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HST at the XVII International AIDS Conference
HST
2008-08-05

Schedule of participation of the Health Systems Trust at the XV11 International AIDS Conference 2008. Engagement and presentations by Marion Stevens and Sibongile Mkhize.

Monday, 04 August 2008 >Global Village Workshop Venue: GVSR2 (100) Time: 14:15 - 15:15 Discussants:Maria de Bruyn, Marion Stevens (Point Person) This workshop will involve participants in reflection, discussion and planning regarding how advocacy can be undertaken to promote linkages between HIV/AIDS and abortion-related care so that women living with HIV can terminate unwanted pregnancies safely. It will include a short introduction with presentation of some relevant information, some reflection exercises and discussion.

Tuesday, 5 August 2008 Poster Exhibition Group: Sexual and reproductive health and fertility: considerations and rights Treatment monitoring: using a sexual and reproductive health and rights lens M. Stevens, B. Bomela. Health Systems Trust, Treatment Monitor, Cape Town, South Africa (Poster no: TUPE0907)

Wednesday, 06 August 2008 Symposium Venue: SR 3 (550) Time: 11:00 - 12:30 Chairpersons: Musimbi Kanyoro, Alice Welbourn We have studied the biological and epidemiological aspects of reproduction in relation to AIDS but the most crucial unexamined issues remain in the social context of reproduction. Researchers and grassroots organizers have been calling attention to the social and political context of AIDS and to the specific situation of women since the mid 1980s. Many of the sharp critiques of the early period could be repeated and expanded upon today with no loss of cogency or point. For this discussion, the panel will take the social context of reproduction as its central organizing concept. The issues to be discussed are: reproductive choice, fertility, desire through breastfeeding, childcare, and economic subsistence as they relate to AIDS prevention and treatment. The panel will also explore the challenges of AIDS to human development. Presentations in this session: 11:00 WESY0201 Prevention, treatment, and reproductive choices - Marion Stevens 11:07 WESY0202 Harm reduction and reproduction 11:22 WESY0203 Women, AIDS, fertility, and desire - Gracia Violeta Ross 11:29 WESY0204 Mother and child dyad issues: Breastfeeding and child Survival- Anna Coutsoudis 11:36 WESY0205 The economics of social reproduction: Inheritance, land, and employment issues for women - Priya Nanda 11:43 WESY0206 Widowhood - Kousalya Periasamy

Poster Discussion Time: 13:00-14:00 Venue: Skills Building Room 5 WEPDD1 Sexuality, Body Image and the Meanings of Gender Co-Chair: Terto, Veriano E-mail: verterto@abiaids.org.br Co-Chair: Stevens, Marion +27 21 7886726 E-mail: mstevens@hst.org.za

Thursday, 7 August 2008 Poster Exhibition Group: Involvement of PLWHA and other affected people in the research process Experiences of women participating in the mothers2mothers (m2m) program and its impact on their lives S. Mkhize, I. Friedman - Health Systems Trust, Research, Durban, South Africa, V. Mathambo - Human Sciences Research Council, Child Youth Family and Social Development, Durban, South Africa, C. Baek, L. Apicela, N. Rutenberg - Population Council, Horizon Program, New York, United States (Poster no.: THPE0938)

Group: Social, psychological and behavioural aspects of HIV testing, counselling and prevention Voluntary counseling and testing in context: rural Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa K. Griffiths- City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center, Anthropology, New York, United States, S. Mkhize - Health Systems Trust, Durban, South Africa (Poster no.: THPE0921)

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