GLOBAL: IRIN/PlusNews Weekly Issue 443, 26 June 2009
NAIROBI, 28 June 2009 (PlusNews) - CONTENTS:
KENYA: No guidance on caring for HIV-positive children
UGANDA: Campaigns tackle "the complexity of sexuality"
GLOBAL: Entry, treatment, rights denied
UGANDA: Patients not diagnosed early enough - study
MOZAMBIQUE: Face to face HIV prevention
AFRICA: Should PEPFAR be doing more for IDUs?
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Male circumcision - what's the latest?
SOUTH AFRICA: Women becoming HIV-positive during pregnancy - study
KENYA: University students don't always wrap up - study
NAMIBIA: Women take legal action over alleged sterilisations
NAMIBIA: Shantel Ferreira, "You're trying to deny me giving birth"
EVENTS/RESOURCES
1. Frontiers of Retrovirology, 21-23 September 2009 - Montpellier, France
2. UNAIDS Interactive Universal Access Map
VACANCIES
1. Sexual and Gender-based Violence Programme Officer (non-remunerated), Africa Humanitarian Action - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2. Senior HIV Prevention Expert, IntraHealth International, Inc. - Nairobi, Kenya
KENYA: No guidance on caring for HIV-positive children
James Samo* is finding it harder and harder to deflect the persistent questioning of his six-year-old niece, Mary, he looks after, as to why she needs to take her antiretroviral medicine every day when she is not sick.
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UGANDA: Campaigns tackle "the complexity of sexuality"
New HIV prevention campaigns in Uganda are beginning to reflect the complexity of sexual relations, but experts warn they constitute only a small first step.
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GLOBAL: Entry, treatment, rights denied
Leaving home is as risky as ever for many HIV-positive migrants, according to a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.
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UGANDA: Patients not diagnosed early enough - study
About 40 percent of HIV-positive Ugandan patients are already ill or displaying symptoms of AIDS when they are diagnosed, a new study in the latest issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes has found.
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MOZAMBIQUE: Face to face HIV prevention
Eurico Jero, 31, opens his satchel and takes out condoms to distribute to the crowd at a rally in Espungabera, a city of some 27,000 in Mozambique's central region, and the capital of Mossurize district. "When crowds gather, people, especially young people, meet up with each other and anything can happen."
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AFRICA: Should PEPFAR be doing more for IDUs?
The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) could do more to prevent HIV transmission among injection drug users (IDUs) in Africa, said a recent article in British Medical Journal, The Lancet.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Male circumcision - what's the latest?
It has been two years since the World Health Organization recommended male circumcision (MC) as an HIV prevention measure, and countries in Southern Africa - the region hardest-hit by AIDS - have been slowly gearing up to provide widespread access to the procedure.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Women becoming HIV-positive during pregnancy - study
A large number of South African women are being infected with HIV during pregnancy but not diagnosed, according to a new study published in the latest issue of AIDS, the official journal of the International AIDS Society.
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KENYA: University students don't always wrap up - study
Kenya's university students - the brightest of their generation - do not consistently use condoms, a new study conducted in Maseno University, in western Kenya, has found.
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NAMIBIA: Women take legal action over alleged sterilisations
Two HIV-positive Namibian women who allege they were sterilised against their will in public hospitals are seeking redress through the courts, the first of more than 20 known cases, according to the International Community for Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW).
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NAMIBIA: Shantel Ferreira, "You're trying to deny me giving birth"
When doctors at Katatura State Hospital in the Namibian capital, Windhoek, booked Shantel Ferreira* for a follow-up operations after she gave birth to her first child, she thought nothing of it - until she started asking questions about the acronym "BTL" which appeared on her form. At the time, she had no idea the initials stood for a form of female sterilisation known as bitubal ligation.
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EVENTS/RESOURCES
1. Frontiers of Retrovirology, 21-23 September 2009 - Montpellier, France
Frontiers of Retrovirology will bring together leading human retrovirus researchers to review current progress and to chart future challenges. Internationally renowned speakers will present their insights into the principles guiding the life cycle of endogenous retroelements, complex human retroviruses, and their pathogenic interactions with the hosts.
For more information, go to: www.amiando.com
2. UNAIDS Interactive Universal Access Map
Use the interactive map to browse the latest data on the HIV epidemic, national universal access targets set by countries and progress reported in the 2008 United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS country progress reports.
To use the map, visit: www.unaids.org
VACANCIES
1. Sexual and Gender-based Violence Programme Officer (non-remunerated), Africa Humanitarian Action - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Responsibilities:
- Providing technical assistance and ongoing monitoring and evaluation for AHA-Rwanda's SGBV Response & Prevention project for both urban and camp-based refugees;
- Developing a global strategy for SGBV interventions, directly based on organizational gender policy and lessons learned from past interventions;
- Developing a companion document to the gender policy and SGBV strategy which translates the policies into tangible action-oriented guidelines for day-to-day work in country offices;
- Ensuring that SGBV concerns and a gender perspective are incorporated into an internal AHA standard Code of Conduct and other AHA policies as required, and that AHA personnel are trained/informed of the same;
- Conducting an evaluation of AHA SGBV interventions in DRC, Burundi, and Namibia, based on consistency with internationally accepted intervention guidelines and qualitative inquiry with AHA on-site staff and volunteers (contingent upon funding availability).
Requirements:
- A graduate degree in gender, development, political sciences, international relations, public policy, law, international human rights law or other human rights related fields;
- Demonstrated experience working with human rights, minority or gender issues;
- Demonstrated experience in project planning, design, management and evaluation;
- Demonstrable organizational, analytical, communication and interpersonal skills;
- Experience with grant-writing, strongly preferred;
- A commitment to advancing sexual rights, reproductive rights, and gender equality;
- Fluency in English.
Application deadline: 6 July 2009
To apply, please send a cover letter and CV to:
2. Senior HIV Prevention Expert, IntraHealth International, Inc. - Nairobi, Kenya
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical advice and direction in respect to the Kenya National HIV and AIDS Strategic Plan (KNASP) strategic priority 'to prevent new infections: reducing the number of new HIV infections in both vulnerable groups and the general population';
- Provide leadership and guidance to the National AIDS Control Council (NACC) in the development, refinement, and execution of the HIV prevention agenda;
- Provide assistance to NACC in planning and implementation of prevention programmes, including establishment of new programmes, resource allocation, and expansion of the national prevention programmes;
- Provide strategic advice to the HIV Prevention Task Force and NACC management on emerging and strategic issues to scale up HIV prevention as well as impact alleviation;
- Facilitate the development of a detailed work programme for the national HIV Prevention agenda through the national Prevention Task Force;
- Facilitate the development and revision of the national HIV prevention strategy to be incorporated into the KNASP.
Requirements:
- Masters degree in Social Sciences, Public Health or Epidemiology with a focus on research; a Doctorate degree will be an added advantage;
- Over 10 years working experience in project management and strategy development;
- At least five years managing HIV programmes in low-income countries;
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of HIV prevention programmes and research
- Ability to foster collaborative relationships with external institutions
- Exceptional computer skills
Application deadline: 15 July 2009
To apply, send a detailed CV - stating your current position, remuneration, e-mail and telephone contacts, quoting reference number RW_7TADW5-73 - to:
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