GLOBAL: IRIN/PlusNews Weekly Issue 478, 26 March 2010
NAIROBI, 26 March 2010 (PlusNews) - CONTENTS:
MALAWI: Ambitious plans to prolong lives
KENYA: Gaps in HIV prevention for pregnant women
SWAZILAND: Taxi drivers get tested
TANZANIA: Education crucial to lowering prevalence
ZIMBABWE: Moses Mataka, "We men are just thick-headed"
UGANDA: "Side dishes" campaign gets people talking
KENYA: TB clinics boost HIV testing for couples
SOMALIA: High-risk truckers still unaware of HIV
EVENTS/RESOURCES
1. South African TB Conference 2010, 1-4 June - Durban, South Africa
2. Positive Prevention Toolkit - University of California San Francisco
VACANCIES
1. Finance and Administration Specialist, HIV/AIDS, Save the Children Alliance - Washington DC, the United States of America
2. Internship focused on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identities (SOGI) and HIV, The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Switzerland
MALAWI: Ambitious plans to prolong lives
Malawi's government has set itself a major challenge this year, announcing plans to more than double the number of people receiving antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to half a million by the end of 2010.
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KENYA: Gaps in HIV prevention for pregnant women
Adhiambo*, 24, conscientiously followed her health worker's advice when she was pregnant with her third child. She attended antenatal visits, was tested for HIV and found negative, and delivered her baby at the local health centre.
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SWAZILAND: Taxi drivers get tested
Minibus-taxi drivers are regarded as a necessary evil in Swaziland. Although they provide a much needed service, their dangerous driving, rude and often violent behaviour has given them a bad reputation and made it difficult to reach them with HIV/AIDS services.
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TANZANIA: Education crucial to lowering prevalence
HIV prevalence among Tanzanians who attended secondary school fell sharply between 2004 and 2008, while remaining stable among the country's least educated people, a new study has revealed.
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ZIMBABWE: Moses Mataka, "We men are just thick-headed"
Moses Mataka, 49, diagnosed with the HI virus seven years ago, was one of the first male home-based caregivers working in the mining district of Mberengwa, in Midlands Province, Zimbabwe, and perhaps he was one of the first in the country, but his road has not been easy.
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UGANDA: "Side dishes" campaign gets people talking
A national campaign to encourage sexual fidelity in Uganda has achieved something few recent campaigns have ever done - got the country talking.
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KENYA: TB clinics boost HIV testing for couples
The Kenyan government is using national tuberculosis screening programmes to persuade married couples - at high risk of HIV, according to research - to get tested for the virus.
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SOMALIA: High-risk truckers still unaware of HIV
The truck drivers who criss-cross Somalia are considered at high risk of HIV, but incomplete prevention messages mean they are ill-equipped to protect themselves against the virus.
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EVENTS/RESOURCES
1. South African TB Conference 2010, 1-4 June - Durban, South Africa
The TB Conference will be a forum for people of diverse backgrounds, experiences and skills to come together to review the evidence and to debate and develop innovative approaches to fight the TB epidemic in the era of HIV. The theme of the conference will be "Forging Strategic Partnerships to Fight TB and HIV".
For more information, visit: www.tbconference.co.za
2. Positive Prevention Toolkit - University of California San Francisco
This Toolkit was created to assist health care providers and counsellors in delivering effective Positive Prevention messages during their routine interactions with HIV-infected clients. It includes valuable curricula, reports and other resources developed by respected organizations involved in HIV prevention and care throughout the world, but especially in Southern Africa.
For more information, visit: http://positiveprevention.ucsf.edu
VACANCIES
1. Finance and Administration Specialist, HIV/AIDS, Save the Children Alliance - Washington DC, the United States of America
Responsibilities:
- Lead the HIV/AIDS budgeting and financial management and administration functions for the team under the oversight of the Associate Director;
- Support HIV/AIDS grants;
- Develop proposal budgets;
- Support travel, communications and team administrative needs;
- Coordinate with other departments in Washington and Westport.
Qualifications:
- BA/BS or equivalent;
- 3-5 years of experience supporting international projects, financial and/or administrative systems;
- Strong experience in budget management and development required;
- Ability to develop and manage tracking and reporting systems;
- Proven experience with proposal development;
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office software including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;
- Strong interpersonal and verbal/written communications skills;
- Proven organizational skills and attention to detail required.
Application deadline: 2 April 2010
To apply, please submit resume on-line at: www.savethechildren.org under "Careers" ref # 4482
2. Internship focused on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identities (SOGI) and HIV, The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Switzerland
Responsibilities:
- Development of summary tables of data from Round 10 HIV proposals;
- Development of a first draft report of data from Rounds 10;
- Development of further drafts based on feedback from the supervisor and Internal Gender Task team;
- The identification of successful and unsuccessful case studies;
- The development of a final analytical report, inputs to presentations and case studies.
Qualifications:
- University degree focused on public health; International development; public affairs; international politics; human rights; gender studies; queer studies; sexualities studies or related area.
- Masters degree focused on public health; international development; public affairs; international politics; human rights; gender studies; queer studies; sexualities studies or related area desirable;
- Some experience in a project support function at national or international level with substantial experience in writing in English;
- Experience or exposure working on HIV and/or with one of the focus communities (MSM, transgender/sex worker);
- Experience in generating Excel spreadsheets, and in creating PowerPoint presentations.
Application deadline: 13 April 2010
For information on how to apply, visit: www.theglobalfund.org
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