Heads Of State Join UN Secretary-General And WHO Director-General To Confront Global Health Threat

Main Category: HIV / AIDS
Also Included In: Tuberculosis
Article Date: 08 Jun 2008 - 0:00 PDT

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When:
Monday, 9 June 2008, 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Where:
UN Conference Room 2, UN Headquarters, New York

What:
For the first time ever, heads of government, public health and business leaders, heads of UN agencies and activists will meet at UN Headquarters to confront a global health threat that could undermine investments in life-saving drug treatment for people living with HIV.

Tuberculosis (TB) is taking the lives of nearly a quarter of million people living with HIV each year. TB is the number one cause of death among people living with HIV in Africa. Worldwide it is a leading cause of death in this population.

This first HIV/TB Global Leaders' Forum, which will conclude with a call for action on HIV/TB, has been convened by the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy to Stop TB, Dr Jorge Sampaio and endorsed by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Who: Moderator - Sir David Frost

Speakers will include:

-- Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General
-- Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General
-- Dr Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS
-- Dr Jorge Sampaio Special Envoy to Stop TB and former President of Portugal
-- Dr Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
-- Nafis Sadik, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for AIDS in Asia
-- Faure Gnassingbe, President of Togo
-- Armando Guebuz, President of Mozambique
-- Elías Antonio Saca González, President of El Salvador
-- Ambassador Mark Dybul, United States Global AIDS Coordinator
-- Former US President Bill Clinton
-- Richard Holbrooke, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Business Coalition

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