Wednesday 28th November 2012 16:00:00

In the week of World AIDS Day, The Sussex Centre for Global Health Policy is hosting a public debate: What are the achievements of the international AIDS response to date? What challenges lie ahead? 4-6pm. Room 203, Falmer House

The field of HIV/AIDS is at a crossroads. Tremendous progress has been made over the last ten years, from the development of anti-retroviral therapies to the establishment of the Global Fund, the international community’s response to the pandemic has saved many lives. Yet recent developments are putting much of this progress at risk. An increasingly vocal critique of HIV/AIDS 'exceptionalism' has weakened the field's privileged position within global health, and the protracted financial crisis has also begun to adversely impact levels of funding.

In the week of World AIDS Day, The Sussex Centre for Global Health Policy is hosting a public debate to address these issues.  

Our panel will reflect on: What are the achievements of the international AIDS response to date? What challenges lie ahead? And how can the international AIDS response move to a more sustainable footing?

The panel is composed of

• Hayley MacGregor, a physician and anthropologist at the Institute for Development Studies at Sussex who has carried out extensive research on AIDS in Southern Africa.
• Gitau Mburu, a senior advisor at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance.
• Ruth Prince, an anthropologist at the Centre for African Studies, University of Cambridge, has conducted extensive research on HIV/AIDS in Kenya.
• Dinah Rajak, an anthropologist at the School of Global Studies, University of Sussex, who worked extensively on corporate social responsibility and AIDS in South Africa.

All welcome! No need to register. Drinks and nibbles will be served after the debate. For further information, please email Dr David Reubi - d.reubi@sussex.ac.uk or visit the website of the University of Sussex's Centre of Global Health Policy.