Asia Society Panel Discussion: Human Rights and Public Health: The Burma/Myanmar Tragedy

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Human Rights and Public Health:
The Burma/Myanmar Tragedy

Panel Discussion at the Asia Society
September 13, 2007

Opening Remarks:
Mike Kulma, Director, Policy Programs, Asia Society

Panelists::
Joe Amon, Director, HIV/AIDS Program, Human Rights Watch
Aryeh Neier, President, Open Society Institute
Brian Williams, UNAIDS Country Coordinator, Myanmar

Moderator:
Helen Epstein, Author, The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight Against AIDS

On September 13, 2007, the Asia Society and Open Society Institute held the panel discussion "Human Rights and Public Health: The Burma/Myanmar Tragedy," which addressed the state of health care as a result of neglect by the Burmese regime and the challenges of delivering humanitarian aid to Burma.

Download the complete transcript

Listen to panelists Brian Williams and Aryeh Neier on WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show, where they spoke earlier that day
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