IRIN HIV/AIDS Weekly - 386
Africa
9 May 2008


NEWS:

COTE D'IVOIRE: Centre offers children health and hope
AFGHANISTAN: Can condoms fulfil multiple expectations?
AFRICA: Reality TV takes on HIV
SOUTH AFRICA: Thembi Ngubane: "I said no way, this is not anonymous; this is Thembi and everyone has to hear it."
BURUNDI: HIV policy ignores the disabled
SOUTH AFRICA: Government urged to raise treatment standards
KENYA: Marie: "My one night stand could change my life forever"


EVENTS/RESOURCES

1. Portal on Governance & HIV, The Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)

2. Male Circumcision (MC) Skills Course, Jhpiego and the World Health 
Organization


VACANCIES

1. HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programme manager, CARE

2. Regional reproductive health advisor, Population Services 
International (PSI)



NEWS

COTE D'IVOIRE: Centre offers children health and hope

A straw hut in the courtyard of the Ariel Glaser Paediatric Centre in 
Bouake is filled with children of all ages playing or eating meals 
prepared by the centre's cook, all under the watchful eye of relatives.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=78109


AFGHANISTAN: Can condoms fulfil multiple expectations?

Millions of condoms will be distributed across Afghanistan in 2008 in a 
new drive to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, reduce maternal 
mortality and improve family planning, aid agencies and the Ministry of 
Public Health (MoPH) said.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=78063


AFRICA: Reality TV takes on HIV

The reality TV show "Imagine Afrika", about to begin its second season, 
pits 12 young Africans against some of the most serious problems facing 
their continent, including how to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=78054


SOUTH AFRICA: Thembi Ngubane: "I said no way, this is not anonymous; 
this is Thembi and everyone has to hear it."

Thembi Ngubane, from Khayelitsha, a township in Cape Town, South Africa, 
discovered she was HIV positive when she was 16 years old. Six years 
later, while attending a support group, she was approached by a United 
States-based radio producer interested in making a documentary about a 
year in the life of a young, HIV-positive South African

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/HOVReport.aspx?ReportId=78052


BURUNDI: HIV policy ignores the disabled

Fabien Hamisi can neither hear nor speak, but don't call him dumb just 
because he speaks a language not understood by everybody.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=78091


SOUTH AFRICA: Government urged to raise treatment standards

HIV/AIDS treatment guidelines for South Africa's public health sector 
are out of sync not only with those of many other countries in the 
region, but also with the latest research on how to most effectively 
treat people living with HIV.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=78075


KENYA: Marie: "My one night stand could change my life forever"

Marie*, 25, comes from France but works for an international 
non-governmental organisation that often requires her to travel around 
Asia and Africa. While on one such

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/HOVReport.aspx?ReportId=78070



EVENTS/RESOURCES

1. Portal on Governance & HIV, The Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)

Aimed at researchers, policymakers and practitioners involved in HIV and 
AIDS responses, the portal provides access to free, full-text electronic 
publications and other sources on the development, monitoring and 
evaluation of HIV and AIDS policies.

To visit the portal, go to http://portals.kit.nl/governance_hiv_aids


2. Male Circumcision (MC) Skills Course, Jhpiego and the World Health 
Organization (WHO), 9 to 20 June - Lusaka, Zambia

This two-week training is an intensive, hands-on course that will 
prepare teams of providers and trainers to implement MC programmes. 
Specific skills include circumcision techniques, postoperative care and 
facilitating group education sessions on MC.

For more information about attendance and scholarships, please contact 
Chris Merriam on +1 410 537 1981 or at cmerriam@jhpiego.net.



VACANCIES

1. HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programme manager, CARE - 
Vilankulos, Mozambique


Responsibilities:

- Ensure successful implementation of comprehensive HIV/AIDS programme 
in Inhambane, including the counselling, testing, treatment, prevention 
of mother-to-child transmission and the treatment of opportunistic 
infections

- Ensure technical training and mentorship of partnering staff, 
including ministry of health officials

- Establish links between community and clinic services, and community 
education initiatives

- Guarantee all programme aspects conform to both ministry of health and 
donor guidelines

- Develop and monitor programme budgets


Requirements:

- Master's degree in a related field

- At least five years experience working on HIV/AIDS programming in 
Africa

- Budget design and monitoring experience

- Project design, management, and monitoring experience

- Knowledge of health sector policies and procedures

- Fluent Portuguese

- At least 10 years experience working on HIV/AIDS programming in 
Mozambique is preferred


Application deadline: 20 May, 2008
To apply, go to: www.care.org/careers



2. Regional reproductive health advisor, Population Services 
International (PSI) - East Africa

Responsibilities:

- Through desk research and country visits, develop a comprehensive 
understanding of country environment as it relates to reproductive 
health services and the capacity within the country to undertake PSI's 
project

- Collaborate with country leaders to develop and implement annual work 
plans for technical assistance

- Provide leadership in the setting of quality standards across the 
region

- Lead, supervise and facilitate the development or adaptation of 
approaches, tools and methodologies for programme improvement

- Use innovative communications technology and regular regional 
exchanges to share lessons learned with other PSI projects outside the 
region as well as external audiences

- Lead regional-level project performance reporting, knowledge 
management and documentation

- Engage in external relations as needed with donors, governments, 
non-governmental organisations and commercial entities


Requirements:

- At least seven years experience supporting large-scale health service 
delivery programmes in developing countries

- Relevant graduate level health degree (MPH, MD, etc.)

- Experience with training, supporting and monitoring staff in both 
private and public sector settings

- Fluency in English

- Familiarity with the international donor community

- Willingness to travel extensively

- Background in franchising highly desirable


Application deadline: 7 July, 2008
To apply, go to: http://www.psi.org



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