WHAT:Dr. Philippe Douste-Blazy, under-secretary general of the United Nations, will discuss creative financing approaches to saving lives in developing countries devastated by AIDS and civil war, particularly in Africa. The lecture is hosted by the UCLA Global Health Program at the David Geffen School of Medicine.
WHO:Widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts on innovative financing, Douste-Blazy initiated a 1 euro tax on European airline tickets in 2006 that has raised $2 billion to treat children with AIDS. Future possibilities include a tax on foreign exchange transaction between banks and a tobacco tax.
Douste-Blazy is the chairman of UNITAID, a global partnership established by the U.N. and based at the World Health Organization. Its mission is to negotiate low prices for drugs for AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis and fund their distribution to the world’s poorest people.
WHEN: Thursday, July 2810 a.m. Media briefing10:30 a.m. Lecture 11:30 a.m. Reception
WHERE:Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Tamkin Auditorium, Room B-130757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles 90095
PARKINGPlease RSVP by 4 p.m. on July 27 to reserve complimentary parking or to arrange parking for over-sized media trucks.
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