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The field of disability and HIV/AIDS in southern Africa still lacks valuable empirical research. Therefore HEARD is committed to filling this gap through the initiation of research, bringing together scholars and disabled persons organizations (DPOs), and by collaborating with other research institutions. As an applied research organisation HEARD takes dissemination and advocacy seriously and is dedicated to projects providing leadership within southern Africa. Current research or advocacy projects:
- Human Rights Project
- Academic Publications
- Experiences of Disability and HIV/AIDS
- Mainstreaming Disability into Research - The Young Carer Project
- Film "Stepping into the unknown" - a film about people with disabilities who also live with HIV
- Good Practise Collection on Disability and HIV
Human Rights Project
HEARD is undertaking a disability project that aims to examine legal and human rights dimensions of HIV/AIDS and disability in Southern and Eastern Africa through analysing the National Strategic Plans and HIV policies in these countries. This information will be available in 2010 and will be particularly aimed at governments but will will also be relevant to DPOs and ASOs in Africa. The research project was launched in September 2009 and the reports are available here:
Academic Publications
With contributions from its vibrant network, HEARD has completed a special issue on HIV/AIDS and disability in the Journal of the International AIDS Society,
which is to go online in November 2009. This is most likely the first special issue on disability and HIV in a peer reviewed scientific journal. HEARD has also contributed to the academic literature through a number of other publications, which can be found in our library.
An issue brief, Considerations for Policy and Practice, is also available here.
The Disability Experience
This project is a joint venture between the International Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation (ICDR) in Canada, HEARD in South Africa and Disability, HIV and AIDS Trust (DHAT) a regional organisation in Southern Africa. The project is lead by Stephanie Nixon from ICDR and will look into the experiences of peoples with disabilities that are also HIV positive in Zambia. The project will be launched in 2010.
Mainstreaming Disability into Research - The Young Carer Project
The Young Carers Ukunakekela Project, a collaboration between Oxford University, HEARD and Brown University, is mainstreaming issues of disability into wider HIV/AIDS research. This study focuses on children who care for unwell or disabled adults in the home - whether HIV-related or otherwise - and examines the impacts of disability on people's well-being, their capacity to care for children, and family dynamics. For more information visit: www.youngcarers.netau.net.
"Stepping into the unknown" - a film about people with disabilities who also live with HIV
This documentary aims to feature four people with disabilities who are also infected or affected by HIV and AIDS. The movie is being undertaken with the support of the Disability, HIV and AIDS Trust (DHAT). The shooting for the documentary will take place in March 2010. The film will be launched in July 2010 and will be used as an advocacy tool in support of other HEARD and DHAT projects. The key messages can be downloaded here, and a document on how the project was made can be downloaded here.
Good Practice Collection
HEARD has called for a collection of Good Practices on disability and HIV.
These will be featured on our website under the resource section. The collection will include manuals and tools developed or adopted in African contexts and provide guidance
to resources available elsewhere. The site will also collect resources related to human rights. The site will provide links to download or purchase these tools and manuals.
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 Live Feeds SWAZILAND: Task-shifting could improve HIV treatment and preventionPhoto: Eva-Lotta Jansson/IRIN Nurses can manage HIV care but only doctors can initiate ARV treatment MANZINI, 3 September 2010 (PlusNews) – Swaziland has yet to act on a 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to alleviate ... World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 UGANDA: New strains of HIV spreading in fishing communities*Photo: Julius Mwelu/IRIN Catching more than fish ENTEBBE, 31 August 2010 (PlusNews) - A study of HIV-positive people in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria in central Uganda has found that more than a quarter ... World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 UGANDA: Optimism as PEPFAR increases funding*Photo: Charles Akena/IRIN Only about half the people in need of ARVs are getting them KAMPALA, 25 August 2010 (PlusNews) – More Ugandan HIV patients are set to receive life-prolonging medication after the United States President’s ... World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 SOUTH AFRICA: Strike sends XDR-TB patients homePhoto: David Gough/IRIN Many patients are having to fend for themselves DURBAN, 3 September 2010 (PlusNews) – Striking public health workers in South Africa have virtually shut down King George V Hospital, a referral facility in ... World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 KENYA: Monitoring Antiretroviral Intake Among ChildrenWhen 11-year-old Ronald Gathece was placed on antiretrovirals (ARVs) after being diagnosed HIV-positive, medical staff did not monitor his reaction to the treatment. But the side effects had been so bad that the young boy had contemplated suicide. IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 In Defence of Science: Seven points about traditional medicine and scientific medicineScientists can be elitist and patronising. In that way, they are no different to any other people with power, including some traditional healers and including people who defend science, like myself. There are multiple knowledge systems. Cultural diversity, including African culture, is a valuable treasure.... HIV and AIDS news from AIDSPortal
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 Obama Global Health Initiative Targets Maternal, Child Health, DiseaseU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently announced a new $63 billion Global Health Initiative with an emphasis on maternal and child health, family planning and programs to fight infectious diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. "We need a comprehensive, effective global system for tracking... HIV and AIDS news from AIDSPortal
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 Are HERVs An Answer To AIDS Mysteries?Why is it so hard to isolate and purify human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)? Why has no one been able to see, by electron microscopy, a single HIV particle in the blood of AIDS patients, even those who have a "high viral load"? Why does HIV seem to mutate with startling rapidity? AIDS researchers have not been able... HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 Research At GHESKIO Leads To Update In WHO Guidelines For HIV TreatmentPrompted by clinical research into the early initiation of antiretroviral therapies for HIV performed at the GHESKIO clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the World Health Organization (WHO) has revised its treatment protocols for HIV patients... HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 SOUTH AFRICA: Survivor’s guide for non-striking health workersPhoto: Tebogo Letsie/IRIN Strikes can turn violent JOHANNESBURG, 2 September 2010 (PlusNews) – Public sector strikes in South Africa have become so common in recent years that people are asking if plans should not be put ... World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 In Defence of Science: Seven points about traditional medicine and scientific medicineScientists can be elitist and patronising. In that way, they are no different to any other people with power, including some traditional healers and including people who defend science, like myself. There are multiple knowledge systems. Cultural diversity, including African culture, is a valuable treasure.... HIV and AIDS news from AIDSPortal
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 UK backs new corruption-fighting academyThe UK is to back a new international anti-corruption academy aimed at boosting the fight against fraud, bribery and theft across the world. DFID : News Stories
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 UGANDA: Optimism as PEPFAR increases funding*Photo: Charles Akena/IRIN Only about half the people in need of ARVs are getting them KAMPALA, 25 August 2010 (PlusNews) – More Ugandan HIV patients are set to receive life-prolonging medication after the United States President’s ... World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 Cheap And Accurate Tuberculosis Test Gives Results In Under Two HoursA tuberculosis test, called Xpert® MTB/RIF, can successfully identify 98% of all culture-confirmed TB cases, including more than 90% of those with smear-negative disease, a study published in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine) reveals... HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
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