3327.0 Innovative Responses to HIV in Africa

Monday, October 27, 2008: 2:30 PM
Roundtable
This session will offer participants the opportunity to gain insights into new and innovative approaches to the control and management of HIV in African countries. Of particular importance to this session will be summaries of interventions being designed by community organizations.
Session Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1. Describe the current trends in HIV related prevention program development in African countries. 2. Describe current methods being used to improve HIV surveillance in rural areas of Africa. 3. Describe the best practice standards for creating community-based partnerships to strengthen the HIV services infrastructure in countries of Africa.
Moderator:
Anthony M. Sallar, MPH, PhD, MBA

Table 1
Helping rural communities in Zimbabwe to cope with the vulnerabilities of HIV
Alima Musa, MD MPH, Mahbubul Islam, Dr and Luis Tam, MD DrPH
Table 2
Evaluating the performance of the InterVA Model for determining AIDS mortality in the Adult Population of Addis Ababa
Biruk Tensou Tensou, Tekebash Araya Gebrekidan and Tolcha Kebebew
Table 3
Serving Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Mozambique and Namibia: Partnerships to Strengthen Micro Credit and Health Education
Renslow D. Jr Sherer, MD, John Bronson, Dionisio Matos, Nelson Prada and Sandra Dalebout, MPH
Table 4
Patients, But Not Citizens?: Voting on HIV Policy in African Democracies
Nora J. Kenworthy
Table 5
Effects of the Malawi BRIDGE Radio Diaries on HIV-related stigma in Malawi: An experimental design in the field
Alisha H. Creel, PhD, Kirsten Böse, MHS, Glory Mkandawire, Lisa K. Folda, MHS, Jane W. Brown, MPH and Rajiv N. Rimal, PhD
Table 6
Breaking barriers: HIV/AIDS stigma in Ghana
Chijioke Ulasi, MPH, Peter Preko, MD, MPH, Joseph Baidoo, MD, Budry Bayard, PhD, John E. Ehiri, PhD; MPH, Curtis Jolly, PhD and Pauline Jolly, PhD, MPH
Table 7
Lessons learned from Tshwane, South Africa for implementation across borders
Evasen Naidoo
Table 8
Psychosocial Support to People Living with HIV in the Caprivi Region of Namibia: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learnt
Jejamaije Kaeno Mujoro
Table 9
Inside the black box: Process evaluation of a peer group intervention for HIV prevention in Malawi
Linda L. McCreary, RN PhD, Chrissie P.N. Kaponda, RNM, PhD, Diana N. Jere, RNM, MScN, Rebecca Ngalande, RNM, MPH, Sitingawawo I. Kachingwe, RNM, MScN, Ursula Kafulafula, RNM, MSN, James L. Norr, PhD, Kathleen S. Crittenden and Kathleen F. Norr, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: HIV/AIDS
Endorsed by: Ethics SPIG, Public Health Education and Health Promotion, Socialist Caucus

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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