Dr. Mardge Cohen March 26, 2007 at 11:00am
on the Des Plaines Campus room 1608-10
Caring for Women with HIV: Global and Local Challenges

"Dr. Mardge Cohen , one of the world's leading authorities on women and HIV, discusses her work from Chicago to Rwanda as part of Women's History Month at Oakton Community College, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines. Dr. Cohen's keynote address, “Caring for Women with HIV: Global and Local Challenges , ” takes place at 11 a.m. , Monday, March 26, 2007 in Room 1610. The public is invited to this free event.

For 30 years, Dr. Cohen has worked at Cook County Hospital (now Stroger Hospital ), where she founded the Women and Children HIV Program. In 2004, she began traveling to Rwanda to work with grass roots organizations to provide care for women and children with HIV. Dr. Cohen is currently director of women's HIV research at the CORE Center ."

Women's History Month events are sponsored by the Women's Studies Program and the Oakton Chapter of the Association of Women in Community Colleges. For more information contact Kathleen Carot at 847-376-7061 or kcarot@oakton.edu .

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"The biggest issue that women with HIV face is how many issues they face. The medical and psychosocial aftereffects of HIV and other associated infections and complications can be quite devastating. Managing their medication regimens, managing their jobs and families, worrying about transmission to others, recovering from difficulties during disclosure and managing other medical and gynecologic problems are all major issues for women with HIV" Dr. Marge Cohen

To read more of this article please visit: The Body: Complete HIV/AIDS Resource

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" While the United States claims that it opposes distributing fixed-dose combination antiretroviral drugs in Africa because the medicines have not been approved by FDA and could be unsafe, such opposition could be "lethal to many of the 26 million people living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa," Dr. Mardge Cohen, founder of the Women and Children With HIV Program at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, and Dr. Gordon Schiff, director of clinical quality, research and improvement at the hospital, write in a Chicago Sun-Times opinion piece (Cohen/Schiff, Chicago Sun-Times , 5/5). " To read more of this article please visit: Daily HIV/AIDS Report

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"Dr. Mardge Cohen, who has been described as "a trailblazer in treating women with HIV" by the Chicago Tribune and is a stunning example of the difference one person can make in the lives of others, spoke to Upper School students on January 18 about the women's clinics she has established in Rwanda. Cohen, who is a physician at Stroger Hospital in Chicago and is a leader in local research on women and HIV, first turned her attention to Rwanda when she came across a call for help from a Rwandan women's group."

To Read more of this article visit: LATIN today One Person Making a Difference-Dr. Mardge Cohen Speaks About Her Experiences in Rwanda January 30, 2006
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NBC.com Video feature Dr. Marge Cohen: Journey To Africa Part 3: Rwandan Recovery