13th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) (21-26 September 2003, Nairobi, Kenya) HDN KC Team Coverage ******************** Please find below: 1. Complete list of 13th ICASA HDN KC Team on-site reports now available; 2. Instructions how to request/obtain the articles by web/email; 3. Note for newsletter/eForum/website editors. HDN KC Team Email: correspondents@hdnet.org ********************** CHILDREN/MTCT ************* - Rethinking institutionalisation of orphans [rethinkingorphans.txt] - Progress towards clarity in infant feeding [clarifyfeeding.txt] - Older People . forgotten soldiers in the battle against HIV/AIDS [olderforgotten.txt] COMMUNITY VOICE *************** - Communities and PLWHAs complain about lack of access to funds and resources [communitiescomplain.txt] - Science and the community: linkage through HIV? [science.txt] - Strengthening the grassroots voice of Africa [grassroots.txt] - Guilty verdict passed in AIDS lawsuit [guilty.txt] CONFLICT, INSTABILITY, MIGRATION ******************************** - Getting the message across in conflict and displacement zones [messageconflict.txt] - Working with the military? Conflict of interest or captive population? [military.txt] FAITH-BASED ORGANISATIONS ************************* - Faith Based organisations, part of the solution or part of the problem [fbosolution.txt] - Stigma and religion. An inevitable partnership [stigmareligion.txt] UNICEF launches report on Faith Based Organizations [uniceffbo.txt] FOOD SECURITY AND POVERTY ************************* - Food crisis looms again [foodcrisis.txt] - HIV/AIDS and Poverty: Major challenges [povertychallenges.txt] GENERAL ICASA ************* - The ICASA Opening Ceremony: Did it all sound too familiar? [opening.txt] - Editorial [editorial.txt] - Looking back at Ougadougou [ouagadougou.txt] - Delegate expectations [delegateexpectations.txt] - Delegate's opinion [delegatesopinions.txt] KENYA ***** - HIV/AIDS in Kenya Fact Sheet[ kenya.txt] - In Kenya only 0.3% of PLWHAs receive ARVs [kenyaonly.txt] MICROBICIDES ************* - Microbicides could answer many women's dilemmas [microbicidesdilemmas.txt] - WHO puts microbicides on top in its agenda [whomicrobicide.txt] NATIONAL EXPERIENCES ******************** - Uganda turns to blood donor clubs to boost banks [ugandablood.txt] - Somalia fights keep AIDS out [somalia.txt] OIs & STIs ********** - Preventative therapy: A role in reducing the effect of OIs in PLHAs [preventativeois.txt] - Sexually Transmitted Infections [stds.txt] - TB and HIV programmes prepared to merge at long last [tbhiv.txt] PLWHAs ****** - Communities and PLWHAs complain about lack of access to funds and resources [communitiescomplain.txt] - Introducing Joe Muriuki, the first HIV-positive Kenyan to go public [joemuriuki.txt] - My story of Positive Living - Nicolas Ritter [nicolasritter.txt] - ICASA delegate's personal story of living positively [personalstory.txt] INTERVIEWS AND COMMENTS *********************** - Owili interview - ICASA/ Kenya [drowiliinterview.txt] - Orphans, Older People and HIV/AIDS... extract from Stephen Lewis' speech [extractlewis.txt] - ICASA delegate's personal story of living positively [personalstory.txt] - Interview with Community Chair Allan Ragi [allanragi.txt] - Introducing Joe Muriuki, the first HIV-positive Kenyan to go public [joemuriuki.txt] - My story of Positive Living - Nicolas Ritter [nicolasritter.txt] - Interview with Professor Femi Soyinka, Chair of the 14th ICASA in Abuja, 2005 [femisoyinka.txt] - HDN exclusive interview with Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy on HIV AIDS in Africa [stephenlewis.txt] - Corridor talk with HIVAIDS counsellor, Jia Antoni [corridor.txt] - The challenges of condom marketing: Interview with Michael Kombugo [condoms.txt] SCALING-UP COMPREHENSIVE CARE AND ARV ************************************* - No need to the re-invent the ARV wheel [reinventwheel.txt] - Finally - a 'yes' for South African ARVs + Table [yessouthafrica.txt] - Comparison of two antiretroviral scale-ups in Uganda and South Africa [comparisonarv.txt] - Drug manufacturers avoid Quality Assurance Programmes [drugquality.txt] - Is community home-based care still a reality? [iscommunity.txt] - The nuts and bolts of scaling up ARV treatment [nutsboltsarv.txt] - WHO plans to provide antiretrovirals to 3 million people [who3by5.txt] - Mobile and Outreach Services [mobile.txt] STIGMA ****** - Stigma - why we need to act now! [stigmaact.txt] - 'Know thyself' - A toolkit for reducing stigma that could work [know.txt] - Stigma and discrimination: the battle lines drawn [stigmadiscrimination.txt] - Stigma toolkit introduced at ICASA [stigmatoolkit.txt] - Stigma and religion. An inevitable partnership [stigmareligion.txt] TESTING ******* - VCT for Young People [vctyoung.txt] - Issues and debates for HIV Testing [testing3by5.txt] - The dynamics of disclosure [dynamics.txt] TRADITIONAL HEALERS ******************* - Traditional healers missing in action on AIDS battlefront [traditionalmissing.txt] - Embracing the commitment of traditional healers [embracing.txt] UNGASS/GLOBAL FUND ****************** - "I have a dream" [dream.txt] - Only 23% of Global Fund allocations distributed [globalfundallocated.txt] - UN: A gentle slap on the wrist on AIDS targets [unslap.txt] WOMEN ***** - Microbicides could answer many women's dilemmas [microbicidesdilemmas.txt] - WHO puts microbicides on top in its agenda [whomicrobicide.txt] WORKPLACES *********** - Healthworkers too scared to seek post-exposure prophylaxis for needlesticks [healthworkers.txt] - Where should you work if you are HIV-positive? [workif.txt] YOUTH ***** - Young voices louder than ever at ICASA [younglouder.txt] - Youth silent in conference discussions [youthsilent.txt] - VCT for Young People [vctyoung.txt] - The challenges of condom marketing: Interview with Michael Kombugo[yongcondoms.txt] - Corridor talk with HIVAIDS counselor, Jia Antoni [corridor.txt] OTHERS ****** - Older People . forgotten soldiers in the battle against HIV/AIDS [olderforgotten.txt] - African challenges in researching intravenous drug transmission [africanidu.txt] - Altered States: The Importance of Changing Male Behaviour [altered.txt] - Session: Research, Ethics and Informed Consent [research.txt] - The male circumcision link: Verdict not yet in [circumcision.txt] - Media and arts for change [media.txt] - Vaccines in the community: are we ready? [vaccines.txt] - Success steady in targeted sex worker interventions [success.txt] How to request/obtain HDN KC Articles from ICASA ************************************************ By internet *********** Go to: http://www.hdnet.org And click on the ICASA link. All the ICASA articles listed above are available there. Request by email **************** You can request 13th ICASA articles to be automatically sent to you by email by using Satellife's GetWeb service: Here is what you should do to request the articles above: 1. Write a new e-mail message to the following address: getweb@usa.healthnet.org 2. Leave the subject line blank 3. In the body/text of the message, type the following command, including the filename of article you want to receive. Do not type anything before the word 'begin'. e.g., begin get http://www.hdnet.org/13icasa/[filename] end Your message should look like this: Example Message *************** To : getweb@usa.healthnet.org Cc : Subject : Message Body/Text: begin get http://www.hdnet.org/13icasa/vctyoung.txt end All KC article titles are followed by the filename in brackets: e.g. HIV/AIDS in Kenya Fact Sheet [kenya.txt] Information for newsletter/forum/website editors ************************************************ HDN welcomes and encourages the free reproduction of the KC articles as provided - especially while the information from the ICASA Conference is timely. If you do use the articles in a newsletter, eForum or web site, please use the following attribution/citation: By HDN Key Correspondent Email: correspondents@hdnet.org Web: www.hdnet.org If you require any further information, or photographs to accompany these articles - or to let us know where you are using the articles (much appreciated) - please contact us as above. We hope you find the material useful. HDN KC Team Email: correspondents@hdnet.org ********* HDN and the ICASA Organisers are grateful to Development Cooperation Ireland for their support to the Pamoja project.