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Con el objetivo de mejorar el conocimiento sobre la situación epidemiológica de los niños, niñas y adolescentes con VIH en Argentina y ampliar el saber sobre el estado de la respuesta que se ofrece desde los servicios de salud, la Dirección de SIDA y ETS del Ministerio de Salud de la Nación (DS y ETS) y la Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría (SAP) organizaron un encuentro con los referentes de los servicios donde se atiende a la mayor parte de esa población, incluyendo a los principales laboratorios que participan del proceso de diagnóstico pediátrico. …
In June 2011, world leaders unanimously adopted the UN General Assembly Political Declaration on AIDS that laid out ambitious targets for the global HIV response. While the International Organisation of La Francophonie (IOF) has made considerable progress towards these targets, its member countries are characterized by marked variations in access to treatment and prevention services as well as inadequate funding from both international and domestic sources. …
AIDSTAR-One, in collaboration with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) West Africa Regional Health Office in Accra, Ghana, and supported by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, facilitated a workshop held May 2–3, 2012, in support of regional HIV prevention activities. …
In West and Central Africa (WCA), teachers are among the most vulnerable since they are seen as role models in the community. HIV & AIDS increase the morbidity and the mortality of already inadequate number of teachers within the education sector. HIV & AIDS-related stigma and discrimination are persistent among teachers in the region. …
In recognition of the devastating impact of HIV and AIDS on its constituents: teachers, nonteaching staff and learners and the role education could play as an effective tool in the prevention of and mitigation of HIV and AIDS on the infected and affected, the Ministry of Education established the HIV & AIDS Secretariat in 2002. A number of interventions have been undertaken within the Sector as its contribution towards the national aspiration of preventing HIV infection and providing care and support for those infected. …
Advances in antiretroviral therapy (ART) and improved health services mean that increasing numbers of children infected with HIV perinatally will survive into adulthood. …
The overarching objective of the consultation was to review and synthesize the experiences of young people living with HIV and health workers responsible for providing services for them, including the identification of gaps and obstacles in the provision and use of services, in order to offer practical recommendations on how to improve the health sector response. …
Cette publication vise à éclairer les dynamiques de maintien, de retour et de non-discrimination dans l'emploi des personnes vivant avec le VIH/SIDA en Belgique, afin d'améliorer les dispositifs existants et de réfléchir à de nouvelles pistes d'action. Elle s'adresse aux personnes vivant avec le VIH/SIDA, aux professionnels des secteurs de la prévention sida et du handicap, aux professionnels de l'emploi, de l'égalité des chances et de la lutte contre les discriminations et aux chercheurs et militants intéressés par ces problématiques. …
This report presents the key points and recommendations that emerged over the course of a two-day international technical consultation on positive prevention held in Hammamet, Tunisia on 27-28 April 2009. …
This paper was presented at a consultation on supporting teachers living with HIV. The association 'Tanzania Positive Teachers' Initiatives' (TAPOTI) presents the challenges it will have to face, and gives recommendations to find solutions to each problem.
In response to a growing call from program managers and researchers in South Africa to engage in a dialogue with policymakers and donors about strengthening care and support services in the era of treatment, the Horizons Program organized a one-and-a-half day symposium on 22-23 November 2005 in Johannesburg. The symposium was designed to review current research and field experiences in order to identify ways to strengthen care and support programs, and to link them with treatment services. It also aimed to identify research, program, and policy gaps and priorities. …
This is a report of the first workshop ever held in Kenya for HIV-positive teachers, between 13th and 18th December 2004. It was organised by the Kenya Network of Positive Teachers (KENEPOTE) and the POLICY Project with support from USAID. The 60 HIV positive teachers attending came from all Kenyan provinces. The December 2004 workshop's goal was to sensitise HIV-positive teachers and important education sector stakeholders on KENEPOTE Goals, Vision, Mission and Objectives. …
The neurological and psychiatric troubles which may occur during HIV-1 infection are numerous and varied. In fact, 65 per cent of patients who die of AIDS suffer mental and neurological disorders at terminal stages of the disease. Post-mortem examinations reveal some anatomopathological injuries of the nervous system in 90 per cent of AIDS cases. Some acute reactions to factors of stress disorder in HIV-1 infected (but asymptomatic patients) are also noted, particularly in the period following the discovery of seropositivity. This report gives a vivid picture of the current knowledge relating to HIV-1 associated neuropsychiatric troubles and provides results of neurophysiological tests conducted on HIV seropositives in good health before drawing conclusions concerning tracking activities, training of health personnel and research orientations.
This is a report of a meeting of people living with HIV/AIDS, NGOs, national AIDS programme managers and UN representatives. Questions deliberated include: What are the current and future issues relating to access to drugs for HIV/AIDS at country and global levels? What partnerships should be created at country level to address these issues? What should be the nature and scope of these partnerships at country level? What should the UN do at global and country level to support these partnerships?
This is a report of the International Conference for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Warsaw, Poland in August 1999. The conference was attended by 470 women and men from 58 countries. The four Warsaw conference themes were; Building an effective global advocacy agenda, Microbicides and women, Creating guidelines for donating medicines; Looking at the impact of the conference in central and Eastern Europe. The report celebrates the strengths of global community of PLWHAs. …
