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As part of Webster University’s annual initiative, the Psychology and Counseling Lecture Series 2011, it will hold a special address: The relevance of HIV/AIDS counselling in an age of biomedical miracles on Tuesday, February 22nd. by Dr. David Miller, one of the world’s leading specialists on HIV/AIDS counselling.  The event will be held on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 (18h30-20h00) at LLC Hall at Webster University in Bellevue off the Lake Road outside Geneva. For those interested in attending, please RSVP to Email: •This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it•

David Miller, who used to be based in the Lake Geneva region for the World Health Organization, is a New Zealander, a Clinical Psychologist and Public Health specialist in the field of HIV/AIDS and sexual health medicine. He has taught social psychiatry and HIV/AIDS clinical management all over the world, implemented public and community health systems and services for HIV/AIDS management, counselling and psychosocial training in government and NGO settings in 45 countries in Africa and Asia, and his clinical protocols for HIV/AIDS counselling and testing and psychosocial management (including the first protocols for VCT) have been adapted globally. From 1998, Dr Miller worked as the Psychosocial Adviser for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in Geneva and as the head of UNAIDS in India. More recently, from 2004-2008 he was the Ombudsman for the World Health Organization (WHO), UNAIDS, The Global Fund, and 7 other UN programmes and offices administered by WHO. He is presently a consulting ombudsman and a public health consultant to bi-lateral HIV/AIDS programmes in Africa and the Pacific. He has published nine books and over 180 articles on his work.