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The 9th International AIDS Impact Conference was held from 22-25 September 2009 in Gaborone, Botswana. The conference fully integrated disability within its programme and also had a disability presentation in the main plenary.
Presentations that looked at people with disabilities and how they are affected by HIV
Most outstanding was the HSRC presentation by Prof Leikeness Simbayi entitled HIV in the disabled population: are we doing our part? The study presented HIV prevalence data of people with disabilities in South Africa. This is possibly the first national study conducted that measures HIV prevalence data across disabilities within a national survey. Results reveal a higher HIV prevalence of people with disabilities than their able bodied peers but also higher than men who have sex with men, people who use drugs for recreational purpose and people who are high risk drinkers. Two more presentations focused on people with disability. Loveness Santande and Jill Hanass-Hancock presented a literature review on deafness and HIV. The summary of three prevalence studies also indicated that the deaf population is as likely if not double as likely to be infected with HIV. The review also revealed that studies often focus on HIV knowledge and only seldom on other aspects like sexuality and reproductive health. A third presentation from Stephanie Nixon and Jill Hanass-Hancock reflected on the historical development of the field of disability and HIV and giving directions for future developments.
Click here to download Leikeness Simbayi's presentation entitled HIV in the disabled population: are we doing our part?
Click here to download Loveness Satande and Jill Hanass-Hancock's presentation entitled Literature Review on Deafness and HIV
Click here to download Stephanie Nixon and Jill Hanass-Hancock's poster
Presentations that looked at the disabling effects of HIV
Although presentations did not make the direct link between HIV, AIDS or its treatment and its disabling effects directly there were some presentations that were interesting in relation to this. Bruno Spire presented on the Quality of Life and HIV: The need to introduce patient reported outcomes in clinical trials. Similarly, Richard Harding presented on the Psychological and physical symptomatology in the era of treatment: Argentinean outpatients report high burden even after initiating treatment. Both emphasised that any HIV patient needs to be monitored with regards to their state of physical, psychological and social well-being as many experience difficulties during their lifetimes.
Even more interesting was Kealeboga Jeremiah's presentation on HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders in Botswana a pilot study. Her study focused on the influence of HIV on the central nervous system. The results revealed that patients on ARV clinics showed problems with slower processing speed, decreased verbal learning and memory, problems with hand motor co-ordination and a deceased memory.
Click here to download Bruno Spiers' presentation entitled Quality of life and HIV:The need to introduce patient reported outcomes in clinical trials
Click here to download Richard Harding's presentation entitled Psychological and physical symptomatology in the era of treatment: Argentinean outpatients report high burden even after initiating treatment
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