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Monday, 8 September

9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

I. Opening of the workshop

II. Adult mortality trends and their measurement
Mortality in the world: an overview
Presenter: Francois Pelletier
Adult mortality in the developing world: what we know and how we know it
Presenter: Kenneth Hill

1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

III. The AIDS epidemic and its impact
A history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic with emphasis on Africa
Presenter: Nicholas Grassly
The impact of HIV/AIDS on mortality
Presenter: Cheryl Sawyer

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

IV. Regional overviews of mortality trends and the impact of HIV/AIDS
Adult mortality in the era of HIV/AIDS: Sub-Saharan Africa
Presenter: Sam Clark
Adult mortality in the era of HIV/AIDS: The Arab countries of
Western Asia and Northern Africa
Presenter: Samir Farid

Tuesday, 9 September

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

IV. Regional overviews of mortality trends and the impact of HIV/AIDS - continued
Adult mortality in the era of HIV/AIDS: Asia
Presenter: Jacqueline Desbarats
Adult mortality in the era of HIV/AIDS: Latin America and the Caribbean
Presenter: Eduardo Arriaga
Years of life expectancy lost to AIDS in the Americas
Presenter: Manuel Vidaurre

1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

V. HIV/AIDS and women
Measuring and estimating maternal mortality in the era of HIV/AIDS
Presenter: Kenneth Hill
HIV/AIDS and women
Presenter: Carolyn Hannan

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

VI. HIV/AIDS and children
Orphans and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
Presenter: Nicholas Grassly
Measuring child mortality in AIDS-affected countries
Presenter: Mary Mahy
The effect of HIV on child mortality trends in sub-Saharan Africa
Presenter: Sian Floyd

Wednesday, 10 September

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

VII. Projecting mortality in the era of AIDS
The United Nations approach to the projection of HIV/AIDS and its impact on mortality
Presenter: Thomas Buettner
The future of adult mortality under the AIDS threat: estimating and projecting incidence; projecting mortality with HIV/AIDS
Presenter: Peter O. Way

1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

VIII. The development and policy dimensions of HIV/AIDS
The HIV/AIDS epidemic and its social and economic implications
Presenter: Victor Gaigbe-Togbe
National responses to HIV/AIDS: A review of progress
Presenter: Patience Stephens

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

IX. Raising public awareness about HIV/AIDS
Raising public awareness about HIV/AIDS in newspapers
Presenter: Felicity Barringer, New York Times
Raising public awareness about HIV/AIDS in television news
Presenter: Richard Roth, CNN
Raising public awareness about HIV/AIDS in the media
Presenter: Susan Markham, DPI

Thursday, 11 September

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m

X. International responses to HIV/AIDS
The role of UNDP in the international responses to HIV/AIDS
Presenter: Monica Sharma
The role of WHO in the international responses to HIV/AIDS
Presenter: WHO representative (not confirmed)

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

XI. The Internet and HIV/AIDS
Internet tools for HIV/AIDS research
Presenter: Armindo Miranda

3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

XII. Overview of lessons learned during the workshop
knowledge and limits about the HIV/AIDS epidemic panel

5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

XIII. Conclusions of Part I of the workshop
Rapporteur
 

XIV. Closing remarks on Part I of the workshop

Part II: Country-Level discussions on follow-up

I. Making the demographic perspective count in the fight against HIV/AIDS: opportunities and constraints at country level
Presenter: Armindo Miranda

II. The Ãå±±½ûµØStatistics Division – support for demographic and social statistics at national level     Presenter: Jeremiah Banda

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

III. The role of the UNFPA field offices in Africa
Presenter: Akinyele Dairo

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Country presentations
 Botswana
 Eritrea
 Ghana
 Kenya
 Lesotho 

4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m

Country presentations - continued
Liberia
Mali
Namibia
Nigeria
Democratic Republic of Congo

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Country presentations - continued
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Swaziland
Uganda
Zimbabwe

2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

IV. Summary of the country discussions and specific steps for follow-up

4:30 p.m – 5:00 pm

V. Closing of the workshop