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	Theme II : Lessons Africa has learnt in 15 years of responding to HIV/AIDS HOME WHAT'S NEW SITE MAP DISCUSSION LIST CONTACTS LINKS
African Development Forum 2000 AIDS: The Greatest Leadership Challenge
Why this issue? Objectives & Aims Expected Outcomes Conference Themes ECA's Role ADF - a process Partnerships Exhibition Discussion List Conference Programme Registration Hotel Information General Information		Home > Documents Lessons Africa has learnt in 15 years of responding to HIV/AIDS CONTENTS Executive summary Introduction A development disaster An international partnership Spotlighting success stories Identifying leadership at all levels The social contract A broad range of signatories Governments cannot be expected to do it all GIPA: Solidarity in action Examples of Best Practice Botswana: Commitment and follow-up from the highest political level Malawi, South Africa and Zambia: International GIPA programme bolsters national AIDS reponses Burundi: National association of HIV-infected and -affected people runs care and support centre Zimbabwe: Bringing together all the partners at local level South Africa - Bambisanani: an EQUITY Project [Go to Top] Getting the AIDS message out to broad populations – and following-up with action Correcting ignorance and denial Fighting stigma and negative attitudes Prevention through behaviour change Examples of Best Practice Senegal: Muslim and Christian leaders preach tolerance and solidarity Ghana: Social marketing of female condoms Tanzania: Partnership with traditional healers [Go to Top] Mutual reinforcement of AIDS care and prevention HIV/AIDS and TB prevention and care The double benefit of STI management A boost to voluntary counselling and HIV testing Home care and community support Prevention of mother-to-child-transmission Examples of Best Practice: Uganda: Same-day test results help extend VCT beyond major cities Zimbabwe: Commercial farms combine care with peer education and condom promotion Côte d’Ivoire: Care and prevention in a poor urban setting Uganda: Innovative social marketing of STI treatment kit for men reinforces HIV prevention Uganda: Trials of the antiretroviral nevirapine [Go to Top] Something for all, and special measures for those at greater risk Messages for the general public Reaching sex workers and their clients Examples of Best Practice: Senegal: Preventing transmission of HIV among sex workers and clients Côte d'Ivoire: Programme for care and prevention among female sex workers and their partners [Go to Top] Making people less vulnerable to HIV infection Social policy is essential Fortifying young people The vulnerability of women and girls Men: also vulnerable, but in different ways Migration and AIDS War and AIDS Marginalised groups: forgotten or wilfully ignored Examples of Best Practice: Kenya: Life skills to fortify young people against HIV Ethiopia: Save Your Generation Association targets out-of-school young people Tanzania: Advanced planning for AIDS prevention among migrant and local labor at a hydroelectric project International: Advocacy for AIDS responses that benefit women Tanzania: Female guardians at schools [Go to Top] Reducing HIV/AIDS' impact on people Impact on individuals' health and quality of life The impact on families The rising tide of orphans The impact on societies The impact on economies Examples of Best Practice: Uganda: Specialised palliative care reduces suffering, improves quality of life Zimbabwe: Organic Cotton Project helps AIDS-affected smallholder farming families Kenya: Strengthening orphans for their future lives [Go to Top] Implementing expanded responses National strategic planning Examples of Best Practice: Malawi: Consensus building for the National HIV/AIDS Strategic Framework Cote d’Ivoire: Maintaining AIDS programming consistency despite national instability Malawi: National policy guides evolution of planning and programming for orphans Uganda: Keeping a strategic planning process on track Support to Local Responses Examples of Best Practice: Gaoua: Consensus building of all actors Tanzania: A ground-breaking by-law Bibliography [Go to Top]
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