Millenium Development Goals 6

Millennium Development Goal 6, adopted by 189 countries in 2000, has ambitious aims:
• to achieve universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment by 2010,
• to have halted and begun reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015
• to have halted and begun reversing the spread of malaria and other major diseases, especially tuberculosis by 2015.
Why were these targets chosen, how we are trying to achieve them and where do we go from here? Come to LT1 in the SAF building on Tuesday March 16th 2010 at 6:30 pm to find out!

Chaired by Professor Alan Fenwick of the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, we have internationally renowned speakers discussing these issues.

Mr James Droop – The Department for International Development
DfID is a UK government department established to tackle world poverty, guided by the targets set out in the Millennium Development Goals. They work with international agencies, charities, businesses and governments. As funding for developmental assistance increases, with a projected rise to 0.7% of gross national income in 2013, they are responsible for ensuring that the aid money is used effectively.

Dr Sanjoy Bhattacharya – The Wellcome Trust
Dr Bhattacharya is a professor for History of Medicine at UCL. He specialises in South East Asia in the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as international health programmes. Dr Bhattacharya is currently researching the work of health programmes sponsored by international agencies in preventative and curative medicine, as well as refugee health and the impact of diaspora medical professionals on the NHS.

Professor Karol Sikora – Cancer Partners UK
Professor Sikora is a Medical Director at Cancer Partners UK and organises a cancer drug donation programme for African countries. His career has incorporated clinical practice, academic research, management positions, he has spent time as Chief of the WHO Cancer Programme and Vice President of the Pharmacia Corporation’s Global Clinical Research in Oncology.

Professor Peter Davies – The Liverpool Tuberculosis Research Unit
Professor Davies’ sound bite is modest – “Any lung disease diagnosed and treated: no job too small” – in contrast to his resume, which is anything but modest! He has written ‘Clinical Tuberculosis’, the only definitive textbook on tuberculosis published outside the USA, amongst other articles and book chapters. He is also the lead clinician for tuberculosis for Liverpool and Merseyside.

Hosted by Imperial’s Friends of ‘Medecins Sans Frontieres’, TropMed and UN Westminister. Free refreshments by Pret-a-Manger!