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HIV/AIDS and Health Systems Reform

The Health Systems Reform project has the aim of ‘transforming' the public health services in South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia. The study is examining the administration and management of the public health services in the context of the changing demands and pressures imposed by HIV/AIDS, the steady decline in efficacy of these services and, more broadly, the changing burden of disease in Africa. Click here to read more.

To visit the Health Systems Reform Project page click here.

HEARD Young Researchers Initiative: Young Minds, New Solutions

Young researchers' symposium on Prevention in a Changing Epidemic

HEARD at the University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa is offering support packages to young researchers (under 35) in SADC, Kenya and Uganda to make oral presentations at the 4th South African AIDS Conference in Durban - 31st March to 3rd April 2009 or before at a 2-day HEARD organised Young researchers' symposium on "Prevention in a Changing Epidemic".

HEARD Staff Attend 15th ICASA Conference: Dakar, Senegal

HEARD contributes to ICASA 2008:

Several delegates from HEARD attended the 15th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA 2008), held from 3-7 December in Dakar, Senegal. With "Africa's Response: Face the Facts" as an overarching theme, the gathering focused on evaluating the initiatives and interventions developed to address AIDS and STIs over 20 years across the continent. The programme was designed to assess strengths and weaknesses in response, foster deeper collaboration among scientists, sectoral leaders and community practitioners, and maintain and elevate general awareness of the advancements made in this field.

This Months Featured Staff Member: Shamim Ganie

Introduction

Shamim began working at HEARD in 2006 as a Research Consultant. Her responsibilities include Planning and Implementation of Field trips, Retrospective chart reviews, Quantitative questionnaire administration, Data Capture using Microsoft Access, Conducting semi-constructed interviews, Quality Control, Transcription, Analysis of Results and Report writing.

Women's Property Rights, HIV/AIDS and Domestic Violence Summary by Busi Nkosi

Introduction

To better understand the role played by tenure security in protecting against and mitigating the effects of HIV and violence, the International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW) and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) conducted research in South Africa and Uganda.

This study sought to determine whether women's "secure access to, ownership of, and control over property" has the effect of either reducing the risk of HIV/AIDS and family or intimate partner violence (the prevention proposition), or coping with the reality of HIV/AIDS and family or intimate partner violence (the "mitigation hypothesis").

Busi Nkosi, Senior Researcher

2007 Annual Report

Alan Whiteside, Director

This year’s Annual Report adopts a brand new format. It is based on conceptual advances in HEARD’s communications, and reflects several milestones in our development.