U.S. Military Health Programs in Africa

  • Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008

  • The CSIS Global Health Policy Center and the Civil-Military Initiative (CMI), a project of the Office of African Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense, held a two-panel conference to discuss the recent evolution, potential future contributions, and unique civil-military partnerships of the Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program, AFRICOM’s evolving vision, and related U.S. military health programs that strengthen the continent’s public health sector.  The event convened experts from the military, civil society and public health, and featured discussion of ground-level experience and future HIV/AIDS and health assistance options in a security and military context....

    Introduction, Audio (mp3, 00:11:40)

     

    Panel I: U.S. Military Engagement on Health in Africa

    Panel I, Audio (mp3, 01:03:23)
    Mark Schneider (Moderator)
    International Crisis Group

     

    Speakers Include:

    COL. Jerome Kim
    Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

    CAPT. Sybil Tasker
    Navy Medical Research Unit-3, Cairo Egypt

    Erik Threet
    U.S. Africa Command Strategy, Plans and Program Directorate, Security Cooperation Division

    Mark Schneider (Moderator)
    International Crisis Group

     

    Panel II: Joint Civ-Mil Engagement on Health in Africa

    Panel II, Audio (mp3, 00:58:34)

    Patrick Kelley (Moderator)
    Institute of Medicine

     

    Speakers Include:


    Ubald Tamoufe
    Director for Central Africa, Johns Hopkins Cameroon-GVFI


    Peter Lamptey
    Family Health International (FHI), IMPACT


    Dr. Charles Kiptemas Sigei
    Director, South Rift Valley, Kenya, Walter Reed Project HIV Program


    RADM. Tim Ziemer (ret.)
    U.S. Malaria Coordinator
    President's Malaria Initiative

     

    Keynote Address by RADM. Tim Ziemer (ret.)

    Keynote, Audio (mp3, 01:00:12)

     

    Programs
    Global Health Policy Center
    Topics
    Global Health, Global Health Policy
    Regions
    Africa, Egypt, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

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Event Partners

Civil Military Initiative of the Office of African Affairs: Office of the Secretary of Defense

Location

CSIS | 1800 K St. NW - B1 Conference Center

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