4th SAHARA Conference on the Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research 2007


	4th SAHARA CONFERENCE ON THE SOCIAL ASPECTS OF HIV/AIDS RESEARCH
	Proudly hosted by TICH and Sponsored by SAHARA and UNESCO
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Program Overview

The programme includes plenary and parallel sessions, round table discussions and workshops. Topics to be covered include:

Circumcision and surgical interventions: circumcision-related sexual practices, and complications in the African context.
Round table symposium on the preventive impact of male circumcision on HIV.
Risk reduction: challenges faced by PLWHA in Botswana, beliefs and perceptions of HIV/AIDS among female sex workers in Nigeria, and the influence of disclosure on sexual behaviour.
Social interventions: working with faith-based organisations, methods for evaluating abstinence and faithfulness approaches, and couple-oriented prenatal HIV testing.
Antiretroviral treatment for PLHWA: issues around gender, adherence and disclosure.
Care of PLHWA: case studies of different interventions, home based care, nutrition and food issues, and depression amongst OVC.
Gender and male involvement round table
Gender and communication: partner violence and HIV risk among women, language choice and sexual communication among Xhosa speakers, and what information influences adolescent sexual behaviour.
Good practice OVC intervention and research round table
A workshop on food and nutrition security in HIV/AIDS interventions.

Please click here to download the programme-at-a-glance that gives more detail on sessions.