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The plenary sessions

The plenary sessions will be held during the first session of the day (9.00 to 10.30 am). They will be chaired and raportoired by specialists and researchers who have good experience in the AIDS field. They will highlight topical issues and situate debates on contemporary matters in the context of Africa south of the Sahara, focusing on best practices and lessons learnt. Key note speakers will be drawn from well known scientists, researchers and practioners who have distinguished themselves in the field of HIV and AIDS, in Africa. The plenary session potential paper presenters will be selected by the Scientific Committee, most of them will present commissioned papers, based on the theme and sub-themes

The parallel sessions

The parallel sessions will be held during the second half of each morning, and will be dedicated to the presentation of papers from scientists, researchers and practitioners, based on abstracts selected by the CSC. Parallel sessions allow for the presentation of papers and discussions on more specific and selective studies and researches

1. Thematic roundtables

Roundtables will focus on key strategic themes including:

1. Parliamentarians and AIDS Councils

HIV/AIDS has worsened, poverty eroded economic growth, human rights clauses, reversed many development gains and impoverished national security and political stability. Parliamentarians are mandated to mobilize action with respect to a comprehensive national strategy and to lobby for HIV/AID legislation national plans and budgetary allocations. The round table will allow for a productive action including legislation.

2. Health and Social Development Ministers

The crucial role of social policy has been amplified in the context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Efforts to combat the disease have been oriented above all towards finding biomedical and behavioural solutions. While such approaches are of vital importance, there is growing concern about the deeper socio-economic and political roots of the pandemic. Its persistence and increasing incidence in less powerful and economically marginalised communities signal the need of a new dialogue and new models of cooperation between top policy makers in health and social development. This round table will break new grounds with respect to ministers of Health and Social Development exchanging on the needs for inter-displinary research, policy formulation and implementation, the later being subject to continued joint assessment and redirecting.

3. Gender and Men involvement HIV/AIDS

The overall goal of the Gender mainstreaming in HIV/AIDS stream is to first develop an understanding of the role of gender in the HIV/AIDS pandemic and then to build skills for effectively addressing gender in work on HIV and AIDS. Building capacity for mainstreaming gender into HIV/AIDS programming and research is an essential prerequisite to effective interventions through social sciences. The development and implementation of training programmes in gender analysis and HIV/AIDS should be aimed at key role-players, including policy makers, programmers, academics, and civil partners engaged in HIV/AIDS work within national, regional and local structures.

4. Food and nutrition security in HIV/AIDS interventions

This will stimulate debate on understanding critical issues on best practices and innovations on food and nutrition security within the context of HIV/AIDS.

Participants will be composed of nutritionist and food Security Experts, policy makers. public health officers, Care givers, relevant stakeholders in food and nutrition security such as Researchers, Academicians, NGOs, Relevant Ministries, Churches, FBO, UN agencies and Donors. Expected outputs include awareness creation on critical issues a push of nutrition agenda in HIV/AIDS, driving nutrition and food security agenda into policy, legal framework for regulating food supplements in the market, sound nutrition information for vulnerable groups e.g. PLWHAS susceptible to nutrition misinformation and understanding role of nutrition in enhancing effectiveness of ARTS.

Capacity Building Workshops

These sessions provide opportunity for participants interested in strengthening their skills and knowledge in selected topical areas. The CSC will identify such topics in consultation with various organizations. One such workshop will function as the writers’ workshop, dedicated to preparation of manuscripts for publication. It will be facilitated by editors of selected Journals including SAHARA. The participants will submit their papers in advance and finish the workshop with publishable manuscripts.

1. Children and HIV/AIDS

The purpose of this exchange will be to share information on challenges, best practices and innovations related OVCs. The discussion will address critical issues such as:

Participants will include OVC to tell their story of experience, Care givers such as grandmothers, Stakeholders in OVCS (Children homes/ orphanages, children departments, Faith Based Organization, Relevant NGOS/FBOS e.g. CCF, Child to Child etc.), Policy makers e.g. Ministry of Social Services), NACC, UNICEF, Essay competition on my experience as an orphaned child, Drawing competition, Songs/Poems, Children’s tents / Barazas and Manyattas and Media coverage post conference. The output will include increased awareness on the plight of accessing livelihoods by OVCS, Networking of interested stakeholders, provoked research programs and sponsorship agenda for OVCS with reference to HIV/AIDS, and a linkage to policy on OVC particularly Orphan Child Headed Household.

2. Interdisciplinary methodologies for HIV/AIDS research

The purpose of this discussion would be to: Consolidate a network of African social science scholars working in the field. Discuss presentations that represent the most recent contributions in the literature. Identify points of consensus and controversy in methodology and theory and, Debate alternative strategies to ensure that our findings effectively inform policy-making processes and civil society activism for a more effective response to the pandemic. It is our hope that these discussions will generate concrete ideas for how to take this research agenda forward through research collaborations between two or more of the participants and/or for opportunities for capacity-building in theory and methodology. These discussions should ideally involve potential funding agencies in order for participants to get some immediate feedback on the viability of proposed ideas. At the very least, participating colleagues would be expected to invest some time and effort towards creating a virtual network amongst themselves to facilitate future contacts and possibilities for collaborations.

3. Name of Workshop: Skills Building Palliative Care for PLWHA

Palliative care services aim to relieve suffering and improve the quality of life for persons who are living with or dying from advanced HIV/AIDS illnesses. Palliative care is a special kind of health care where the goal is to provide comfort and dignity for the affected person and his or her family. Palliative care is planned to meet not only physical needs but also the psychological, social, cultural, emotional and spiritual needs of each person and family. This workshop is intended for health care professionals, community health workers and community leaders. The workshop will provide an overview of palliative care in Africa, successful initiatives from other jurisdictions, identify opportunities to integrate palliative care into existing health care services and, provide practical information for those caring for people with advanced HIV/AIDS illness.

Posters & exhibitions

Interested agencies and participants including partnership communities will request space for display and distribution of their materials (leaflets and booklets, etc.). Deliberate effort will be made to contact them in order to reserve space for them. All participants will be encouraged to bring some materials for exhibition.

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