World AIDS Day NGO and Expert Contacts

 Noticed this possible story angle for further research coming off of World AIDS Day. I am also including some contact info for other experts below. Here's the possible setup: The National AIDS Housing Coalition is pushing to bring affordable housing to AIDS patients throughout the United State. The group released a report today looking at how homelessness plays a part in the spread of the disease. With winter approaching, one could see a reasonable photo-led story tracking an AIDS patient's search for stable housing. Here are their contacts as well as some other expert and NGO numbers:

• DAVID HOLTGRAVE, ANGELA AIDALA, REGINA QUATTROCHI, NANCY BERNSTINE, [via Emily Bonifaci, (202)347-0333, nahc@nationalaidshousing.org], http://www.nationalaidshousing.org
• Other experts available to comment on the organization's report include Holtgrave, the department head at Johns Hopkins University; Aidala, professor at Columbia University's School of Public Health; and Quattrochi, CEO of Bailey House, New York's oldest AIDS housing provider. There is also UNAIDS: http://www.unaids.org/ Dominique De Santis 00 41 22 791 4509, desantisd@unaids.org BROOK BAKER, (617) 373-3217, 617-259-0760, b.baker@neu.edu     Baker is a professor at the Northeastern University School of Law and policy advisor to the Health Global Access Project. ANN-LOUISE COLGAN (202) 546-7961, alcolgan@africaaction.org, http://www.africaaction.org     Colgan, director of policy analysis and communications at Africa Action. SAMEER DOSSANI, (202) 463-2265, sameer@50years.org, http://www.50years.org     Dossani is the director of the 50 Years Is Enough Network. DEBAYANI KAR, (202) 783-0215, debi@jubileeusa.org, http://www.jubileeusa.org     Kar is the communications and advocacy coordinator for the Jubilee USA Network.      A Texas connection -- state is ranked third in the nation for most  HIV infected children. Pam Morales, educational psychologist - 409-845-9277. The University plug: "Morales is working on a quality of life study of HIV-infected women in the United States. She also is interested in how children of these women survive after their mother's deaths and cope with their own HIV status. The results of Morales' studies show that economic status plays a large role in how women live with the disease, how they educate their children about the disease and how the children continue their own lives after the deaths of the mothers." SOME OTHER PRESS CONTACTS, UNAIDS, ETC: UN IRIN PlusNews (focuses on intravenous drug use and AIDS)      Obi Anyadike       obi@irinnews.org      27-11 895 1900 Panos London (focus on south africa i believe)    Mark Covey     mark.covey@panos.org.uk     +44 (0)20 7239 7622 UNAIDS     Dominique De Santis     desantisd@unaids.org     00 41 22 791 4509 IAVI     Jannette Esguerra     jesguerra@iavi.org     212-847-1045 Kaiser Family Foundation     Rob Graham     rgraham@kff.org     650 854-9400 World Bank     Phil Hay     phay@worldbank.org     202 473 1796 BBC World Service Trust     Victoria Hollertz     Victoria.Hollertz@bbc.co.uk     44 207 557 0463 World Bank     Stevan Jackson     sjackson@worldbank.org     202 458 5054 Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs     Kim Martin     kmartin@jhuccp.org     410-659-6140 WHO     Tunga Namjilsuren     namjilsurent@who.int     41 22 791 10 73 OneWorld  (human rights and poverty issues)    Gay Nyakwende     Gay.Nyakwende@oneworld.net     +260 1 292740 Emory University (has large number of physicians and scientists active in the AIDS treatment field) Holly Korschun, Director of Science Communications, 404-727-3990 (hkorsch@emory.edu) or Richard Quartarone, Director of Media Relations, 404-727-3366 (richard.quartarone@emory.edu).