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Southern Africa Newsletter: October 2009

Welcome to our September newsletter for Southern Africa. In this issue we highlight the services of Consultancy Africa Intelligence and the current special offer on its HIV/AIDS reports. We highlight resources on the "gender question" in Africa.In the boxes on the right hand side of the newsletter you will find links to Jobs, Upcoming events and News items from the region. You will also find A 'How To ' tip for getting more involved, an update on AIDSPortal actvities in Network Information and other resources to check out if you are 'Looking for More '

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Kind regards,
Naume
naume@aidsportal.org
HIV/AIDS Information for Decision Making
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Moving Beyond Gender as Usual
In this analysis, the Center for Global Development’s HIV/AIDS Monitor argues that despite well-meaning global strategies and policies, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the World Bank’s Africa Multi-Country AIDS Program have not yet been able to turn them into systematic programming that addresses the needs of women and girls.


Assessing the integration of gender and human rights in HIV-related documents and processes in selected Southern African countries , Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, 2009

The Female Condom - Improving gender equality in the fight against HIV & AIDS, CAI HIV & AIDS Ad Hoc - September 2009





Botswana
Perceptions of couple HIV counseling and testing in Botswana: A stakeholder analysis , Patient Education and Counseling, In Press, Corrected Proof, August 2009

Why HIV/AIDS prevention strategies fail in Botswana: considering discourses of sexuality, Development Southern Africa, Volume 22, Issue 3 September 2005
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Malawi
Comparison of Projected and Actual Outcomes of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Malawi, 1990–2000 , PLoS ONE 4(8), 2009
Resumption of sexual activity and regular menses after childbirth among women infected with HIV in Malawi , International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, In Press, Corrected Proof, September 2009

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Mozambique
Abuse of HIV/AIDS-relief funds in Mozambique, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 9, Issue 9, September 2009 (free registration)

Interrogating Culture , Women's Rights and HIV/AIDS in Namibia and Mozambique, SAFAIDS, 2006
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South Africa

The Danger of Denying HIV , Newsweek, 24 October 2009
Rapid Assessment of HIV Risk Behavior in Drug Using Sex Workers in Three Cities in South Africa, AIDS and Behavior, Volume 13, Number 5 / October, 2009

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Swaziland
Assessing the integration of gender and human rights in HIV-related documents and processes in selected Southern African countries , Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, 2009
HIV-TB in Swaziland: A Deadly Co-Infection Epidemic , Medicins Sans Frontieres, 28 October 2009

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Zimbabwe
Working with Men and Boys: Emerging strategies from across Africa to address Gender based violence and HIV/AIDS , Sonke Gender Justice Network 2009
More Zimbabweans turn to circumcision , Zimbabwe Telegraph, 15 October 2009

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Southern Africa
Understanding HIV-1 Incidence in Eastern and Southern Africa , UNAIDS 2009
Video: HIV-TB: A Double Epidemic in Southern Africa
Medicins Sans Frontieres, 2009
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Need Help?
Naume Kupe is the Southern Africa AIDSPortal facilitator. Contact her with questions or to find out how to get involved: naume@aidsportal.org; Skype: Naume_AIDSPortal

Jobs
Consultant: Partners Zambia National Partnership Platform Country Mapping, Lusaka, Zambia, 6 November 2009

Communication for Change Program Country Liaison , Lesotho, 13 November 2009

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Events
11th World Congress on STIs & HIV/AIDS , Cape Town South Africa, 9-12 November 2009

The Sixth African Men’s Seminar Highlighting missed opportunities in HIV prevention for African men, London, UK 13 November 2009

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News
South Africa: Building a health system that withstands leadership change , Health-e, 26 October 2009

Zuma buries ghost of Mbeki's Aids denial, Times Live 29 October 2009

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Launch of AIDSspace
Earlier this week UNAIDS launched AIDSspace www.aidsspace.org, a new social networking site for the global AIDS community. Users can create profiles for themselves and their organisations. The site provides a space to share information and engage in dialogue with other users, as well as a range of other features . AIDSPortal is currently exploring ways to better connect the family of AIDSPortal sites with AIDSspace to ensure a better experience for users.

Network Information
The International HIV/AIDS Alliance with technical support from AIDSPortal is supporting a citizen journalism programme where volunteer civil society members with an interest in reporting on HIV, AIDS and TB issues that affect their communities are ‘speaking their world’ read more about the key correspondents programme


Henry Neondo- Key Correspondent

Henry Neondo became a Key Correspondent in 2003 because he realised that many issues surrounding HIV, AIDS and TB go unreported or are superficially covered in the mainstream press.
Read his recent work: Africa must draw lessons from the Thai Vaccine trial results



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