 A Final Push to Rebuild Education in Swaziland
The 'Rebuilding Human Capital in Swaziland' project team presented their final report to the project steering committee on 19 March in Mbabane, Swaziland.
HEARD Film Addresses MDG Issues In April, HEARD's documentary Vukuzakhe - Arise and Build Yourself was screened at this year's Cineposible International Film Festival of Extremadura (Spain).
Young Researchers Writing Workshop a Success The Young Researchers Initiative - a HEARD project that aims to support young researchers from across southern and eastern Africa develop their research and publication skills - brought together 12 young researchers from across the region for a very successful workshop.
New HEARD Report on Legal Obligations Around Women's Reproductive Rights and HIV In 2010 the global community will review whether it has achieved Universal Access to Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support and its progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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Newsletter Issue 4
June 2010 HIV/AIDS in the Workplace & Beyond Research in Action Symposium
HEARD, the South African Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (SABCOHA) and Wits Business School (WBS) will host the third 'HIV/AIDS in the Workplace & Beyond' Symposium at Gallagher Estate in Johannesburg between 9-11 November 2010. The broad theme of this research-focused conference is prevention. Many workplaces now run or support treatment programmes that complement the public provision of ART. The emphasis on treatment as a prevention method by the World Health Organisation is an important approach. Prevention of new infections in children through PMTCT is an obvious example of this paradigm. Individuals on ART become less infectious, with a range of well-documented benefits to their health and survival. Notably, HIV transmission can be dramatically reduced when HIV-positive individuals are treated, their partners undergo counselling and testing, with couples receiving prevention counselling and the HIV-positive partner receiving adherence support to maintain an undetectable viral load. 'Treatment as prevention', however, is not fully understood nor widely accepted. Specific sub-themes that the symposium will cover include:
In addition to the themes above, this conference will also focus on 'Partnerships for Prevention'. Since the primary mode of HIV transmission in South Africa is sexual intercourse, workplace programmes cannot ignore sexual norms, practices and networks. Accordingly, they cannot ignore what happens beyond the offices and factory gates. Yet, extending an organisation's programme beyond its employees presents great financial and logistical challenges. Broader issues which the symposium will tackle will include:
We have a preliminary indication that selected research will be published in a special 'Prevention' issue of the African Journal of AIDS Research (AJAR), which is IBSS and DoE accredited. If you are having problems viewing this email, View it online |
