Schedule

Updated on August 5, 2003, 11AM PST

Friday, August 8

All day: Delegation members depart for Johannesburg via London from Washington Dulles Airport

BA Flight 0222 from Washington Dulles to London Heathrow (7hrs &30 minutes)
Departs 9:35PM
Arrives 10:05AM (Saturday morning)

(PLEASE NOTE: The six person film crew will arrive as a group in Johannesburg in advance of the delegation on Friday, August 8 at 2:20PM on South African Air Flight #202. They will be met at the airport by a US Embassy Expeditor. They will be able to change money at the airport and will then check into the Court Classic Hotel in Pretoria.)

Saturday, August 9

Morning: Arrive London Heathrow at 10:05AM

Afternoon: Time between flights in London (approximately 5hrs)

Evening: Depart London Heathrow for Johannesburg

BA Flight 0055 from London Heathrow to Johannesburg (10 hrs & 50 minutes)
Departs 7:30PM
Arrives 7:20AM (Sunday morning)

Sunday, August 10

07:20 Arrive Johannesburg via BA Flight 0055 from London Heathrow

(We will be met by a US Embassy Expeditor and Control Officer, Eilene Oldwine. We will also be able to change money at the airport.)

09:30 Check into Court Classic Hotel
Corner of Schoeman and Beckett Streets
Arcadia, Pretoria 007
011-27-12-344-4420

10:00 Security Briefing (Marilynne Wanner – Regional Security Officer)

13:00 Depart for Rosebank visit to African bizarre (Mall connected to the Park Hyatt Hotel in Rosebank)

15:30 Depart for Part Hyatt Hotel

15:50 Meet with representatives of Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) at the Park Hyatt Hotel. TAC is South Africa’s largest AIDS activist group.

17:30 Leave the Park Hyatt for return trip to the Court Classic Hotel in Pretoria

18:10 Arrive at Court Classic Hotel

19:00 Informal dinner – Court Classic Hotel

Monday, August 11

08:00 Depart Hotel for Country Team Briefing a the US Embassy

08:15 Arrive at US Embassy – Limited Accommodation Exchange

08:30 Country Team Briefing (Multi-Purpose Room, US Embassy)

09:30 Depart US Embassy for SOWETO

10:40 Arrive Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital Peri-natal Research Unit

10:40 Tour facility, discuss HIV/AIDS issues with clinical staff, mothers and volunteers

12:40 Depart Hospital for Daimler Chrysler facility

13:50 Arrive Daimler Chrysler Headquarters – Wierda Road, Zwartkop Centurion

14:00 Diamler Chrysler discussion with Management, Peer Educators and Shop Stewards about workplace HIV/AIDS program. Light finger lunch will be provided.

16:00 Depart Daimler Chrysler

16:30 Arrive Hotel

18:45 Depart Hotel for Ambassador’s Residence

19:00 Arrive Ambassador’s Residence for dinner hosted by US Ambassador Cameron Hume with South African Government Officials involved in the national HIV/AIDS program

21:00 Depart Ambassador’s Residence

21:15 Arrive Hotel

Tuesday, August 12

07:30 Check out of Court Classic Hotel and walk to Moerdijk’s Restaurant

08:00 Breakfast round table discussion about the role of business in HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention (Moerdijk’s Restaurant)

10:00 Breakfast Ends

10:10 Depart Moerdijk’s for airport with Expeditor

10:50 Arrive airport, check in

13:00 Depart for Botswana

South African Express (1hr & 5minutes)
Departs 13:00
Arrives 14:05

14:05 Arrive Gaborone

15:00 Briefing at US Embassy

16:00 Briefing at National AIDS Coordinating Agency

18:00 Check into Grand Palm and Casino Hotel
Molepolole Road
Gaborone, Botswana
011-267-363-7777

19:00 Dinner

Wednesday, August 13

09:00 Briefing with US private sector HIV/AIDS Partners at Children’s Center of Excellence, Princess Marina Hospital Complex

10:00 Tour Center of Excellence with Baylor College and Bristol Myers Squibb staff

10:45 Tour “Masa” ARV treatment program clinic with Masa (ACHAP-Gates/Merck) staff

13:00 Working Lunch with ACHAP Staff

15:00 Visit Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission program site with CDC/Botswana and Ministry of Health/Local Government staff

17:00 Reception hosted by US Ambassador Joseph Huggins at the Grand Palm and Casino Hotel

Thursday, August 14

08:00 Visit CDC/Botswana-funded and operated Telebepele Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing center with CDC/Botswana staff

10:00 Education and Prevention Radio Program

12:00 Visit Botswana-Harvard HIV Reference Laboratory

16:00 Depart for airport and flight to Johannesburg

Air Botswana Flight 0217 (1 hr)
Departs 19:00PM
Arrives 20:00PM

22:00 Arrive Holiday Inn Hotel at the Johannesburg Airport
5 Hulley Road
Johanesburg
27-11-392-1062

Friday, August 15

Morning: Depart Johannesburg for Entebbe, Uganda

South African Air Flight 0160
Departs 8:35AM
Arrives 1:35PM (4hr)

13:35 Pick-up Delegation from Airport

14:00 – 15:30 Briefings at Uganda Virus Research Institute

15:30 – 19:00 Travel to Tororo and check into Rock Classic Hotel
Rock Classic Hotel
Plot No. 293, Osukulu Road
PO Box 293
Tororo – Uganda
077468535
077768536

19:30 Dinner with US Ambassador Jimmy Kolker, USAID, TASO, MoH, DDHS, Medical Superintendent

Saturday, August 16

08:00 Pick-up Classic Rock Hotel

08:15 – 08:45 Tour Tororo Hospital Including Home-Based AIDS Care (HBAC) Clinic

09:00 – 10:00 HBAC Briefing at AIDS Support Organization (TASO) Tororo Drama Group/ Tour

10:00 Depart for home visits of persons with HIV receiving HBAC support

12:00 Depart for Mbale

12:45 Visit AIDS Information Center

14:00 Depart for Kampala (packed lunch)

17:00 Arrive at Kampala Sheraton Hotel and check in

Kampala Sheraton
Ternan Avenue
Kampala
2-56-41-344591 (phone)
2-56-41-256696 (fax)

19:00 Dinner with representatives of partner organizations at the Ambassador’s Residence

Sunday, August 17

09:00 – 11:00 Visit Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC)

13:00 – 15:00 Visit Pfizer research and treatment program in Kampala

19:00 – 21:00 Final Dinner in Kampala hosted by Pfizer

Monday, August 18

All Day: Depart Entebbe, Uganda for London, Heathrow and then on to Washington Dulles

BA Flight 0062 (8hrs and 55 minutes)
Departs 9:20AM
Arrives 4:15PM

Depart London, Heathrow for Washington Dulles

BA Flight 0225 (8 hrs and 5 minutes)
Depart 7:05PM
Arrives 10:10PM