GLOBAL: IRIN/PlusNews Weekly Issue 437, 15 May 2009
JOHANNESBURG, 15 May 2009 (PlusNews) - CONTENTS:
ZAMBIA: Agnes Mulimbika: "My friends shun me because I have this cancer"
SWAZILAND: Widespread sexual violence puts girls at risk of HIV
ZIMBABWE: Neglected health crisis on farms
ZIMBABWE: The long road to recovery
PAKISTAN: Sex workers speak out on HIV
TANZANIA: Bars get condom dispensers
ZIMBABWE: HIV-positive nurses go it alone
EVENTS/RESOURCES
1. Regional expert consultation on scaling up prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and paediatric HIV care and treatment in Eastern and Southern Africa, 21-22 May - Nairobi, Kenya
2. Global online forum to give teachers a voice on HIV
VACANCIES
1. Project Officer (Migration Health), International Organisation for Migration (IOM) - Tanzania
2. Programme Officer - HIV, Christian Aid - Sierra Leone
ZAMBIA: Agnes Mulimbika: "My friends shun me because I have this cancer"
Agness Mulimbika, a Zambian actress who stars in the country's most popular soap opera, Kabanana, was diagnosed with cervical cancer in February 2008. She talked to IRIN/PlusNews about how her life has changed.
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SWAZILAND: Widespread sexual violence puts girls at risk of HIV
One in three Swazi girls has experienced some form of sexual violence before the age of 18, which often leads to serious social and health problems including HIV and unwanted pregnancies, a new study has found.
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ZIMBABWE: Neglected health crisis on farms
It is harvest time in Zimbabwe's northern Mashonaland Central Province, but the only thing growing on most of the farms around Bindura, the provincial capital, is tall grass.
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ZIMBABWE: The long road to recovery
From his office in the vast, run-down health ministry building in Harare, the capital, Dr Henry Madzorera, Zimbabwe's new health minister, has the unenviable task of resuscitating a public health system crippled by the country's prolonged economic crisis.
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PAKISTAN: Sex workers speak out on HIV
For the first time, female Pakistani sex workers have been given a chance to talk about the difficulties of protecting themselves from HIV, at a national meeting in the city of Karachi.
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TANZANIA: Bars get condom dispensers
Bars and nightclubs in several Tanzanian cities will soon have condom vending machines in the bathrooms as part of national efforts to combat HIV.
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ZIMBABWE: HIV-positive nurses go it alone
For the past year, Olive Mutabeni's home in Chitungwiza, a low-income suburb 20km outside Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, has been the makeshift centre of operations for the Life Empowerment Support Organisation (LESO).
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EVENTS/RESOURCES
1. Regional expert consultation on scaling up prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and paediatric HIV care and treatment in Eastern and Southern Africa, 21-22 May - Nairobi, Kenya
This expert consultation, convened by the United Nations Children's Fund's Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa in close coordination with UNAIDS and the UN World Health Organisation, will bring together those working within governments, international NGOs, the donor community and the UN to map out a collective response to substantially increase access to these vital services and help countries achieve the ambitious goals they have set for themselves.
For more information, contact Kun Li, UNICEF Communication Specialist, at:
2. Global online forum to give teachers a voice on HIV
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, (UNESCO) together with the UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team on Education are organising an E-Forum on 'Teachers and HIV & AIDS: Reviewing achievements, identifying challenges' from 18 to 29 May 2009.
The forum will bring together educational planners, policy-makers, representatives of teachers' unions and teaching staff, networks of teachers living with HIV, civil society groups, donors, UNAIDS cosponsors and other multilateral agencies to exchange views and experiences and explore how teachers can capitalise on their influence and expertise to mitigate the effects of an epidemic which is having a profound and negative impact on schools and education systems.
To join the Forum, please send an e-mail message to: , stating your name, title, organisation and nationality.
VACANCIES:
1. Project Officer (Migration Health), International Organisation for Migration (IOM) - Tanzania
Responsibilities:
- Undertake research/assessment on HIV and labour migration projects and activities being undertaken in Tanzania, analysing gaps and identifying opportunities for IOM migration health programming
- Identify advocacy for policy development opportunities and, where appropriate, provide technical assistance
- Facilitate development of a Migration Health programme in Tanzania
- Act as the Migration Health Focal Point in Tanzania and assist with implementation of Migration Health activities
- Mainstream HIV within existing IOM programmes and projects
- Liaise with relevant partners to support the development of Migration Health programmes in Tanzania
Requirements:
- University degree, preferably in Social Science, Public Health or International Relations
- At least two years experience working in development issues
- Experience designing and implementing HIV and/or migration projects in Tanzania and/or other countries within Southern African Development Community (SADC) and/or East African Community (EAC)
- A good understanding of the social and economic development environment of Southern and Eastern Africa
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and organisational skills
- Effective resource management skills
- Sound knowledge of programme management/development and familiarity with IOM’s administrative and financial management
Application deadline: 4 June 2009 For further details go to: www.iom.int
2. Programme Officer - HIV, Christian Aid - Sierra Leone
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical guidance and support as well as monitoring and evaluation to partner organisations
- Ensure that implementation, monitoring and programme reporting are all carried out in accordance with Christian Aid and donor requirements
- Provide capacity strengthening to partners in peer support and behaviour change methodologies
Requirements:
- Educated to degree level
- Considerable years of programme management experience, including appraisal, monitoring and evaluation
- Experience working with an international NGO in HIV field programmes
- Demonstrable skills and experience in strategic project planning and capacity development
Application deadline: 22 May 2009
To apply, please download the application pack at: quoting the reference number: RW_7RYJVZ-31
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