Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report Highlights Broadcast Coverage Related to XVI International AIDS Conference

Several broadcast programs have reported on the XVI International AIDS Conference and the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Summaries appear below.

• Citytv's "CityNews": The program on Monday reported on a recommitment to UNAIDS programs by Canadian Health Minister Tony Clement and includes comments from Clement and a protester at the AIDS conference (Madan, "CityNews," Citytv, 8/15). Video of the segment is available online.
• Citytv's "CityNews": The program on Monday reported on Toronto Mayor David Miller's request that Prime Minister Stephen Harper double the city's HIV/AIDS funding to $3 million, as well as actor Richard Gere's statements at the AIDS conference. The segment includes comments from Gere; David McKeown, Toronto's medical officer for health; Miller; and delegates at the AIDS conference ("CityNews," Citytv, 8/15). Video of the segment is available online.
• CTV's "Canada AM": The program on Tuesday included an interview with two young adults -- one from the Foster Parents Plan's Youth Advisory Council in Canada and one from the Community AIDS Prevention Committee in Zambia -- who participated in youth discussions on fighting HIV/AIDS at the AIDS conference (O'Regan, "Canada AM," CTV, 8/15). The complete segment is available online in Windows Media.
• CTV's "CTV Toronto": The program on Tuesday reported on an exchange program between Toronto and Botswana that uses soccer to fight HIV/AIDS by teaching HIV prevention and healthy lifestyle choices. The segment includes comments from Salim Kisauji, mayor of Tanga, Tanzania, and a member of the Alliance of Mayors and Municipal Leaders on HIV/AIDS in Africa; and Miller, whose son donated soccer uniforms in the exchange (Kay-Markson, "CTV Toronto," CTV, 8/15). The complete segment is available online in Windows Media.
• CTV's "CTV Toronto": The segment reported on Clinton's statements and includes comments from Clinton and conference delegates (Musselman, "CTV Toronto," CTV, 8/15). The complete segment is available online in Windows Media.
• CTV's "CTV Toronto": The program also reported on the "Race for Dignity," an event in which a group of volunteers are riding stationary bikes in Toronto's Dundas Square for 65 consecutive hours, one for every million people who have died from or are now living with HIV/AIDS over the past 25 years. The segment includes comments from participating cyclists ("CTV Toronto," CTV, 8/15). The complete segment is available online in Windows Media.
• CTV's "Newsnet": The program on Tuesday included an interview with Kelly MacDonald, the inaugural chair in HIV/AIDS research at the University of Toronto who has worked on AIDS vaccines, about efforts to develop a preventative vaccine (Robertson, "Newsnet," CTV, 8/15). The complete segment is available online in Windows Media.
• CTV's "Newsnet": The program also included an interview with Livinia Calzavara, scientific co-chair of the AIDS conference and deputy director of the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto, about HIV/AIDS in Russia and China ("Newsnet," CTV, 8/15). The complete segment is available online in Windows Media.
• GlobalTV's "Global National": The program on Tuesday reported on details of a new, yet-to-be-announced Canadian initiative to fund HIV/AIDS prevention efforts for women and children; efforts to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission; whether other diseases receive the same celebrity attention as HIV/AIDS; and Canadian cyclist Scott Simpson, who is HIV-positive and is leading the "Race for Dignity." The segments include comments from Clement; former U.S. President Clinton; U.N. Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa Stephen Lewis; Simpson; Canadian politicians attending the conference; and HIV-positive women (Bourbeau/McNabb, "Global National," GlobalTV, 8/15). Video of the segments are available online.
• PRI's "The World": The program -- a production of BBC World Service, PRI and WGBH Boston -- on Tuesday reported on the controversy over routine, voluntary HIV testing. The segment includes comments from Sheila Tlou, minister of health for Botswana; Donna Futterman, a pediatrician and director of the Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center; Sophia Gruskin, director of the program on international health and human rights at the Harvard School of Public Health's François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights; and Jorge Perez, head of the HIV/AIDS program in Cuba, which adopted a "coercive approach" to HIV testing in the 1980s and has an HIV prevalence that is among the lowest in the world (Fink, "The World," PRI, 8/15). The complete segment is available online in Windows Media.
• Radio Canada International's "Canada Today to Africa": The program on Tuesday reported on the involvement of women in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS and the impact of residential schools on the disproportionate number of aboriginal Canadians with HIV/AIDS. The segment includes an interview with Njoko, a South African activist and performer who was one of the first women in her country to publicly discuss her HIV-positive status (Travis, "Canada Today to Africa," RCI, 8/15). The complete segment is available online in Windows Media.
• RCI's "Canada Today to India": The program on Tuesday reported on statements by Nafis Sadiq, U.N. Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Asia, on challenges in preventing the spread of HIV in women in India and Asia (Gwiazda, "Canada Today to India," RCI, 8/15). The complete segment is available online in Windows Media.
• United Nations Radio: The program on Tuesday included an interview with Rima Salah, deputy executive director of UNICEF, about a report by UNICEF, UNAIDS and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, titled "Africa's Orphaned and Vulnerable Generations: Children Affected by AIDS" (Hwang, United Nations Radio, 8/15). The complete segment is available online in RealPlayer.
• United Nations Radio: The program also included interviews with members of the group AWARE - Artists Wanting HIV/AIDS-Related Education -- which uses music to educate others about HIV/AIDS prevention (Adams, United Nations Radio, 8/15). The complete segment is available online in RealPlayer.

Kaisernetwork.org is serving as the official webcaster of the conference. View the guide to coverage and all webcasts, interviews and a daily video round up of conference highlights at www.kaisernetwork.org/aids2006.

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