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Sunday, 23 October 2005: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Grand Ballroom A (Hyatt Regency San Francisco)
Oral Concurrent Session C - Public Health
Session Chairs:Joshua A. Salomon, PhD
Bruce R. Schackman, PhD
8:30 AM*THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF HIV SCREENING IN A RESOURCE-LIMITED COUNTRY: A MODEL OF SCREENING IN RUSSIA
Swati P. Tole, MD, Gillian D. Sanders, PhD, Ahmed M. Bayoumi, MD, MSc, Cristina M. Galvin, MA, MSc, Tatyana N. Vinichenko, MD, Elisa F. Long, MS, Margaret L. Brandeau, PhD, Douglas K. Owens, MD, MS
8:45 AMWHAT TO DO WHEN THERE IS NO CD4 COUNT? USE OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION IN MEDICAL DECISION MAKING FOR HIV/AIDS IN RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTINGS
Hui Zheng, PhD
9:00 AM*TREATING INJECTION DRUG USERS WITH ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY: EFFECT ON THE HIV EPIDEMIC IN RUSSIA
Elisa F. Long, Margaret L. Brandeau, Cristina M. Galvin, Tatyana N. Vinichenko, Swati P. Tole, Adam Schwartz, Gillian D. Sanders, Douglas K. Owens
9:15 AMTHE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF CASE FINDING FOR HEPATITIS C IN FORMER INJECTING DRUG USERS
Ken Stein, MB, MSc, FFPHM, Jo Thompson Coon, PhD, Emanuela Castelnuovo, MSc, Martin Pitt, PhD, Alison Price, Uwe Siebert, MD, MPH, MSc, Matthew Cramp, MD, FRCP
9:30 AM*COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF RAPID POINT OF CARE PRENATAL SYPHILIS SCREENING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN WOMEN
Chara E. Rydzak, BA, Sue J. Goldie, MD, MPH
9:45 AMHIGH SCHOOL-BASED SCREENING FOR CHLAMYDIA IN PHILADELPHIA: IDENTIFICATION OF COST-SAVINGS USING A DYNAMIC TRANSMISSION MODEL
David N. Fisman, MD, MPH, C. Victor Spain, DVM, PhD, Lenore Asbel, MD, Martin Goldberg, Melinda Salmon, E. Claire Newbern, PhD

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