Jesse Milan to Address 2008 International AIDS Conference

Jesse Milan, Altarum Institute VP and Chairman of the Black AIDS Institute, to
be Keynote Speaker at Mexico City Business Council on AIDS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Jesse Milan, Jr., Vice President of
Altarum Institute and a prominent leader and advocate on HIV/AIDS issues, will
address the 2008 Mexico City Business Council on AIDS conference Thursday,
August 7th in Mexico City. The Mexico City Business Council on AIDS
conference is a satellite meeting of the XVII International AIDS Conference.
A person living with HIV for 26 years, Milan has spoken and written
extensively on HIV/AIDS issues. He is currently chairman of the CDC Business
and Labor Responds to AIDS Partners Board and chairman of the Los Angeles-
based Black AIDS Institute, from which he received the "Hero in the Struggle"
award earlier this year. From 2002-2007, he served as co-chair of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention and
Treatments.
Milan joined Altarum Institute in the spring of 2008 and is the Director
of the Institute's Community Health Systems group.
Altarum Institute ( www.altarum.org ) is a nonprofit health systems
research institute that helps clients research and apply health systems
solutions to improve our nation's health. Altarum employs 250 individuals and
is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan with additional offices in the
Washington, DC area; Atlanta, Georgia; Portland, Maine; and San Antonio,
Texas.
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SOURCE Altarum Institute

Jonathan Orr of Altarum Institute, +1-703-575-1215, jonathan.orr@altarum.org