Evidence for Action and the Sexual and Reproductive Health & HIV research programme consortia will be marking the 20th anniversary of World AIDS day at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine with a full week of events. EfA partners are also marking the occasion. This year events at LSHTM have been co-organised by students and staff and will include:
• Opening talk by Dr Philippe Mayaud: 'HIV / AIDS prevention gaps: whose responsibility? Whose role?'
• Film screenings of 'Corn, cattle, coconuts and condoms', and 'Please talk to kids about AIDS'
• Short presentations from staff and students: The impact on Global Health Initiatives for HIV/AIDS on human resources for health, evidence from Zambia' Johanna Hanefeld, PhD student
‘TKMOAMS: a community – based response to the HIV / AIDS pandemic in Namibia’ Emma Richards, MSc student
‘Hope, expectation and HIV treatment in a transitional setting: a qualitative case study’ Sarah Bernays, Research Fellow ‘Global HIV/AIDS and visual impairment: social isolation compounded’ Dr Rajesh Babu, MSc student • Seminar by Dr Ade Fakoya: 'Is AIDS still important? Research, activism, and community-based responses'
• Student - organised panel debate: ‘Does HIV get too much funding?’ Speakers: Tania Boler, MSI, Kevin Osborne, IPPF, Prof Kaye Wellings, LSHTM
• Seminar in conjunction with the Gender Violence and Health Centre: ‘HIV/AIDS and rape: modelling predictions of the increase in individual risk of contracting HIV from forced sex’ Speaker: Dr Anna Foss ZAMBART events ZAMBART is commemorating World AIDS Day both in Lusaka and the 16 sites where ZAMBART is currently implementing TB research projects.
Activities will include:
1. A ’march past’ to raise awareness of HIV and its convergence with TB
2. In the Kabwe district of Zambia where an EfA study is being undertaken on home-based care, ZAMBART has partnered with a local community-based organisation called DACKANA to:
• Conduct awareness-raising activities on HIV and AIDS
• Lead activities to convey the benefits of voluntary counselling and testing
• Give public drama performances to demonstrate the role of home-based caregivers in providing support to people living with HIV and AIDS.
ZAMBART and DACKANA will participate in the march past in Kabwe district, using publicity materials such as t-shirts and a banner printed with the ZAMBART, DACKANA and EfA logos. International HIV AIDS Alliance events |
