 Her Excellency Janet Museveni, First Lady of Uganda, and Coker College’s Ron Carter at The Medical Institute’s recent conference in Washington, DC. President Bush has announced that the United States will model its HIV/AIDS prevention efforts on the Ugandan program established by the First Lady and her husband, President Yoweri Museveni. |
 Coker College’s Ron Carter with Joe S. McIlhaney, chairman of The Medical Institute, and Elizabeth Lang Arthur, the Pee Dee Regional Director for Heritage Community Services, at The Medical Institute’s recent conference in Washington, DC. McIlhaney serves on the President’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. |
Hartsville, SC — Dr.
Ronald L. Carter, provost and dean of the faculty at Coker College, recently
served as moderator at The Fourth National Meeting of The Medical Institute
for Sexual Health in Washington, DC. The conference, “Common Ground: A
Shared Vision for Health”, brought together more than 500 leaders from
diverse ethnic, political and geographic backgrounds to share information
on current scientific studies, social trends and medical facts.
In addition to his work at Coker College, Carter is senior minister at
Lawson Grove Baptist Church in Hartsville and is involved in sexual health
education, marriage formation and foster youth programs.
Featured speakers at The Medical Institute’s conference included Ugandan
First Lady Janet Museveni, whose efforts have helped reduce HIV rates
in her homeland by two-thirds; Julie Gerberding, M.D., Director of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and Ambassador Randall Tobias,
the Global AIDS Coordinator for President George W. Bush and former chairman
and CEO of Eli Lilly. Topics ranged from “Teen Pregnancy” and “Integrated
Sexual Health” to “Safer and Healthier Youth” and HIV/AIDS issues.
Founded in 1995 by Joe S. McIlhaney, Jr., M.D., The Medical Institute
for Sexual Health is a non-profit educational organization that evaluates
and communicates scientific data to promote healthy sexual decisions and
behavior in order to dramatically improve the welfare of individuals and
society. The Medical Institute is at the forefront of the effort to inform
medical professionals, educators, government officials, parents and the
media about problems and solutions associated with sexually transmitted
disease and non-marital pregnancy.
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