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Welcome to the New IAEN!
We are pleased to announce that the International AIDS Economics Network (IAEN) is in the process of being reorganized. As you may know, there has been a hiatus in the IAEN's activities over the past several years, due to a gap in our funding. Although we are still seeking new funding to maintain the network in the coming years, the generosity of a few of our long-term institutional supporters has allowed us to revive the organization and re-establish its place as a leading resource for economists and policy makers involved in the fight against AIDS.
Introduction to the IAEN
As the fight against HIV/AIDS moves into its fourth decade, a principal lesson learned is that HIV/AIDS cannot be dealt with as merely a health problem. Particularly in the hardest hit countries, HIV/AIDS is an issue of development, of economics, and of public policy. While it remains useful to discuss HIV/AIDS in terms of morbidity and mortality, a solution to the epidemic requires a much broader perspective. The International AIDS Economics Network (IAEN) provides a global mechanism to debate and inform the vital economic and policy steps necessary to reach a solution to HIV/AIDS.
The principal objective of the IAEN is to assist AIDS economists and policymakers in developing countries to interact more effectively with global colleagues to promote compassionate, cost-effective responses to the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. While developing country specialists seek to leverage one another's efforts and disseminate best practices, they seldom have ready access to international forums in which to collaborate. The IAEN provides developing country policymakers with such a forum.
Website and Research Library
The IAEN website is in the process of being updated and refurbished to better serve the network, organizational partners, members, and those interested in international economics and the global fight against HIV/AIDS. When finished, IAEN.org will contain the latest information available about reports, publications, and tools in the area of HIV/AIDS and economics. Please check back for updated pages on Announcements, Conference Information, Online Discussions, Job Postings and more!
Also, the research library will soon back on line and ready to provide resources for members and visitors. Please send us your latest reports, tools, and publications pertaining to economic aspects of HIV/AIDS so that we can add them to the library. (Links to published papers can also be posted.)
-We look forward to your participation in the new IAEN.
Sincerely,
The IAEN Interim Organizing Committee
Steven Forsythe, Futures Institute (IAEN President)
John Vincent Fieno, USAID
Jose Antonia Izazola, UNAIDS
Lilani Kumaranayake, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Gayle Martin, World Bank
Jean Paul Moatti, Institut National de Sante et de Recherche Medicale
Alan Whiteside, University of KwaZulu Natal
Sydney Rosen, Boston University
Eileen Stillwaggon, Gettysburg College
John Stover, Futures Institute