An Evening of Binational Cooperation / Una Noche de Colaboración Binacional

An Evening of Binational Cooperation / Una Noche de Colaboración Binacional was held in conjunction with the International AIDS Society meeting in Mexico City in August 2008. Held at the historic Casa de California, the event honored clinicians caring for people with HIV on the U.S.-Mexico border. Presentations also highlighted successful United States and Mexican HIV/AIDS collaborative projects and programs serving migrants.

Program and Honorees

Welcoming Remarks / Bienvenida

Hector Enrique Calderon Valle, PhD
Executive Director, Casa California
Director Ejecutivo, Casa de la Universidad de California en México AC

Leslie A. Bassett
Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico
Deputy Chief of Mission de la Embajada EEUU en México, Distrito Federal, México

Overview of Evening / Resumen

Xochitl Castañeda, PhD
Health Initiative of the Americas, University of California, Berkeley
Iniciativa de salud de las Américas, Universidad de California, Berkeley

Success Stories: Binational and Migrant HIV Programs
Éxitos: programas de VIH binacionales o para migrantes

Thomas J. Donohoe, MBA
Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center, University of California, Los Angeles
Centro de educación y capacitación sobre VIH/SIDA (Pacífico), Universidad de California, Los Angeles

Border/Binational HIV Leadership Award
Premio al Liderazgo en VIH en la Frontera-Binacional

	Jorge Saavedra, MD, MPH, MHPM Director, National Center for the Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS (CENSIDA), Mexico Director, Centro Nacional para la Prevención y el Control del VIH/SIDA (CENSIDA), Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, México

Binational Health Pioneer Award
Premio por ser Pionero de Salud Binacional

	Michael Drake, MD Chancellor, University of California, Irvine Canciller, Universidad de California, Irvine

Border Heroes / Héroes VIH de la Frontera

	José Luís Burgos, MD Mexicali, Baja California Norte
	Mary Caffery, RN San Diego, California
	Raquel Castañeda Godoy, MD Tijuana, Baja California Norte
	Nora Cruz Medrano, RN Matamoros, Tamaulipas
	George Fareed, MD Imperial County, California
	Fernando García, MD Brownsville, Texas
	Enrique Gómez, MD Mexicali, Baja California Norte
	Ann Khalsa, MD, MS El Paso, Texas
	Virginia Sanchez, RN San Ysidro, California

Conclusion and Thank You / Clausura

Juan Ruiz, MD, DrPH
Office of AIDS, California Department of Public Health
Departamento de Salud Pública, California