GLOBAL: IRIN PlusNews Weekly Issue 352, 14 September 2007
JOHANNESBURG, 14 September 2007 (PlusNews) - NEWS:
ZAMBIA: Bibles and condoms
UGANDA: Time to address love and sexuality among teens born with HIV
SOUTHERN AFRICA: The effect of migration on HIV rates
SOUTH AFRICA: Vaccine trial volunteers contributing to AIDS fight
AFRICA: MPs must push for women's access to health services
DRC: "UN must address sexual violence in the east"
Resources/Events
1. ‘Resetting the Clock,’ AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition
2. Third African Conference on Sexual Health and Rights: Sexuality, Poverty and Accountability in Africa
Vacancies
1. Senior Research Associate, Family Health International (FHI), Kenya
2. Senior Program Officer, Family Health International (FHI), Africa Regional Office
ZAMBIA: Bibles and condoms
It is mandatory that Zambia's hotels, lodges and guest houses stock at least two Bibles in each of their rooms, but it is rare to come across condoms or even condom-vending machines, despite many of these establishments being used by commercial sex workers and their clients.
Full report
UGANDA: Time to address love and sexuality among teens born with HIV
Paediatric HIV care is high on the agenda of most HIV programmes today, but less talked about are the social aspects of life as a child born with the virus, and later on, as an adolescent facing the challenges of relationships and sexuality.
Full report
SOUTHERN AFRICA: The effect of migration on HIV rates
Trying to measure the impact of the Zimbabwean exodus on HIV/AIDS rates in the region is so fraught with ifs, buts and maybes that the only reasonable assumption is that, like other migrants, economic migrants may run a higher risk of infection than they would have if they had not left their homes.
Full report
SOUTH AFRICA: Vaccine trial volunteers contributing to AIDS fight
Although scientists hope that a vaccine will eventually offer the best protection against HIV infection, the complex biology of the virus has posed constant challenges and even a partially effective vaccine is still some years away.
Full report
AFRICA: MPs must push for women's access to health services
African parliamentarians need to push public policy to focus more on women's health issues, delegates attending a regional workshop organised by the Parliamentarians for Women's Health (PWH) [www.womens-healthcare.org] in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, heard this week.
Full report
DRC: "UN must address sexual violence in the east"
The international community, and the UN in particular, must take urgent action to eliminate rampant sexual violence in war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Stephen Lewis, former UN special envoy for AIDS in Africa, has said.
Full report
Resources/Events
1. Resource: ‘Resetting the Clock,’ AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition
The coalition argues it is time to reset the clock, now is the time to set new, ambitious deadlines for developing the novel vaccine concepts and candidates that will be needed. The three sections of this year’s report outline some specific deadlines and challenges in AIDS vaccine scientific strategy, clinical trials, and the broader realm of HIV prevention.
To download the document, go to: www.avac.org
2. Conference: Third African Conference on Sexual Health and Rights: Sexuality, Poverty and Accountability in Africa, Journalists Against AIDS, Society for Women and AIDS in Africa and others, 4 to 7 February 2008, Abuja, Nigeria
Involving high-level officials from Nigeria’s National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), the conference discusses topics such as HIV/AIDS and sexuality, gender-based violence, as well as mobility and sexuality.
For more information, go to: www.africasexuality.org
Vacancies
1. Senior Research Associate, Family Health International (FHI), Kenya
Responsibilities:
- Develops programmatic research studies from conceptualization to literature review and protocol design
- Determine technical objectives
- Oversee incoming data and monitors data quality
- Recommend staff selection
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in public health or related field
- Eleven years relevant experience
- Professional level of expertise in research methods and application
- Or a masters degree in a relevant field
- Eight years relevant experience
- Or a medical degree or PhD
- Three years relevant experience
- Professional level of expertise in research methods and application
Application deadline: open until filled
Interested candidates please submit cover letter and resume including salary requirements online at www.fhi.org. (Ref. AA/EOE/M/F/V/D)
2. Senior Programme Officer, Family Health International (FHI), Africa Regional Office - Kenya
Responsibilities
- Give programmatic support to the senior director
- Provide leadership for projects particularly in large, complex or start-up programmes
- Provide ongoing programmatic; management; and financial oversight required by projects and/or the regional and country offices
- Participate in resource development efforts and coordinate proposal development teams
- Build capacity of country offices, regional projects and implementing partners to manage programming
- Liaise with FHI programme office to ensure requirements of country and regional programmes are met
Requirements
- Bachelors or masters in public health or related field
- At least five years relevant experience with international development programmes
- Overseas field experience required
- Local candidates preferred
Application deadline: open until filled
Interested candidates please submit cover letter and resume including salary requirements online at www.fhi.org. (Ref. AA/EOE/M/F/V/D)
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