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1. Terms of Reference of the Expert Advisory Group on AIDS : The Expert Advisory Group on AIDS (EAGA) is a non-departmental public body which is non-statutory. It was established in 1985 "To provide advice on such matters relating to AIDS as may be referred to it by the Chief Medical Officers of the Health Departments of the United Kingdom". The Group meets three times a year and there have been 61 meetings to date. It currently has 13 members. Fixed terms of office are for four years and no member should serve more than two four year terms. The Group has agreed to publish summary reports of meetings in the interests of openness and transparency.

2. Membership of EAGA:
Dr Pat Troop (Chair) Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health;
Dr Andrew Freedman, Senior Lecturer in Infectious Diseases, University of Wales
College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cardiff;
Dr David Hawkins, Consultant Physician ,John Hunter Clinic, St Stephen's Clinic, 369 Fulham Road, London;
Professor Donald Jeffries, Department of Virology, St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of medicine and Dentistry, 48-53 St Bartholomew Close, West Smithfield, London;
Professor Michael Levin, Professor of Paediatrics, Department of Paediatrics, St Mary's Hospital, London;
Dr Margaret Johnson, Consultant Physician, Dept of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London;
Mrs Diana Kloss, Barrister and Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester, Faculty of Law, Oxford Road, Manchester;
Mr Roger Marwood, Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Women's Services Unit, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London;
Dr Nita Mitchell-Heggs, District Consultant Occupational Physician, Staff/Student Health Department, St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London;
Professor Catherine Peckham, Head of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Dept of Epidemiology & Public Health, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street, London;
Professor Robert Pratt, Director, Centre for Sexual Health & HIV Studies, Wolfson Institute of Health Studies at Thames Valley University, 32-38 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London;
Mr Bernard Ribeiro, Consultant Surgeon, Basildon & Thurrock General Hospital NHS Trust, Basildon Hospital, Nether Mayne, Basildon, Essex;
Ms Carolyn Roth, Lecturer in Midwifery, City University, School of Nursing and Midwifery. Philpott St, London;
Dr Mohsen Shahmanesh, Consultant in GU Medicine, Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine, Whittall Street Clinic, Whittall Street Birmingham;