In this issue...RATN Network Grows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Building the capacity of network’sfinance staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 RATN Supports Institutional Strengthening Marketplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Calls for INSTANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIV Capacity Forum chats way forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4New staff at RATN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Grant opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

RATNThe Regional AIDS Training Network

Issue 5: May-August 2012

Change of Guard at RATN Board

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A Society with the capacity to respond effectively to the HIV and AIDS pandemic

The Regional AIDS Training Network (RATN) 11th Annual General Council meeting held in Durban, South Africa on 6th June 2012 ended with the election of new Board

Members.

Mildmay Uganda was elected to chair the Programme Committee. Other members elected to sit in the Programmes Committee are Malawi College of Health Sciences, CONNECT Institute of Systemic Therapy, and University of Manitoba.

Mananga Centre for Regional Integration and Management Development was elected to chair the Finance and Administration Committee assisted by the following committee members; Regional Psycho-Social Support Initiative (REPSSI) and University of Nairobi’s Clinical Epidemiology Unit (CEU).

The meeting which brought together full and associate member institutions as well as development partners is the highest governing organ for RATN. The GC meets annually and its function include deliberating and ratifying decisions and approval of the RATN Annual Report and Audited accounts.

The meeting was officially opened by Professor Salim S. Abdool-Karim, Chair of the Department of Reproductive Health and Research WHO, and Director at the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (Caprisa), in Durban who presented a paper on “New hope for HIV.” The meeting was hosted by Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD) a Member Institution of RATN.

TASO Celebrates 25 years of Positive Living (1987-2012)The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) an indigenous HIV and AIDS service organisation in Uganda is celebrating silver jubilee. TASO was founded in 1987 by Noerine Kaleeba and 15 other colleagues some of whom have now passed away due to AIDS. The founding of TASO was based on people that were unified by common experiences faced when encountering HIV and AIDS at a time of high stigma, ignorance and discrimination. From a small support group, TASO has since evolved into a Non Governmental Organization with 11 service centers and four regional offices covering most parts of Uganda.

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RATN Network Grows

The Regional AIDS Training Network (RATN) membership increased from 30 to 35 members after the 11th General Council meeting ratified membership for four institutions.

The new institutions joining the network are Institute of Health Programs and Systems (IHPS)-South Africa, Kenya AIDS Initiative (KAVI), Soul City-South Africa and Southern Africa AIDS Trust (SAT). In addition, a long time associate member, Uganda National Health Consumers Organisation (UNHCO) was elevated to be a full member. It is anticipated that the new member institutions will enrich the network and bring in additional impetus toward delivery of the strategic plan.

◆ Institute of Health Programs and Systems (IHPS)

Institute of Health Programs and Systems (IHPS), South Africa is a Section 21, not-for-profit Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) registered with the South African Revenue Services, Department of Social Development and the Department of Trade and Industry. Its mission is to strengthen health systems through efficient and effective programme implementation and partnerships and a vision to achieve optimal and sustainable health outcomes, the IHPS team has been supporting the implementation of the National Department of Health (NDOH)’s comprehensive adult and paediatric HIV prevention, care and treatment programme in four provinces in South Africa, namely the Eastern Cape (EC), Free State (FS), Northern Cape (NC) and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) for years. www.ihps-sa.org

◆ Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KAVI)Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KAVI) is a Centre for Global Health Research committed to innovation, creativity, professionalism, academic inquiry, and teamwork. KAVI has been a research unit under the University of Nairobi’s Department of Medical Microbiology since its inception. It is now in transition to being established as a centre for clinical trials and laboratory medicine built on the existing infrastructure.

The facility offers Anti-Retroviral Treatment (ART), Home-Based Care, Medical services and Research and is run and managed by academicians. KAVI has field workers whom hold meetings in specific places to inform the public, get feedback from Peer Leaders, Community Advisory Boards and Community Leaders. Knowledge in HIV & AIDS is constantly changing, so there is need for policy makers to be consistently briefed on the current facts that will assist them to make informed decisions. www.kaviuon.org

◆ Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication

Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication is a not for profit organisation and one of the world’s most influential social and behavioural change

programmes. Soul City is chiefly focused on sharing information and affecting social norms, attitudes and practice for the better.

It was established in 1992 when South Africa was on the brink of democratic change and has remained a health promotion organisation, subscribing to the principles of the World Health Organisation’s Ottawa Charter.

Soul City focuses mainly on achieving real, measurable social change for individuals and communities in South Africa, Southern Africa and Africa, particularly as far as HIV prevention and violence reduction via alcohol control are concerned with major interventions based on communication, advocacy and social mobilisation. www.soulcity.org.za

◆ Uganda National Health Consumers Organisation (UNHCO)

Uganda National Health Consumers Organisation (UNHCO) is a non-profit organisation formed by a group of Ugandans drawn from various professional disciplines who share common concerns and a vision of a health sector that provides quality health care for the mutual benefit of both providers and consumers.

Formed in 1999, UNHCO implements programmes that advocate for a strong institutionalised platform that is able to articulate voices of consumers of health goods and services. It also champions the Rights Based Approach (RBA) to healthcare delivery and contributes to efforts to improve community participation and accountability. UNHCO focuses mainly on the most vulnerable persons within the society including women, PwDs, children, and PLWHA. www.unhco.or.ug

◆ Southern Africa AIDS Trust (SAT)Southern Africa AIDS Trust (SAT) is a regional NGO formed in 1990 working in six southern African countries with a regional coordinating office based in South Africa. SAT supports communities via country offices, country programmes or directly via regional programming.

For SAT, communities are best placed to define their own needs and to develop innovative responses to their needs and challenges. This principle has underpinned SAT support to communities and those that support communities to develop and implement programmes and deliver HIV and AIDS responses. Now, the urgency of universal access to health services and health rights for all, combination prevention, declining resources for HIV, and the need to integrate HIV responses with other sustainable responses at every level are changing the context of HIV. http://www.satregional.org/

Building the capacity of network’s finance staffThirty five Finance Officers from RATN Member Institutions (MIs) attended a finance workshop in Harare, Zimbabwe between May 2nd and 4th, 2012. Discussed at the workshop were grant management and financial reporting. The

workshop also provided a platform for participants to share country experiences in financial management and assess the existing systems and capacities to successfully implement RATN proposals. The objectives of the workshop included

reviewing the roles of programme and finance staff in MIs, providing information on RATN’s INSTANT project and reviewing the draft RATN Grant Manual. Other objectives were discussing issues of Grant Compliance.

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RATN Supports Institutional Strengthening Marketplace for Kenyan Civil Society Organizations

The Regional AIDS Training Network (RATN) took part in the first Institutional Strengthening Marketplace in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 11, 2012.

The USAID-funded FANIKISHA Institutional Strengthening Project, led by Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is a partnership bringing together, Pact Inc., Danya International, and the RATN, working to strengthen the impact of CSOs’ health care contributions and to encourage a more strategic role for CSOs in Kenya.

The project focuses on building the capacity of national-level CSOs in the areas of financial management, grant management, human resources, resource mobilization, leadership and governance, and advocacy. By the end of this five-year project (2011–2016), MSH envisions that CSOs will be empowered, ready and able to play a bolder and larger role in Kenya’s health sector.

The face-to-face marketplace was one vital step towards enabling CSOs to become stronger actors working towards meeting Kenyan public health needs. To sustain this network, an online institutional strengthening marketplace is being developed to enable Kenyan CSOs and institutional strengthening providers to come together virtually to exchange services. Similar to the face-to-face marketplace, the online marketplace will be a forum for local vendors to market their institutional strengthening products and services to CSOs who will “buy” those that best meet their capacity development needs.

Professor Catherine Gachutha, a CSO participant, said that the forum “makes it much easier for CSOs to identify service providers.” Another CSO participant, Catherine Mwangi, said that having met vendors face-to-face, she now feels confident calling them. “We know FANIKISHA-approved vendors will deliver quality services.”

Call for INSTANT Round Five ApplicationsRATN under its innovative granting scheme, Initiative for Strengthening HIV/AIDS Training and Networking (INSTANT) recently sent out a Call for Concept Papers soliciting applications from Member Institutions and Associate Members for Round five funding for HIV and AIDS training and capacity development grants.

The purpose of the INSTANT Initiative is to support the implementation of the programmes under the RATN Strategic Plan (2009-2014). INSTANT aims at strengthening the participation of RATN members in designing and implementing responsive projects to strengthen HIV capacity building in ESA region.

Round five is unique in that it brings new criteria and stresses on MI-MI collaboration. The scope of the call is restricted to five technical areas of capacity building interventions, namely: Capacity building for HIV interventions on women and girls, Capacity building for HIV prevention, Capacity building interventions that specifically target LGBTI & other key populations, Capacity building projects that seek for HIV Treatment, Care and Support and Capacity building for managing HIV co-infections.

Round five will fund up to four agreements for amounts of not more than US$50,000 for periods ranging from three to six months depending on the project type.

RATN Director’s Forum The biennial RATN Director’s Forum was held on 8th June 2012 in Durban, South Africa.

The Forum, which was last held in Kigali, Rwanda in 2009, brought together member institutions Directors to discuss issues that are central to the effectiveness of the Network. Other participants of the Forum included RATN Board Members and Management Team. The agenda of the 2012 Forum included, reporting the findings of the Mid Term Review (MTR), discussing priority actions by MIs to support the sustainability of RATN and sharing results of a membership satisfaction survey carried out to gauge participants’ satisfaction levels of the meetings in order to improve future meetings.

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HIV Capacity Forum chats way forward

A two-day capacity building technical meeting took place in Nairobi on 15th and 16th May

2012. The meeting jointly organised by partners currently implementing HIV capacity building initiatives in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region and coordinated by the Regional AIDS Training Network (RATN), was a follow-up of the HIV Capacity Building Partners Summit held in 2011.

Professor Miriam Were, the Chief Guest, in her opening remarks, emphasised the need for capacity building of individuals and institutions involved in HIV and AIDS interventions. She said, “The significance of capacity building in the efforts to mitigate the effects of HIV and AIDS infections and in maximising exercises aimed at curbing the spread of HIV is core to winning the fight in Eastern and Southern Africa region and the global community as a whole”.

During the meeting, the HIV Capacity building partners discussed issues around advocacy for Capacity Building, development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that ensure technical soundness and quality of service,

institutional systems strengthening with particular focus on capacity building for financial management, and capacity building as a generational investment.

It also emerged from the meeting that HIV and AIDS scourge is still a reality and a pressing concern; communities are still negatively impacted, thus Capacity Building should focus on communities facing the brunt of HIV.

The environment under which the response to HIV Capacity Building exists is changing and consequently a shift of focus by the donor community. This issue did not escape the discussants at the meeting. Professor Were seemed to have also hinted this in her speech when she said, “It is a reality that funds targeting HIV programmes have been reduced and to some places where the funds are still needed, the funds have been completely cut…the information from higher authority in donor agencies indicate that the funds have just been shifted to different areas within the same field.”

Country ownership is best embodied in creating partnerships which recognise and appreciate the space

for home grown solutions that are sustainable. Local interventions appeared to be a key strategy that governments, organisations and institutions involved in HIV Capacity Building can rely on to ensure the gains that have been made are not lost. This necessitates definition and costing of Capacity Building needs, thinking and planning beyond management capacity and transferring community needs into programmes. Ummuro Adano of AIDSTAR II, USA, in his presentation on Country Ownership and Local Capacity Building stressed this point adding that, “Without capable organisations, development efforts will not succeed.”

Participants drew action plans that are expected to cement the already achieved gains in Capacity Building and those that will help streamline the rest of the planned activities within the region towards the new developments. There is need to develop risk reduction and disaster management strategies in order to ensure that CB efforts and gains are protected and sustainable as well as tapping into local resource mobilisation initiatives.

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RATN at the 19th International AIDS Conference

A team of five secretariat staff from the Regional AIDS Training Network (RATN) attended the just concluded AIDS Conference in Washington DC from 22-27 July

2012. The team’s mission was to establish strategic partners to enhance resource mobilization and long-term relationships, to engage potential donors, increase RATN visibility and to share best practices. Kelvin Storey, RATN’s Executive Director, held discussions on issues of Capacity Building for HIV response in Eastern and Sothern Africa Region and beyond. He also was present at a JSI organised workshop on “Local organizations in the Driver’s Seat: How Self Directed Capacity Building Leads to Improved HIV service Delivery by NGOs.” Victoria Kasaakye, RATN’s Programme Manager in Training and Capacity Development presented posters on Mainstreaming Gender and Human Rights in HIV training and capacity development programmes within two institutions in 11 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa, Scaling up Voluntary HCT Services for Deaf persons through capacity building in Ministry of Health sites in Kenya and Scaling up of PMTCT services in two districts in Western Kenya through peer counselors.

Other staff who attended the conference included Daniel Mwisunji, RATN’s Programmes Manager, Advocacy, Networking and Partnership, Alex Diang’a, RATN’s Programme Manager, Knowledge and Information Management, and Kristi Maasjo, Manager, Grants and Business Development.

Mwisunji featured in Voice of America (VOA) Programme, Africa and HIV and AIDS hosted by VOA’s health correspondent Linord Moudou. In the programme he elaborated the role played by CSOs in the fight against HIV epidemic in Africa. He also put into perspective the essence for Capacity Building of individuals and institutions towards effective HIV response and the most pressing needs. During the conference, the desire to get a lasting solution to

AIDS epidemic was clear within the minds of speakers. US Secretary of State while addressing the delegates during the opening ceremony expressed the United States Commitment towards achieving an AIDS free generation, “We will not back off; we will not back down. We will fight for the resources to achieve this historic milestone,” she remarked.

Michel Sidibe, the executive director of the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS said there needs to be more cure research. “Today we should not just say, ‘okay, let us have treatment.’ We should say, ‘why not a cure? Why not a vaccine?’ That is the area where we need to put our energy, and that will bring us certainly to the end of this epidemic,” he said

The 20th International AIDS Conference is set for Melbourne, Australia, in July 2014

Gender mainstreaming in HIV and AIDS responseThe Regional AIDS Training Network has developed a Gender Policy in line with its 2009-2014 Strategic Plan. The Policy will ensure that gender concerns are integrated into the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of its operations, policies, plans and programmes. Through the guidance of a Gender Working Group (GWG), the Gender policy was developed and streamlined to represent various RATN programme areas.

HIV and AIDS is a significant and worsening health, economic, and social issue in Sub-Saharan Africa with Africa having a larger share of the global pandemic. Women and girls in particular bear the greatest

risk when it comes to HIV and AIDS. Out of Africa’s 23 million adults living with HIV/AIDS, 13.2 million are women, constituting 77% of the world’s women with HIV/AIDS. Unfortunately, Africa is the only continent where HIV prevalence is higher for women than for men; women account for the majority of adults (57%) living with HIV/AIDS.

The Gender Policy document was presented to RATN Board Members and was approved during the just concluded RATN General Council meeting. Once implemented, the Gender Policy will not only ensure gender issues are addressed both at the secretariat and at the MIs level.

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Promotions and appointments at RATN Secretariat

Three staff members; Margaret Waithaka, Phyllis Ombonyo and Elizabeth Mwashuma have been promoted to undertake new roles while three interns;

Jacob Wambaya, Erick Kayere and Anne Mutungu have joined the RATN Secretariat.

Margaret Waithaka, formerly the Programme Manager-Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, has been appointed the Deputy Executive Director of the Regional AIDS Training Network, a position she held in an acting capacity since 2011. Besides deputising the Executive Director, Margaret will be in charge of all Programmers at the RATN Secretariat. Margaret holds a Master of Science Degree in Medical Demography from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London. She brings in over 20 years of experience in Research, Monitoring and Evaluation. Prior to joining RATN, Margaret was the Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor for PATH Kenya.

Phyllis Akulla Ombonyo has been promoted to the position of Assistant Programme Manager, Grants and Business Development. Phyllis, who initially worked as an ICT Specialist at the Secretariat since 2009 is expected to offer technical, managerial and leadership support to the Grants and Business Development Department. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from Maseno University and an MBA from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.

Elizabeth Mwashuma joins the RATN Secretariat as an Information and Technology Assistant in the Knowledge and Information Management Department where she will provide technical and management support.

Elizabeth joined RATN as an IT Intern in September 2011, a position she held for six months before she was appointed an IT Assistant. Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from Kenyatta University, Kenya.

Jacob Wambaya joins the Secretariat as an intern in the Research Monitoring and Evaluation Department. He will offer technical support to the Comprehensive Results Based Capacity Building for HIV and AIDS service Organisations (RECABASO) project and also to other projects under the department. Jacob holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Statistics with Information Technology from Maseno University. He previously worked as an intern at the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and also served as a Data Analyst with Spin Knit Limited both in Nairobi, Kenya.

Anne Njeri Mutungu will offer technical and managerial support as an intern in the newly created Grants and Business Development Department. Anne is currently awaiting her graduation from Kenyatta University, Kenya where she has been studying Economics and Finance. She is currently pursuing her CPA at Strathmore Distance Learning Centre. She previously worked as an intern at Christian Reformed World Relief Committee and as a Research Assistant at Instant Grass, Kenya.

Erick Obindi Kayere joins RATN secretariat as the Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Intern. He will offer

support to the Research, Monitoring and Evaluation department. Erick is awaiting his graduation from the University where he studied Political Science, History and Sociology leading to Bachelor of Arts degree. Erick has vast knowledge in Statistical Packages; SPSS and Epi Info. Before joining RATN, Erick was a Research Assistant at AMREF’s Human Resource for Health Project.

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Alliance Africa Regional Programme Advisory Group Meeting

The Regional AIDS Training Network’s (RATN) Deputy Executive Director, Ms. Margaret Waithaka travelled to Johannesburg, South Africa to attend the Alliance

Africa Regional Programme Advisory Group meeting on her first assignment as Deputy Executive Director. The two day meeting held between 18th and 19th June, 2012 was attended by representatives from Kenya, Sudan, and South Africa.

The meeting’s objectives were to exchange information on key issues, priorities or programming of organisations attending the meeting, provide opportunity for strategic discussions among regional organisations on strategic issues related to AIDS response and civil society’s involvement, discuss next steps on what organisations should be doing on strategic issues and to discuss next steps and potential involvement in Regional Round Tables to be organised by Alliance focusing on PPTCT and key population prevention access.

The participants were taken through the UNAIDS’ Investment Framework by Alliance who made it clear that already they were in the process of aligning the Africa

Regional Programmes to the Framework, focusing mainly on Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission (PPTCT) and Key Populations (MSMs and Sex Workers). HIV and Human Rights Programming was also highly looked into during the meeting led by ARASA.

Margaret gave an overview of RATN as a Network-based regional NGO and elaborated on the key programmes that RATN is involved in. She also alerted participants on the planned repositioning of RATN to look into broader health sector, private-public partnership but retaining HIV Capacity building as the niche. She also highlighted the role played by RATN in Capacity building and the work done so far in the HIV Capacity Summit. The Upcoming Capacity Summit in March 2013 to be held in Johannesburg was an interest to many participants.

During the meeting, AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern African (ARASA) expressed interest in joining RATN membership.

The Gertrude’s Hospital Foundation was registered in September 2010 and is the main vehicle for the

Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital’s ongoing and new charitable programmes.

The Foundation’s aim is to provide quality health care to needy children, who are located in hard to reach areas and children’s homes in various parts of the country, and rely on our free services at the main hospital, our outreach clinics and medical camps.

The activities of the Foundation revolve around the provision of financial assistance to needy sick children, building capacity by equipping healthcare workers with education training and research support, development of community projects to promote health and wellbeing, purchase of medical equipment and the construction of buildings.

The Foundation is only able to carry out these activities through partnerships with various organisations during the formulation and implementation of the many social support projects, especially in health and education.

These partners include, Paediatric AIDS Treatment for Africa (PATA), APHIA II Plus through Pathfinder International, CHADIK, Smile Train International, Deaf Aid, KCB Foundation, among others.

Gertrude’s Hospital Foundation

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Mary Wanjiru, a 42 year-old single mother of five, was unaware she had contracted HIV until her

step mother sent her away from home in 2009.

She sought refuge at her sister’s residence at Githogoro, a slum village bordering Runda in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya.

At that time, Wanjiru was six months pregnant and if her step-mother’s allegations were anything to go by, then the life of the unborn baby was at risk. Concerned about Wanjiru and the unborn baby’s health, her sister took them to Karoli Sub-district Hospital in June 2009, where Mary tested HIV positive. Mary was referred to Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital for specialised care.

“For a moment I felt this was a death sentence to both of us. It was like the world was crumbling down, but then I

took hold of hope and saw this as start of a new journey,” she says.

Three months later, Mary gave birth to a baby girl and named her Dazzel Waithera. But the question of whether or not Dazzel was HIV/AIDS positive or risked getting the same was giving her sleepless nights.

On 19th January 2010, with baby Dazzel firmly held in her arms, Wanjiru came to Gertrude’s satellite clinic at Githogoro, as previously directed by doctors at Karoli Hospital. She looked devastated, perhaps by the diagnosis but at the same time calm. Staff there immediately enrolled her for HIV care, assigning her a community health worker to check on her and Dazzel throughout the period of treatment. She was introduced to antiretroviral therapy, and was taught about proper nutrition and breastfeeding.

Mary still feared the worst and sometimes convinced herself that baby Dazzel would die soon. But after 18

months of care at the clinic, Dazzel was confirmed to be HIV/AIDS negative.Mary is now part of our support group; where she has been able learn how to live positively. She currently stays with her five children at Muchatha in Kiambu, which is approximately three kilometers from the Githogoro clinic and takes on casual jobs to be able feed her family. Her life is testimony to the fact that it is possible to live a full life even with HIV infection.

Gertrude’s Hospital Foundation continues to bring hope to people whose situation may seem bleak.

Success story: A life renewed

Grant Opportunities

Call for proposals• HealthandReproductiveRightsandArtsSports

and Culture Thematic Areas

African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) invites Women’s Organisations on the African continent working on issues of Women’s Human Rights to send in proposals with innovative but effective strategies, to address issues relating to Women’s Health & Reproductive Rights, and enhancing women’s role in Arts, Culture & Sports. Below is a link to the proposal document for download http://www.awdf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/CALL-FOR-PROPOSAL-HRR-ACS-Thematic-Areas1.docx

• HIVandAIDSThematicAreas

The African Women’s Development Fund is seeking applicants to send in proposals with innovative but effective strategies, to address issues relating to Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV; Elimination of stigma and discrimination; Building the leadership of Women living with HIV and AIDS, and expanding the economic base of women living with HIV and AIDS. Below is the link to the proposal document for download http://www.awdf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/CALL-FOR-PROPOSAL-HIVAIDS-Thematic-Area.docx

Source AWDF publications

Upcoming Member Institution Courses s/no Country MI Course Name Dates

1. Kenya LVCT Quality Management Training for HIV Testing and Counselling courses 5th-9th Nov 2012

2. KAPC HIV/ AIDS Counselling: Current Challenges for the Hearing impaired 5th-30th Nov 2012

3. AMREF Medical Lab Practices Management Phase 3: 27th Aug-27th Nov 2012

4. UON-CEU Advanced Health Research Methods 29th Oct-16th Nov 2012

5. CAFS Integration of Reproductive Health/ Family Planning (RH/FH) and HIV and AIDS 17th-28th Sep 2012

6. UgandaTASO

TOT in Community Care of HIV/ AIDS Course Oct 8th-26th 20127. Anti-Retroviral Therapy for Programme Managers Sep 10th-28th 2012

8. Malawi MIM Management and Administration in HIV and AIDS for programme leaders and Managers 10th Sep-5th Oct 2012

9. Zimbabwe CONNECT Systemic HIV and AIDS Counselling 3rd-28th Sep 2012