Subscribe to IAEN's RSS FeedWelcome to the New IAEN!
We are pleased to let you know 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.
Website and Research Library
The IAEN website remains situated at www.iaen.org. However, we have moved from a server at ForumOne, where the site has been located for the last 8 years, to our new server at Boston University. The IAEN would like to thank ForumOne for their many years of support to the network. We would also like to thank Boston University for agreeing to place IAEN on their server and to contribute to the process of making this website useful to economists and policymakers involved in HIV/AIDS. We are working to update the website to assure that it contains the latest information available about reports, publications and tools in the area of HIV/AIDS and economics.
As you will see, the research library is 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.)
Organization of the Network
During the last IAEN symposium, which took place in Toronto, Canada in August 2006, participants in the symposium nominated a small group of long-standing IAEN members to serve as an interim organizing committee for the network. The committee, whose members are listed below, agreed to serve as IAEN's leadership until replaced by a board elected by IAEN's global membership.
In addition to relocating the website, we have also incorporated and registered the IAEN as a not-for-profit, tax exempt organization with 501(c)(3) status in the United States. This status allows us to accept tax deductible donations and to apply for grants from foundations and donors. We have also opened an IAEN bank account. This is important, because following the last meeting of the IAEN in Toronto, a number of individuals and organizations indicated they would contribute start-up funds to the new IAEN. We have already received some of these contributions, which have helped us to revive the website and will cover some of our management costs in the coming year.
Membership
At last count, the IAEN mailing list included more than 10,000 people from all over the world. Because the website has not been active for some time, however, we are aware that some of our original members are no longer involved in this field, and new potential members may be interested in joining. Since the website came back on line in 2007, nearly a thousand people from all over the world have re-registered as members. We hope that you will, too!
If you have not already done so, please click on the Members button to confirm your membership and be added to the IAEN’s mailing list. Membership is free and ensures that you will receive updates from IAEN and enjoy voting privileges. Your contact details will not be used for any purpose other than the IAEN mailing list and member roster, nor will they be released to any other individual or organization.
IAEN Symposium in Cuernavaca, Mexico
The IAEN has hosted pre-conference meetings at the last four International AIDS Conferences (Durban, Barcelona, Bangkok, and Toronto). We are now planning our fifth pre-conference symposium, to be held on August 1 and 2 in Cuernavaca, Mexico (an hour south of Mexico City) prior to the 2008 International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. This symposium will be jointly funded by HEARD (Durban, South Africa), INSP (Cuernavaca, Mexico), Merck, and UNAIDS. Details of the preconference will be posted on the website soon, and specific questions can be sent to us at iaen2007@gmail.com. In the meantime, please save time in your schedule for the IAEN pre-conference symposium if you are planning to attend AIDS2008 in Mexico City.
Please feel free to contact us at iaen2007@gmail.com if you have any questions or suggestions or would like to make a contribution to IAEN.
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, RTI International
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