Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ? Tuesday, September 14, 2004. BRA?s Executive Director, Ulrick Gaillard, met today with Dr. Enrique Martinez Reyes, the newly appointed director of the Dominican?s State Sugar Council (CEA). Also present at the meeting was Maria Virtudes Berroa, BRA Dominicana?s Executive Director. The purpose for the high level meeting was for the …
Message from Ulrick Gaillard Dear friend and supporter of BRA: I am writing to you today to present the 2004 State of the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) ? and to humbly express our sincere gratitude and thanks for your continued support that enabled us to bring critical humanitarian health assistance to the most impoverished in …
Registration is FREE Voluntary donations toward BRA?s HIV/AIDS education and prevention work are welcome and fully tax-deductible under IRS Section 501(c)(3). Make checks payable to Batey Relief Alliance. □ Enclosed is $ _____ to support BRA?s HIV/AIDS work. □ I cannot attend but am enclosing $_____ to support BRA?s HIV/AIDS work. Options to make donations …
HIV/AIDS in the Dominican Republic and Haiti: A Bilateral Challenge. Sponsored by COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL FAMILY AIDS PROGRAM and BARNARD COLLEGE. Saturday, APRIL 30, 2005 at Columbia University, Schapiro Center, Davis Auditorium, 500 West 120th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue) in the City of New York. CONFERENCE AGENDA WELCOME (10:00 a.m.) Corlisse Thomas Assistant …
The Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) will hold its third annual international conference entitled, “HIV/AIDS in Haiti and the Dominican Republic: a bilateral challenge”. Sponsored by Barnard College and the Columbia University International Family AIDS Program, the event will be held at Columbia University, Schapiro Center, Davis Auditorium, 500 West 120th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam …
HEALTH CARE POLICY ISSUES AS A RESULT OF THE GENETIC REVOLUTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH. Abstract The genetic revolution has spawned 4 distinct issues of universal importance to health care policy and society: genetic privacy, regulation and standardization of genetic tests, gene patenting, and education. Adequate policy advancements for these 4 areas are lacking. Stringent …
In an effort to combat the 5% HIV rate and other sexually-transmitted infections in the bateyes, the Canadian Project Fund for Local Initiatives and the USAID/CONECTA funded separately a one-to-two-year project for BRA Dominicana, as part of a consortium, to address Mother-to-child vertical transmission ? and HIV/AIDS education and prevention in 30 batey communities in …
