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SINGAPORE AIDS CONFERENCE

4th Singapore AIDS conference

4TH SINGAPORE AIDS CONFERENCE
27-28TH November 2004
Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre
(Suntec City)

For further information and registration –
comcon@pacific.net.sg or lee_cheng_chuan@ttsh.com.sg

Organised by Department of Infectious Disease, TTSH,
Action for AIDS and Singapore Red Cross

Click here for the registration form (PDF)

MESSAGE

'We can do no great things; only small things with great love'

How apt and wise is this quote by Mother Teresa in the context of this year’s conference – ‘Affected But Not Alone’. Everyone attending this 4th Singapore AIDS conference is already giving a part of ourselves to the HIV/AIDS cause. Our presence at this meeting is an indication that HIV-infected individuals are indeed not alone.

We are honoured to have Dr. Balaji Sadasivan, Senior Minister of State (Information, Communications and the Arts & Health) as the Guest-of-Honour at the opening ceremony. Professor Shao Yiming will be the keynote speaker. He is the Chief Expert, National Centre for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention in China and Director, Department of Research and Virology and Immunology, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, China.

The conference will have 3 plenary sessions and 7 symposiums. It caters to a multi-sectorial audience, i.e., government and non-governmental organizations, health workers, counsellors, community groups and workers, youths, volunteers, social scientists, the business sector, activists and persons infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS in Singapore.

This year, we have included something new and exciting to give that ‘zing’ to this conference. We will be involving our youths from the junior colleges, who will be tomorrow’s caregivers, policy makers and volunteers, in an active debate. We hope this would stir the minds of our youths to ponder over the issues of HIV/AIDS and take home the prevention message to other youths they encounter.

We would like to encourage your active participation at this conference and sincerely believe that you would leave imbued with a better understanding of HIV/AIDS. You would have broadened your knowledge of the medical, social and spiritual issues pertaining to HIV/AIDS. We are convinced that by the end of this conference, we would have kindled that burning flame within you to further your commitment to AIDS prevention, care and research.

Have a wonderful and rewarding time at this conference!

PROGRAMME

Saturday, 27 November 2004
Time	Session / Topic	Speaker / Status
1330	Opening Ceremony and Address by GOH	Dr. Balaji Sadasivan; Senior Minister of State (Information, Communications and the Arts & Health)
1400	Keynote Lecture: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment: Why you can't have one without the other? (Chair: Dr Paul Tambyah)	Prof. Shao Yiming; Chief Expert, National Centre for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention; Director; Department of Research on Virology and Immunology, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention; China.
1430	Coffee Break
1500	Inter-JC Debate - 'That the Government Should Make it Compulsory that Teenagers be Taught the Use of Condoms in Schools' (Chair: Ms Eleanor Wong) (Judges: Dr Andre Wan, Dr Paul Tambyah, Mr Adrian Heok)	Anglo-Chinese Junior College vs. Raffles Junior College
1600	Symposium 1: GP/Medical Perspectives
	FAQs on HIV Testing and Transmission; An Update	Dr. Lee Cheng Chuan; TTSH
	Presentations of HIV/AIDS in Clinic Settings	Dr. Asok Kurup; SGH
	Presentations of HIV/AIDS in ED/Hospital Settings	Dr. Lim Poh Lian; TTSH
	Anti-Retroviral Therapy: The Challenges in Singapore	Dr. Leo Yee Sin; CDC
	(Chairs: Drs Annelies Wilder-Smith & Brenda Ang)
	Symposium 2: Youth
	Lifestyle, Choices and Responsibilities	Ms Denise Keller (MTV)
	Fighting stigma and discrimination	Ms. Nooraini Bte Abdul Rahim & Baby Ariq
	Launch of Singapore Red Cross Posters on Stigma and Discrimination
	Song by Tafiq
	Standard Chartered "Be Aware Be Safe"
	(Chair: Prof Phua Kai Hong)
	Symposium 3: Ignorance, Complacency or Denial: Addressing MSM Sexual Health Issues in Singapore
	MSM in Singapore: What's going on ?	Mr Roger Winder; AFA
	MSM-Related STI Epidemiology and Prevention	Dr. Martin Chio; NSC
	Recreational drugs: Risk behaviour, drug interactions and implications on HIV	Dr. Stuart Koe
	HIV/STI Prevention Strategies for MSM: Experiences from Hong Kong	Mr. Paul Louey, AIDS Concern, HK
	(Chairs: Dr Tan Chong Kee & Mr Clarence Singam)
1830	END
Sunday, 28 November 2004
Time	Session/Topic	Speaker/Status
0900	Plenary Lecture 1: Epdemiology of HIV/AIDS in Singapore and the region (Chair: Ms Braema Mathi & Dr Goh Lee Gan)	Dr Ye Tun; MOH; Singapore
0930	Plenary Lecture 2: Effective Programmes for Minors and Minorities: Lessons from the UK Experience (Chair: Ms Braema Mathi & Dr Goh Lee Gan)	Mr. Ciaran McKinney (Terrence Higgins Trust, UK)
1000	Coffee Break
1030	Symposium 4: (Nursing)
	Management and Prevention of HIV Infection in Children	Dr. Chong Chia Yin; KKWCH
	Nursing Management of Common Opportunistic Infections in the Elderly	Ms Norfaizilah bte Sari; CDC
	Managing paediatric patients with AIDS - Then and Now	Ms Jimma Blanquisco; KKWCH
	Infection Control in the Management of Patients with HIV	Ms Lee Lai Chee; SGH
	(Chairs: Mr Jeff Thayala & Ms Leong Sok Fong)
	Symposium 5: (Sex Workers & Their Clients)
	Study on Clients of Sex Workers	A/P Wong Mee Lian; NUS
	The Street Walkers Project	Mr. Daniel Tung; DSC
	Project Masseuse	Mr Tan Ee Han; DSC
	100% condom use among brothel-based sex workers in Singapore - An Update	Ms Lalitha Nair; DSC
	UNIFEM project on P. Batam	Ms Juliah Bee (UNIFEM Singapore)
	Women & HIV	Ms Braema Mathi (AWARE)
	(Chairs: Dr Wong Mee Lian & Ms Melissa Kwee)
1245	Lunch
1400	Plenary Lecture 3: Personal accounts from people with HIV/AIDS (Chairs: Mr Sean Lim & Mrs Iris Verghese)
1450	Symposium 6: Volunteers - Different Strokes by Different Folks...For One Cause
	Home Care Programme	Mr. Jeff Thayala; CDC
	Fund-Raising for HIV/AIDS	Ms. Mary Stevens; CDC
	Running a home for PWAs	Mr. Michael Pang / Sister Lucia Chan -CARE
	Let's Talk about Sex - Reaching out to the online MSM	Ms Eileena Lee / Leow Yangfa - AFA
	Giving Support to Warded PWAs	Pastor Derek Dunn (City Harvest Church)
	Anonymous HIV counselling and testing	Mr. Alan John - AFA
	(Chairs: Ms Ho Lai Peng & Mr Alan Tan)
	Symposium 7: Spiritual Dimension
	HIV/AIDS and outreach to sex workers and drug addicts - The spiritual perspective	Rev Dr. Edward Job, Christian Care Services (S)
	HIV/AIDS – The Catholic Approach	Brother Emmanuel (Boys Town)
	AIDS perspective from the Hindu point of view	Dr V P Nair (Nair Cardiac & Medical Centre)
	Buddhism and HIV/AIDS	Pending
	Islam and HIV/AIDS	Mr Feizal Abdul Rahman (Anak Melayu Islam Penyakit Unik HIV/AIDS)
	(Chairs: Ms Leona Lo & Dr Kenneth Tan)
1700	Rapporteur
	Medical & Spiritual	Dr Annelies Wilder-Smith
	Youth	Ms Dawn Neo
	MSM	Wong Chen Seong & Charles Tan
	Nursing	Ms Leong Sok Fong or Mr Jeff Thayala
	Sex workers	Pending
	Volunteers	Ms Julie Aslett
	Wrap up

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