Please join us to learn about the history of HIV/AIDS
and drug addiction in Iran…

“Global Health in the Middle East & Central Asia:
How we can help HIV+ patients in Iran”

Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Kamiar Alaei, MD, MPH
Executive Director of Pars Institute, Iran
Harvard School of Public Health, USA
Thursday, January 4th, 2007
7-9 pm
UCSF Parnassus Campus
Medical Sciences Bldg, Room S-214
(appetizers/refreshments provided)

About our speaker…Dr. K. Alaei is the co-author of “Iran’s National and International Strategic Plans for the Control of HIV/IDU/TB”. He was a key player in putting Iran’s proposal to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS/TB/Malaria, which was awarded 16 million dollars. He and his brother have established the first counseling and care center for HIV-positive patients in Iran, which recently was documented as one of the “Best Practice[s]” by the World Health Organization in the Middle East and North Africa region. He has currently been named by Asia Society as one of the 21st century young leaders in Asia." www.ghinmeca.com

Sponsored by UCSF’s Iranian Cultural Organization, UC Hastings’ Iranian Law Students Association, and Stanford’s Persian Student Association. Funding provided by ASUCSF.