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The Narratives of HIV series
was started in 2004 by a group of graduate students from the schools of
Journalism and Mass Communication, Public Health and Medicine and the Student
Global Health Committee "trying
to tell a story in many different ways about what happens with HIV in
the world," said Nina
Yamanis, event coordinator, 2005-06 service chairwoman for SGHC and doctoral student in the SPH Department of
Health Behavior and Health Education. (see press release about activities).
Funding
for the Narratives series has been provided by the SPH Office of Global
Health, UNC Student Congress, UNC Center for AIDS Research, Center for Global Initiatives, Student Global Health Committee,
Graduate and Professional Student Federation, Schools of Medicine and
Journalism and Mass Communication.
Events in the series have included:
- Dr. Leigh Peterson, Family Health International
"Antiretrovirals and Microbicides
for the Prevention of HIV infection: Clinical Studies in Africa", Wednesday, March 28th, 2007, UNC School of Public Health.
- Dr. Vivian Go, Johns Hopkins University, "Intra-couple communication about HIV risk behaviors among
injecting drug users and their sexual partners in northern Vietnam?", October 17, 2006, UNC School of Public Health.
 Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS to Africa, former Canadian Ambassador to the UN, former Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF (Flyer), February 23, 2006. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Lewis was Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF at
the organisation's global headquarters in New York. He was first
appointed as Special Representative for UNICEF in 1990. In that
capacity, he spoke and traveled regularly, acting as a spokesperson for
UNICEF's passionate advocacy of the rights and needs of children,
especially children of the developing world.- Dr. Cynthia Prather, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
February 7, 2005
In honor of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day (February 7th, 2005), Dr.
Cynthia Prather from the CDC will speak about SISTA, a gender and culturally
relevant intervention with African American women. This intervention
involves peer-led group sessions on ethnic and gender pride, HIV knowledge, and
skills training. It is based on Social Learning theory and the theory of Gender
and Power.
- Kate Winskell,
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
February 2, 2005 (flyer)
Scenarios from Africa is a community mobilization, education
and media project about HIV/AIDS that gives children and young adults the opportunity
to educate themselves and others through the production of a series of short
fiction film.
- Greg Behrman, author, The Invisible People: How the U.S. Has Slept Through the Global AIDS Pandemic, the Greatest Human Catastrophe of Our Time
January 31, 2005. An interview with Greg Behrman
Flyer
- Voices of HIV, March 22, 2004
A screening of HIV Positive Voices, a documentary about AIDS in Baltimore, with a panel discussion about AIDS in America's cities and what you can do to help.
- Mark Schoofs, Pulitizer Prize-winning journalist, February 25, 3004
He spoke about his series "The Agony of Africa", international reporting and about why HIV is THE big story.
- A Closer Walk (film), February 11, 2004
The
first full-length feature documentary about how the world responds to
HIV/AIDS. Academy Award-nominated Director Robert Bilheimer hosted a
question and answer session following the film.
Flyer
The OGH seminar series is a success. Please visit Events Archive for information on the seminars, and Webstreamed Seminars to watch videos of seminars from your personal computer.
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