Global Health Policy Implications of The Lancet MSM and HIV Series at CSIS

WASHINGTON, September 4, 2012 – The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Global Health Policy Center will convene several authors to discuss a special issue of The Lancet focused on the global HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM). Authors will discuss why current programs are failing and HIV epidemics among MSM are still increasing.
 
WHEN/WHERE:
Thursday, September 6, 3 pm – 5 pm
B1 Conference Center
CSIS, 1800 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006
 
Featuring
 
Chris Beyrer
President-Elect of the International AIDS Society
Professor at Johns Hopkins University

Chris Collins
Vice President and Director of Public Policy, amfAR
 
Kenneth H. Mayer
Infectious Disease Attending & Director of HIV Prevention Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Visiting Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
 
Greg Millett
Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of National AIDS Policy
 
Patrick S. Sullivan
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
 
Sharon Stash
Senior Advisor, Global Health Policy Center
Center for Strategic and International Studies

 
Credentialed members of the press who would like to attend must RSVP to aschwartz@csis.org.
 
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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a bipartisan, non-profit organization founded in 1962 and headquartered in Washington, D.C.  It seeks to advance global security and prosperity by providing strategic insights and policy solutions to decision makers.