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August, 2006
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Facing Problems of Women and AIDS

 

Houston City Councilwoman Ada Edwards, standing, left, opens a discussion by members of the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS in June at The University of Texas School of Public Health. On the panel are Global Coalition members, from left, Celina D’Costa, of India; Idah Mukuka, of Zambia; Deborah Elizabeth Davis Zelaya, of Honduras; and Kathleen Cravero, deputy executive director for UNAIDS.

Houston City Councilwoman Ada Edwards, standing, left, opens a discussion by members of the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS in June at The University of Texas School of Public Health. On the panel are Global Coalition members, from left, Celina D’Costa, of India; Idah Mukuka, of Zambia; Deborah Elizabeth Davis Zelaya, of Honduras; and Kathleen Cravero, deputy executive director for UNAIDS.

Another guest speaker, U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, encouraged the audience to internalize the problem and work on solutions.“This meeting should be a violent lightning rod for those who have been complacent and comfortable,” she said. “There are communities in Houston that have the same HIV rates as sub-Saharan Africa – one in three.”

The event was hosted by the School of Public Health, the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs L. Maximilian Buja, M.D., and the Committee on the Status of Women at the UT Health Science Center at Houston.

Photo by Tony Ruppe

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