IRIN HIV/AIDS Weekly - 401
Africa
29 August 2008


NEWS:

ETHIOPIA: A little money gets big results
SOUTH AFRICA: The less shiny side of platinum
SOUTH AFRICA: Hope in a shipping container clinic
SOUTH AFRICA: Thembi Maboyana: "Most people were dying alone in the
   shacks"
UGANDA: Home births hamper PMTCT programme
UGANDA: Faith: "My greatest birthday present was my CD4 count reaching
   500"
UGANDA: Bwenge Kana: "People from the community were asking me why I
   was not breastfeeding
KYRGYZSTAN: Rare case of child-to-mother HIV transmission


EVENTS/RESOURCES

1. Paediatric Internet-Based Discussion Group Summaries, Southern 
African HIV Clinicians Society

2. The sexual violence nexus, Liverpool VCT Care and Treatment, 29 
September - 1 October, 2008 - Nairobi, Kenya


VACANCIES

1. Chief of party - Sexual and gende-based violence (SGBV), Catholic 
Relief Services - Bukavu/Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

2. Regional technical advisor for HIV, Catholic Relief Services - 
Central Africa



NEWS

ETHIOPIA: A little money gets big results

Birkay Gadenah is not any bank's idea of a good credit risk. The 
36-year-old mother of five lives in the tin-roof shantytown of Burayu, 
12km west of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. But eight months ago, 
she and nine other women from the neighbourhood funeral society, or 
"edir", formed a community savings and loan group. "It has changed my 
life," she said.

full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79976


SOUTH AFRICA: The less shiny side of platinum

South Africa's mining houses have received kudos for being among the 
earliest industries to adopt workplace policies and corporate social 
responsibility programmes mitigating the impacts of HIV/AIDS.

full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=80031


SOUTH AFRICA: Hope in a shipping container clinic

When Margaret Ndinisa came to Freedom Park, the inappropriately named 
squatter camp that surrounds Impala Platinum mine in South Africa's 
North West Province, the settlement consisted of little more than a few 
shacks which the police regularly dismantled.

full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79983


SOUTH AFRICA: Thembi Maboyana: "Most people were dying alone in the 
shacks"

Thembi Maboyana is a home-based caregiver who works for a 
community-based HIV/AIDS programme called Tapologo in Rustenberg, in 
South Africa's North West Province. She talked to IRIN/PlusNews about 
life in Freedom Park, an informal settlement that has sprung up next to 
one of the area's platinum mines.

full report: http://www.plusnews.org/HOVReport.aspx?ReportId=79981


UGANDA: Home births hamper PMTCT programme

The number of Ugandan children becoming infected with HIV during 
pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding remains high despite the 
government's ongoing rollout of services to prevent mother-to-child HIV 
transmission (PMTCT).

full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=80002


UGANDA: Faith: "My greatest birthday present was my CD4 count reaching 
500"

Faith is a member of the Ariel Children's Club, a group for HIV-positive 
children supported by the Elizabeth Glaser Paediatric AIDS Foundation 
(EGPAF). She talked to IRIN/PlusNews about the challenges of growing up 
with HIV.

full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=80029


UGANDA: Bwenge Kana: "People from the community were asking me why I was 
not breastfeeding

Bwenge Kana is a member of The Aids Support Organisation (TASO) in Mbale 
district, eastern Uganda. She has been taking antiretroviral (ARV) 
medication since 2005, when she enrolled in TASO's prevention of 
mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme after she became pregnant 
with her second child. She told IRIN/PlusNews about her experience.

full report: http://www.plusnews.org/HOVReport.aspx?ReportId=80000


KYRGYZSTAN: Rare case of child-to-mother HIV transmission

The story of how Nasiba, 32, and her 2-year-old son, Akram, both became 
infected with HIV is not the familiar one of an unfaithful husband and a 
mother unwittingly infecting her child.

full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=80053



EVENTS/RESOURCES

1. Paediatric Internet-Based Discussion Group Summaries, Southern 
African HIV Clinicians Society

The forum offers physicians a platform for sharing, discussing and 
resolving HIV-related clinical problems. Despite a regional focus, the 
forum may be of use to other physicians dealing with HIV in 
resource-constrained environments.

Summaries can be found at 
http://womenchildrenhiv.org/wchiv?page=ch-pdg-00


2. The sexual violence nexus, Liverpool VCT Care and Treatment, 29 
September - 1 October, 2008 - Nairobi, Kenya

The conference aims to strengthen linkages between HIV/AIDS and 
reproductive health. As part of this, the meeting hopes to develop 
relationships between policy makers, researchers, activists and others 
across sectors in Africa through the sharing of experiences, and the 
development of a a consensus on current research and service delivery 
gaps.

More information at http://www.svconference2008.org/index.php?PID=1



VACANCIES

1. Chief of party - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), Catholic 
Relief Services - Bukavu/Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

Responsibilities:

- Ensure information sharing with other SGBV programmes, partners, host 
government and donors

- Coordinate SGBV activities with other Catholic Relief Services 
programming in the country such as Justice and Peace, Health and 
HIV/AIDS

- Act as programme representative to government, senior Catholic 
officials in the country, USAID and all media

- Develop and ensure the timely completion of annual work plans and 
budgets

- Ensure appropriate application of programmatic best practices

- Finalise and ensure the timely completion of accurate and consistent 
financial and narrative project reports


Requirements:

- Masters required, PhD preferred, in psychology, social work, law, 
health or relevant discipline

- Minimum eight years relevant project management experience in an 
international development setting

- Strong knowledge of United States government funding requirements and 
procedures

- Demonstrated capabilities for bringing multiple stakeholders to 
consensus

- Previous experience in programmes involving partners from 
governmental, non-governmental, and private sectors

- Excellent written and spoken communication skills

- Fluency in French and English


Application deadline: 26 September

To apply for this position please visit the Catholic Relief Services 
website at http://www.crs.org/about/careers



2. Regional technical advisor for HIV, Catholic Relief Services - 
Central Africa

Responsibilities:

- Provide technical assistance in the development, implementation and 
evaluation of HIV programmes, including prevention, care and support, 
and treatment activities

- Identify funding opportunities for country programmes

- Design projects that are appropriate, innovative, and based on proven 
methodologies, ensuring rigorous logic between proposed activities, 
outputs, results and indicators

- Develop systems to regularly disseminate information on best practices 
and lessons learned in HIV programming


Requirements:

- Masters degree in nursing or related field; dual degree in Public 
Health preferred

- Minimum of five years experience in HIV programming with previous 
experience in Africa; 10 years experience, including previous clinical 
work with community nursing and/or HIV care and treatment preferred

- Demonstrated capacity to understand and advise on critical technical 
and operational issues related to international public health, including 
maternal and child health, health care service delivery, and HIV-related 
issues

- Experience in training and mentoring others, including field staff, in 
diverse, multi-cultural settings

- Excellent writing ability, including previous experience developing 
successful funding

- Knowledge of spreadsheets and budgeting

- Computer literacy and familiarity with Microsoft Office, as well as 
other software programmes for analytical purposes (e.g. Excel, Epi Info, 
SPSS, Stata)

- Willingness to travel frequently throughout central and west Africa

- Fluency in French and English required


Application closing date: 26 October

To apply for this position please visit the Catholic Relief Services 
website at www.crs.org/about/careers


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