Women, The Family And Health
Program of the Seminar
Thursday, April 6 | |
| Registration | |
| 18.00 h | Welcome reception - CLARIDGE HOTEL |
Friday, April 7Transport from the HOTEL CLARIDGE to the CENTRO CULTURAL RECOLETA, Auditorium «La Capilla» | |
| 9.00 h | ICW Presentation Shirley Munyan - ICW and RCA Treasurer |
| 9.10 h | Welcoming remarks Cristina de la Vega de Cincunegui - President of the National Council of Women of Argentina |
| 9.20 h | Welcoming on behalf of the ISID ( International Society for Infectious Diseases) Elena López of the Local Organizing Committee |
| 9.30 h | Overview of the program Dr. Sorosh Roshan - Coordinator of the General Well Being Committee of the ICW, President of the National Council of Women of the United States, Inc. |
Morning Session | |
| 10.00 h | 1) Social and Political Aspects of Women’s Life in Argentina Graciela Burgardt de Roitman, Facultad de Ciencias Politicas y Sociales, National University of Cuyo - Argentina. |
| 10.20 h | 2) Social and Political Aspects of Women’s Life in Latin America Cecilia Fernandez de Pallini (ICW) - Public and NGO’s Offices on Women’s Affairs, Bogota, Colombia |
| 10.40 h | 3) Women in Biomedical Research Dr. Christiane Dosne Pasqualini, Ph.D, National Academy of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| 11.00 h | Coffee Break |
| 11.20 h | 4) Infectious Diseases in Family Health A challenge for women; their major role in care and prevention Dr Valeria Prado, Member of ISID Council, University of Chile |
| 11.40 h | 5) Upper Respiratory Allergy - Role of housekeeping Dr. Rosalinda Rubinstein, President, Argentinian American Medical Association, USA |
| 12.00 h | 6) Food Safety - Practical Aspects Dr. Silvia Michanie, Food Safety Consultant and Training, Nestlé, Buenos Aires |
| Questions from the audience | |
| 12.30 h | Lunch break. |
Afternoon Session | |
| 14.00 h | AIDS in Women and Children: How it affects the Life of the Family; the role of women as spouses, mothers and relatives Dr Mercedes Weissenbacher, UN Aids, WHO Argentina |
| 14.20 h | PANEL: Keeping Women and their Families Healthy: Prevention and Education with the participation of the above speakers plus discussion with the audience |
| 16.00 h | Summation- Dr. Sorosh Roshan |
Saturday, April 8 | |
| 9.00 h | Transport from the Claridge Hotel to the Military Circle - Plaza San Martin |
| 9.30 h | Introduction of Dr. Ana Mon, candidate for the Nobel Prize 1999. |
| 10.00 h | Presentation by Ara Mon |
| 10.30 h | Coffee Break |
| 11.00 h | Discussion and video showing the work Dr. Mon carries out at the Federación Argentina de Ayuda Familiar, for which she was nominated for a Novel Prize. |
| 11.30 h | Questions from the audience. |
| 12.00 h | Transport from the Military Circle to the Claridge Hotel. |
| 18.00 h | CLOSING GALA DINNER: Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the National Council of Women of the Republic of Argentina’s affiliation with the ICW Harry Cipriani Restaurant - Buenos Aires |
Last Modified: June 05, 2010