“HIV AND AIDS, RESEARCH AND POLICY: COMMUNICATING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON HIV AND AIDS TO POLICY MAKERS AND PRACTITIONERS” DATES: 9 – 11 April 2008 VENUE: Bronte Hotel, Harare The Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS), University of Zimbabwe with the support of the Biomedical Research and Training Institute’s NIH funded International, Clinical, Operational, and Health Services Research Training Award (ICOHRTA) programme, is delighted to announce a short training course on ‘Communicating Scientific Research on HIV and AIDS to Policy Makers and Practitioners.’ RATIONALE: There is no doubt that there is abundant research on HIV and AIDS. The biggest question is whether that research is translated into policy and action capable of improving the condition of those living with the disease. Something needs to be done if researchers must escape the charge of being irrelevant. OBJECTIVES The course is designed to assist researchers and students to better communicate research on HIV and AIDS to those with the capacity to develop policy and plans that can improve the condition of people affected and infected with HIV and AIDS. TOPICS ON OFFER: · Policy makers as a client · Policy makers’ expectations of research · Science and Intelligibility · Communication politics · Science and feed-back formats · Science and Translations · Opportunities and forums to influence policy · Science, media and networks for knowledge dissemination · Importance of Timing in Dissemination REGISTRATION FEES: A limited number of fellowships with support from the Biomedical Research and Training Institute’s NIH-ICOHRTA programme, to cover registration fees; course materials, lunch and tea for the duration of the course are available for the selected participants. CASS will give a modest allowance to participants to cover for their travel expenses for the 3 days. ELIGIBILITY & TEACHING METHODOLOGY: The course is planned for AIDS/ TB researchers, postgraduate medical, sociology students, NGO practitioners working on HIV/AIDS, the affected and the infected people. Experts, both from the local and region, will be responsible for the course material and presentations. LIMITED REGISTRATION: 20 places are available and these will be allocated to eligible applicants on a first-come-first-served basis. So get your registration forms and apply to: COURSE SECRETARIAT Molly Zindi 011 445907 mzindi@brti.co.zw Loveness Marere 011793560 marerel@sociol.uz.ac.zw Moses Ogalah 011 642346 mogalah@brti.co.zw