IRIN HIV/AIDS Weekly - 401
Africa
22 August 2008


NEWS:

SWAZILAND: "We are dying, they are flying!"
KENYA: The lure of dodgy herbal "cures" for HIV
ETHIOPIA: Cappuccino with condom
AFRICA: Many children still miss out on treatment
KENYA: High levels of stigma persist in the nort
AFRICA: Donor AIDS money weakening health systems
SOUTH AFRICA: Bishop Kevin Dowling: "The best available means we have to protect life is the condom"
SWAZILAND: Winile Mngometulu:"They are all gone, I am the one survivor"


EVENTS/RESOURCES

1. Call for abstracts: 4th Southern African AIDS Conference, "Scaling up
for Success", 31 March to 3 April 2009 - Durban, South Africa

2. HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector - World
Health Organisation


VACANCIES

1. TB/HIV Consultant, Organization-South Africa - Pretoria, South Africa

2. Media Adviser in HIV and AIDS Programming, Progressio - Hargeisa,
Somalia



NEWS

SWAZILAND: "We are dying, they are flying!"

Several hundred Swazis, including people living with HIV, marched on 21
August to highlight the need for government to prioritise funding to
alleviate the humanitarian crises in the country.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79949


KENYA: The lure of dodgy herbal "cures" for HIV

People in Kenya's Coast Province, believed not to be genuine herbalists,
are selling concoctions purported to treat HIV and persuading many
patients on life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to abandon their
medication.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79915


ETHIOPIA: Cappuccino with condom

Bellissima, on bustling Gabon Street in the Ethiopian capital, Addis
Ababa, could be just another upmarket cafe, except that each order comes
with a packet of 'Sensation' condoms, and is served in 'Sensation' cups
by staff wearing 'Sensation' T-shirts.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79902


AFRICA: Many children still miss out on treatment

Experience has shown that it is possible to run successful paediatric
HIV programmes in rural African settings, yet less than 10 percent of
patients on life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) drugs are children,
field officers of the international medical NGO, Medecins Sans
Frontieres (MSF), have said.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79884


KENYA: High levels of stigma persist in the north

For the past ten months, health workers at Ijara District Hospital in
Kenya's North Eastern Province have been caring for two children, aged
six and seven, who were abandoned by their father after he discovered he
was HIV-positive. Nurses say the children were weak, malnourished and
suffering from tuberculosis when they arrived.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79922


AFRICA: Donor AIDS money weakening health systems

More international aid has been dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS than any
other disease, but what impact have all those donor dollars had in
countries where HIV/AIDS funding often exceeds total domestic health
budgets?

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79852


SOUTH AFRICA: Bishop Kevin Dowling: "The best available means we have to
protect life is the condom"

Kevin Dowling is the Catholic Bishop of Rustenberg, a mining town in
South Africa's North West Province surrounded by informal settlements,
where as many as 50 percent of pregnant women test positive for HIV.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/HOVReport.aspx?ReportId=79928


SWAZILAND: Winile Mngometulu:"They are all gone, I am the one survivor"

One of two wives, Winile Mngometulu, 32, was tested for HIV in 2002
after her husband's death. Mngometulu now works for the Swaziland AIDS
Support (AIS) organisation, helping HIV-positive people come to terms
with their status. She told IRIN/PlusNews of her experience.

More details: http://www.plusnews.org/HOVReport.aspx?ReportId=79873



EVENTS/RESOURCES

1. Call for abstracts: 4th Southern African AIDS Conference, "Scaling up
for Success", 31 March to 3 April 2009 - Durban, South Africa

Abstract submission is open for consideration by the Scientific
Programme Committee for participation at the 4th SA AIDS Conference,
organised by the Foundation for Professional Development, South Africa.

Abstracts will be reviewed according to the following tracks: Basic
Sciences; Clinical Sciences; Epidemiology, Prevention and Public Health;
Social and Economical Sciences; Human rights and Ethic; Best Practices &
Programmes; and Community Exchange Encounters.

The deadline for abstract submission is 31 October, 2008. For more
information about the conference and guidelines for abstract
submissions, please go to:
http://www.saaids.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=60&Itemid=103


2. HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector - World
Health Organisation

This guide provides the 'how-to' for scaling up HIV/AIDS prevention,
treatment, care and support interventions in the health sector. It is
intended for use by public health decision makers, national AIDS
programme managers, health care providers, donors, and civil society. It
summarises key policy and technical recommendations developed by WHO,
guides the selection and prioritisation of HIV interventions and
provides a wide range of tools and other resources.

To download the guide, go to:
http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/priority_interventions_web.pdf



VACANCIES

1. TB/HIV Consultant, Organization-South Africa - Pretoria, South Africa

Responsibilities:

- Provide leadership and direction to implement activities in support of
the Organization's South Africa TB/HIV strategic vision

- Provide technical guidance to the South Africa local staff members on
issues surrounding TB and HIV/AIDS

- Liaise with the South African National and Provincial Departments of
Health and Organization's technical staff on issues surrounding TB and
HIV/AIDS

- Consult with implementing partners for PEPFAR regarding issues of TB
and HIV/AIDS

- Monitor PEPFAR implementing partner TB/HIV work plans and execution

- Provide inputs on the allocation of resources for ongoing TB/HIV
programming


Requirements:

- Masters in Public Health and at least two years of experience dealing
with TB/HIV issues in PEPFAR countries

- Experience in an international setting is an advantage

- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing

- Ability to produce written reports and use basic data management
software packages

- Personnel management skills and ability to build good working
relationships with national and provincial health department staff

- Must be able to travel within South Africa to complete certain tasks

- Accepting applications from US citizens and foreign nationals. Local
South African nationals are not eligible.


Application deadline: 1 October

To apply, email your CV to Sarah Fuller at resumes@ctsglobalusa.com or
go to: http://www.ctsglobalusa.com/empOpportunities.asp



2. Media Adviser in HIV and AIDS Programming, Progressio - Hargeisa,
Somalia

Responsibilities:

- A six-month placement (with possibility of extension) to work closely
with partner civil society organisations of Progressio Somaliland to
enhance their media capacities


Requirements:

- A relevant qualification in journalism, and a specialisation in HIV
and AIDS and public health information design and dissemination, or
similar appropriate discipline

- A minimum of three years experience planning and implementing HIV and
AIDS public health information promotion activities

- Experience of providing training both formally and informally;
newsletter writing/publication, radio and TV programme design,
implementing and monitoring; print media journalism and editing; and of
providing media training/mentoring/coaching

- Previous experience of working on HIV and AIDS issues with Muslim
populations and of working in a resource poor environment

- The ability to communicate in Somali (spoken and written) is also
highly desirable


Application deadline: 7 September

To apply, go to: www.progressio.org.uk/jobs to download an application
form and return the completed form to: Recruitment@progressio.org.uk

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