 15.45 |
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SCIENTIFIC SESSION No.
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Chair: Mr. Ajay Mehta |
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Speaker No. 1 |
15.46 – 16.10 |
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Dr. Margaret Liqing Liu
Business School, Coventry University, UK. |
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Bio-data:- Dr Margaret
Liqing Liu is a lecturer in law at Coventry
University, United Kingdom. She is a supervisor of
international human rights law and international
criminal law at LLM level. She also teaches LLB public
law. Her research interests include constitutional &
administrative law and human rights law, which has
been sustained over the past decade and resulted in
two books and some papers. |
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Title of Presentation:-
Universal human rights: A challenge to state
sovereignty? |
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Abstract:- Classically,
international law is the system that protects the
rights of sovereign state to be free from external
aggression, and to set out a framework by which the
relationship between states may be regulated. Within
this system, state sovereignty and domestic
jurisdiction had enjoyed great strength. However, the
Nuremberg Trial gave a real existence to the concept
of human rights, challenging the Westphalian
principles. It lays down the principle that anyone who
violated the most fundamental of human rights should
be tried under the authority of international law.
This paper examined a fundamental contradiction
between the conflicting principles of absolute state
sovereignty and human rights jus cogens. It considered
international obligation erga omnes imposed on
sovereign states by international instruments, and
traced international leading cases on this aspect. The
articles drew certain conclusions, particularly that
human rights are instruments that seek to limit the
scope of state sovereignty. |
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Speaker No. 2 |
16.11 – 16.35 |
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Mr. Keith R. Evans
Government of South Australia. |
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Bio-data:- Mr. Keith Evans
has worked in the prevention and treatment of drug
dependence and alcohol abuse for over 25 years, based
in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
Keith Evans is Principal Advisor, Drugs Policy to the
South Australian Government. He is also Executive
Director of Drug & Alcohol Services South Australia (DASSA)
which is a Government organisation responsible for
policy development, prevention, intervention and
treatment/rehabilitation services. |
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Title of Presentation:-
Private Public Partnership - A Key Strategy |
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Abstract:- The global
battle against the HIV/AIDS pandemic is of such
importance that we must consider the capacity of all
stakeholders to play a part in finding solutions for
the benefit of individuals affected by the disease and
populations shattered by the far reaching impacts on
all facets of society. The beverage alcohol industry
is one contributor to reducing harms whose capacity
has not as yet been fully explored. This paper
provided an overview of the rationale for engaging
with the beverage alcohol industry as an active
participant in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. It
identified the place of alcohol abuse as a risk factor
in terms of the prevalence of HIV/AIDS as well as in
the management of the disease process. The crucial
place of sensible and sustainable evidence-based
national alcohol policies was also explored. This
paper emphasized the need for strategic and creative
partnering to be at the forefront of an innovative
strategy for combating HIV/AIDS. |
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Speaker No. 3 |
16.36 – 17.00 |
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Dr. Ali Asghar Kolahi
Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Science, Iran. |
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Bio-data:- Dr. Ali Asghar
Kolahi is Assistant Professor of Community Medicine,
in the Department of Health and Community Medicine,
Medical School, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical
Science,Tehran, Iran. |
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Title of Presentation:-
Condom-related Knowledge to Preventing HIV/AIDS and
its Usage among single men in sample of technical
Universities students in Tehran-Iran |
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Abstract:- Usage of condom
is known as a most effective way for preventing
HIV/AIDS. Surveys in Iran showed that knowledge about
prevention of HIV/AIDS is high, but the effectiveness
of this knowledge in practice is unknown. This paper
examined the findings of a survey conducted in Iran. |
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Speaker No. 4 |
17.01 – 17.25 |
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Dr. Ahmed Ali Abdelrahim
Crown Prince Court, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. |
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Bio-data:- Dr. Ahmed Ali
Abdelrahim is the Medical Advisor at the Crown Prince
Court, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and provides
research assistance and medical advice to over 500
patients on a weekly basis. |
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Title of Presentation:-
Success of Malaria control in Gazeira \ Sudan |
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Abstract:- Malaria is a
leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Sudan with
an annual estimate of 7.5 million cases and 35000
deaths. It accounts for 20-40% of the total outpatient
attendance and around 40% of admissions. Plasmodium
falciparum is the predominant species and the
dominating malaria vectors include A.arabiensis,
A.gambiae and A.funestus. The author discussed the
techniques adopted for successful control of the
disease. |
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17.26 – 17.40 |
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3 parallel
interactive scientific sessions were held from 11.56
to 17.40 in the
Forum and Capitol Hall, Taj President
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PARALLEL SCIENTIFIC
SESSION No. 1. |
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Chair: Mr. Ajay Mehta |
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Speaker No. 1 |
11.56 – 12.20 |
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Prof. Farhood Golmohammadi
Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch,
Tehran, Iran. |
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Bio-data:- Prof. Farhood
Golmohammadi is a faculty member at Islamic Azad
University, Tehran, Iran. |
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Title of Presentation:-
The Communication Process in Agricultural Extension :
A Viewpoint regarding Sustainable Development |
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The aim of this article
was the presentation of a descriptive and functional
framework of the role of Extension as a communication
process in Sustainable Development and specially its
forward challenges in the Twenty - first century, and
its endeavours with regarding to the vast worldwide
changes in technologies, economics, communities,
culture, policy, etc. It showed the appropriate place
of Agricultural Extension in facing upto these
challenges and expressed its role in Sustainable
Development. |
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Speaker No. 2 |
12.21 – 12.45 |
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Prof. Abongile Sipondo
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South
Africa |
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Bio-data:- Prof. Abongile
Sipondo completed an LLB at the University of the
Western Cape and an LLM at the University of Cape
Town. He is currently employed by the University of
the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in South Africa as a
Law Lecturer. |
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Title of Presentation:-
The Impact of Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights (TRIPS) on the Right to Health in
Africa |
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Health, as a fundamental
human right is to be enjoyed by all. Every human being
is entitled to the enjoyment of the highest attainable
standard of health conducive to living a life in
dignity. Problems arise when trying to reconcile
patents and the right to health. Several international
and regional Human Rights Instruments guarantee people
of the right to health. But the introduction of TRIPS
has had negative effects on developing countries,
especially Africa. This presentation endeavored to
show that interpretation of TRIPS is a problem because
this agreement hinders the research of new drugs in
developing countries and thus infringes on the right
to health. It pointed out that conflicts between TRIPS
and the right to health should be resolved, for the
benefit of human kind. Public health should be given
priority and not commercial gain. |
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Speaker No. 3 |
12.46 – 13.10 |
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Mr. Adegbolagun Adebanjo
Perez
African Students' Tourism Organisation, Nigeria |
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Bio-data:- Adegbolagun
Adebanjo Perez, is CEO AFrican Students' Tourism
Organisation [Perez Tours] www.pereztours.org . They
are a team of forward looking undergraduates from
various tertiary institutions across Africa that
believe in broadening the educational horizon of
students via tourism.Mr. Perez is a graduate of
Materials & Metallurgical Engineering of the Federal
University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, NIgeria. |
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Title of Presentation:-
The Role of Students in the War against the Spread of
HIV/AIDS |
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This paper pointed out hat
it has always been difficult in studying the major
cause of HIV/AIDS in our world today, as this varies
in different perspective from researchers to
philosophers and writers who dazzle over the cause of
this killer-disease that has led to the death of so
many lives and left others with incurable diseases.
Whatever perspective they study, research and write or
from whatever summation their argument lies or arrives
at it would surely bring ones mind to the subject
matter. It calls for critical analysis of the reason
why the world today pays so dearly in the outbreak of
this killer-disease in a community while the cause of
this outbreak could actually have been prevented if
some group of people had been thoroughly orientated,
this orientation would in turn leave no surface for
any possible outbreak of the killer-disease. This
paper examined and evaluated the role of youth in the
war against HIV/AIDS. |
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS |
13.11 – 13.25 |
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LUNCH |
13.26 – 14.00 |
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PARALLEL SCIENTIFIC
SESSION No. 2. |
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Chair: Mrs. Ravena Hinduja |
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Speaker No. 1 |
14.01 – 14.25 |
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Ms. Tatyana Semikop and
Ms. Olga Kostyuk
Public movement "Faith, Hope, Love", Ukraine. |
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Bio-data:- Ms. Tatyana
Semikop, is the Head of public movement "Faith, Hope,
Love", Member of the board of the Ukrainian Family
Planning Association’s Presidium, Member of PCB UNAIDS
in 2002, and Member of CCM Global Found in Ukraine.
Ms. Olga Kostyuk, has had a long stint in the Odessa
Police Department. She now works with the Public
movement "Faith, Hope, Love" as a coordinator of
projects connected to prevention of HIV/AIDS,
rendering help and support of people living with HIV. |
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Title of Presentation:-
Possibilities of NGO to support, care and advocate the
people living with HIV/AIDS |
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Abstract:- Odessa is a big
sea terminal at the Black sea shore. Since 1995 an
epidemic of AIDS started in Odessa. Up to now more
than 10 000 people are registered as having HIV/AIDS.
Regarding the epidemic, Odessa takes the 1st place in
Ukraine. 70 % people living with HIV/AIDS are IDUs.
Before 1998 the main direction on which the struggle
against HIV/AIDS was carried out was prevention of the
HIV/AIDS, but nowadays due to increase in the number
of people who live with AIDS, the priority is care,
support in receiving medical service and advocacy of
rights of these people. The authors discussed the
different ways in which their organization supports
and helps people living with AIDS. |
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Speaker No. 2 |
14.26 – 14.50 |
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Prof. Mansour Karajibani
Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. |
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Bio-data:- Prof. Mansour
Karajibani is a Nutritionist, Diet Consultant and a
university lecturer at the Zahedan University of
Medical Sciences, Iran. |
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Title of Presentation:-
Study of Knowledge and attitude in Students about HIV |
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Abstract:- In Iran, the
risk of HIV is less than others countries because of
islamic belief in religion and cultural conditions. It
is important to decrease of HIV prevalence by
promoting the level of knowledge and attitude in the
population. The aim of this particular study conducted
in Iran, was to determine knowledge and attitude of
the students about HIV. The paper discussed the
findings. |
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Speaker No. 3 |
14.51 – 15.15 |
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Dr. Sangeeta Trama
Punjabi University, Patiala, India. |
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Bio-data:- Dr. Sangeeta
Trama is a senior lecturer from the Department of
Psychology at Punjabi University, Patiala, India. |
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Title of Presentation:-
Environmental Hazards to Health |
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Abstract:- Environmental
hazards are posing a great threat to the health of
everyone. Air pollution, water pollution, electrical
pollution, family environment, environmental
disruptions (like floods, droughts, fire, earthquakes,
seaquakes, storms), industrial outputs (like gases,
liquids, solid wastes), personal space, black hole in
ozone layer, greenhouse effect, acid rain, X-rays,
ultraviolet radiation, sunburn, global warming, food
preservatives, noise, crowding, chemical terrorism,
sanitation, etc. are some of the environmental
factors, which are affecting both physically and
psychologically. An attempt was made in this paper to
review the causes and prevention of their
consequences. |
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS |
15.16 – 15.30 |
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TEA |
15.31 – 15.45 |
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PARALLEL SCIENTIFIC
SESSION No. 3. |
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Chair: Mrs. Bonny Riby-Williams |
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