Global Perspective on HIV and Women: Continuing Medical Education Course and Photography Exhibit [International Conference on AIDS (12th: 1998: Geneva, Switzerland)]

Cover photo: "Meds"
The model we used for these photographs has been HIV positive for nearly
half of herforty years. She is healthy, productive, andfor all outward
appearances, untouched by the epidemic. Our portrait reveals an intimate
moment in the life of one AIDS patient.
You are cordially invited to attend a CME course including a very special
breakfast buffet and photography exhibit highlighting global perspectives
of HIV in women and to participate in the photography judging.
9:00 - 10:00 AM Breakfast, exhibit preview and judging
10:00 - 11:30 AM Presentations with cases focusing on global issues
of women with HIV
Presenting Faculty
Kathleen E. Squires, MD Judith S. Currier, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Alabama School of Medicine University of Southern California
Birmingham, Alabama, USA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, USA
Learning Objectives
The information provided in this course should enable course participants to:
* Realize the prevalence, impact, and projections for HIV infection in women
on a global scale
* Identify gender specific HIV issues in gynecology and pregnancy
* Discuss current status of perinatal transmission trials
* Use management strategies for HIV infected women in the developing and
industrialized world
* Better understand treatment guidelines and the factors that influence
implementation of guidelines
* Recognize barriers to compliance
Accreditation
The University of Alabama School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Alabama School of Medicine designates this education activity for a
maximum of 1.5 hours in Category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award.
Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the
educational activity.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham administers its educational programs and activities, including admission, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap
or Vietnam era or disabled veteran status. (Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
specifically prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex. Direct inquiries to Academic Affirmative Action Officer, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294.)
We gratefully acknowledge a major unrestricted educational grant from
Abbott Laboratories and additional grants from Agouron Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. * Bristol-Myers Squibb Company * Merck & Co., Inc.