ABOUT GHAA

The Global-World HIV/AIDS Alliance (GHAA) risen' deter is to work with academic institutions, faith-based and community-based organizations, government and non-governmental agencies, and business corporations to devise and implement strategies to alleviate the disproportionate and negative impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic upon minority ethnic and racial groups. Specifically, GHAA will formalize regional and country clusters of diverse organizations to leverage the unique assets of each entity, elevating each site's quality research and/or service by sharing bench-to-bedside creative practices and expanding the reach of existing educational and advocacy efforts through innovative alliances and working partnerships.

The global HIV/AIDS Alliance (GHAA) in its constant pursuit and relentless effort in transforming existing epicenters of isolation and depression into clusters of inclusion and confidence, will organize its Second Biennial Convening at Hyderabad, India, from August 15 to 17, 2009. The event is hosted and organized by Administrative Staff College of India jointly with GHAA India, Catholic Health Association of India ( CHAI), Koneru Lakshmaiah College of Engineering and Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. Other institutions of repute are likely to join the effort as joint organizer and sponsoring institutions.

The Biennial meeting will enable GHAA participants to report on country plans developed since the inaugural convening in India in 2006, It will serve as a forum for Charting Healthy Pathways for Vulnerable Populations in the Global South and Global North. The biennial meeting will review the programs and the implementation stage since the first convention in 2006 in India.