Diabetes Leadership Forum 2010: This time for Africa

Leadership Forum on Hiv Prevention

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AHR Forum Sexuality, Africa, History

PRIOR TO THE 1980S, HISTORIANS OF AFRICA rarely paid explicit attention to sexuality, a topic generally presumed to belong more appropriately to anthropology or psychology. Moreover, when the topic did come up, authors across the disciplines commonly assumed or asserted an African (“native,” customary, tribal, or premodern) sexuality, in the singular and in implicit timelessness. With the adven...

2010 Lmu‐harvard Young Scientists' Forum

FORUM: AIDS IN AFRICA HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa is the region most severely affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Of the 40 million HIV infected individuals at the end of 2003, 26 million (65%) were living in the area. Reasons for the high infection rate include historical, political, economic, and cultural factors. The diversity of populations, combined with destitution, political and economic instability and hunger, has led...

APC Forum: Driving Competitive Strategy Through Thought Leadership

Successful IT executives know that delivering cost-effective, high quality and reliable IT capabilities requires close collaboration with business partners. Creating and sustaining the trusting and strong relationships with colleagues that enable such close collaboration and influence are critical to success. Pat Coffey, Vice President at Allstate Insurance and a long-standing Advanced Practice...