IRIN HIV/AIDS Weekly - 376
Africa
29 February 2008


NEWS:

GLOBAL: Microbicides in the bedroom
GLOBAL: Drug-resistant TB on the increase
CHAD: Young people desperately seeking sex education
GLOBAL: Less silence, more science could make anal sex safer
GLOBAL: ARVs in microbicide research - keeping hope alive?
CHAD: Insecurity hampers HIV efforts
KENYA: Veronica Wangeci: "He pushed me to the ground and raped me"


EVENTS/RESOURCES

1. Policy and guidelines for the implementation of the prevention of 
mother-to-child transmission programme, South African Department of 
Health

2. Public Health Association of South Africa Conference, 2 to 4 June, 
Cape Town


VACANCIES

1. Associate or Senior Associate, HIV and AIDS Programme, Populations 
Council - Nairobi, Kenya

2. HIV/AIDS Documentation Specialist, Save the Children - various 
locations



NEWS

GLOBAL: Microbicides in the bedroom

Bedroom politics were in the spotlight this week at the fourth 
international conference on microbicides in New Delhi, India, as 
researchers explored the power dynamics in sexual relationships, and 
their implications for microbicides.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=77025


GLOBAL: Drug-resistant TB on the increase

A record number of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases have 
been documented in the most extensive global survey of its kind. The 
findings were released this week by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=77005


CHAD: Young people desperately seeking sex education

Some of the young people who seek help at the Youth Information and 
Orientation Centre for Reproductive Health (CIOJ) in N'Djamena, capital 
of Chad, do not understand how they became pregnant or contracted a 
sexually transmitted infection (STI). Workers at the centre blame the 
high levels of ignorance on the failure of parents to talk to their 
children about sex.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=77023


GLOBAL: Less silence, more science could make anal sex safer

The silence and taboo surrounding anal sex is putting millions of men 
and women at risk of HIV, delegates attending the fourth international 
microbicides conference in New Delhi, India, heard this week.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=77003


GLOBAL: ARVs in microbicide research - keeping hope alive?

After a string of depressing trial results, the fourth international 
microbicides conference in New Delhi, India, kicked off this week with a 
ray of hope that new research could deliver a new generation of HIV 
prevention approaches for women.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=76940


CHAD: Insecurity hampers HIV efforts

People living with HIV in Chad risk becoming victims of the explosion of 
violence in the capital, N'Djamena, in early February. During clashes 
between the army and groups of rebels from the east of the country, 
health services were damaged and many organisations working to fight the 
epidemic were looted.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=76967


KENYA: Veronica Wangeci: "He pushed me to the ground and raped me"

Veronica Wangeci, 35, has lived with her son in Nairobi's Mathare slum 
for 17 years. During the violence that followed Kenya's disputed 
election in December 2007, she was thrown out of her home. She told 
IRIN/PlusNews about the sexual abuse she has endured since then.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/HOVReport.aspx?ReportId=77026



EVENTS/RESOURCES

1. Policy and guidelines for the implementation of the prevention of 
mother-to-child transmission programme, South African Department of 
Health

This document contains new guidelines for the implementation of the 
prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme.

To download the document, go to 
http://llnw.creamermedia.co.za/articles/attachments/11739_pmtct_policy_and_guidelines.pdf


2. Public Health Association of South Africa Conference, 2 to 4 June, 
Cape Town

HIV/AIDS and TB strategies will feature in various tracks at this 
conference. Prominence will also be given to discussions about the 
public health benefits of improving access to the basic determinants of 
health such as water, sanitation and food.

Abstract submission deadline: 14 March 2008

For more information, go to http://phasa2008.mrc.ac.za



VACANCIES

1. Associate or Senior Associate, HIV and AIDS Programme, Populations 
Council - Nairobi, Kenya

Responsibilities:

- Provide intellectual leadership in the areas of social/behavioural, 
public health and/or operations research in relation to the HIV response 
in Kenya and the region

- Assist in fundraising

- Manage HIV programme financing for projects in Kenya and the region

- Publish findings in Council and peer-reviewed publications

- Mentor and supervise staff in the Nairobi office and provide capacity 
building to regional counterparts

- Maintain excellence by ensuring the quality, ethics, and policy 
relevance of research, including the appropriateness of research design 
and analysis, and communication and dissemination of information about 
programme activities and findings

- Contribute to the development and implementation of a strategy for 
synthesising and disseminating key results, lessons learned, 
methodologies developed, and other research outputs


Requirements:

- Doctoral degree in public health, social science, public policy, or 
related field, or MD

- At least 10 years of relevant experience in a progressively senior 
capacity in successful management and implementation of HIV/AIDS 
research projects in low-resource settings

- Demonstrated ability to secure funds for programme activities

- Strong working knowledge of HIV and AIDS and related issues in Kenya, 
proven through past positions and publications

- Demonstrated ability to promote the use of research for the 
improvement of health systems in developing countries, particularly 
Sub-Saharan Africa, and the scale-up of successful interventions

- Demonstrated experience in cooperating with research investigators and 
the programme and policy communities from a variety of fields and 
cultures, preferably through residential experience in developing 
countries

- Excellent diplomatic, representational, problem solving, management 
and interpersonal skills

- Demonstrated experience in capacity building

- Excellent written and oral English-language communications skills

Application deadline: Rolling

To apply, send a CV and cover letter referencing Job # 12-08 to: 
jobs@popcouncil.org



2. HIV/AIDS documentation specialist, Save the Children - various 
locations

Responsibilities:

- Act as a point person for HIV/AIDS programme documentation and 
dissemination

- Develop promotional and informational materials for donors and 
partners, updating HIV/AIDS information on the website, fostering and 
coordinating information sharing within headquarters and to the field

- Provide programme technical support for programme documentation, 
proposals, reports, publications and surveys

- Participate in strategic planning for efforts in HIV/AIDS 
communications and work closely with key technical staff (in 
headquarters and country offices) in writing, designing, producing and 
disseminating project/programme case studies for a variety of target 
audiences

- Assume the primary responsibility for preparing eight monthly internal 
newsletters and four quarterly external newsletters

Requirements:

- A minimum of 3 to 5 years work experience in programme research and 
documentation within the HIV/AIDS discipline

- Masters degree

- Strong communication and organisation skills are essential with 
demonstrated success developing creative and technically accurate 
presentations

- Proficiency in MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher, including 
publication design and layout

- A background in communications with strong writing, editing, and 
analytical skills

- Applicants must be self-starters with strong interpersonal skills and 
willingness to be a team player

- Flexible and able to effectively manage multiple tasks with competing 
deadlines

- Previous developing country experience desirable

- Limited travel on an annual basis and as needed per country request

Application closing date: 1 May 2008

Apply online to position # 3569 at 
http://www.savethechildren.org/careers/index.asp


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