151079 WE-ACTx in Rwanda: Lessons on HIV and women's empowerment

Monday, November 5, 2007: 10:30 AM

Mardge H. Cohen, MD , Women's Equity in Access to Care and Treatment, Boston, MA
        
Women's Equity in Access to Care and Treatment (WE-ACTx) began working in Rwanda in 2004 to provide HIV care for women who had been raped and infected with HIV during the genocide. Working with over 20 Rwandan community partners and within the Rwandan public health infrastructure, WE-ACTx provides Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT), 3 clinic sites, a family program, trauma counseling, prevention of mother to child transmission, and an income generation program. The panel will share experiences concerning family centered care, need for food programs, post traumatic stress, and the specific Rwandan experience with HIV and trauma.

Learning Objectives:
1. Recognize the importance of multidisciplinary approach to providing HIV care in developing countries 2. Describe the elements necessary to provide comprehensive services to women with HIV

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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