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Environmental
Science Institute
Science and
Technology Faculty
University of
Cheikh Anta Diop
Dakar, Senegal
BP : 45716
Tel : 221 825 19 57
Fax : 221 824 60 25
Email :
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CONFERENCE
3th African Conference for the Research on the Social Aspects of the HIV / AIDS
THEME
« Bridging the gap between policy, research and interventions »
Dakar, Senegal OCTOBER 10th -14th 2005
SAHARA is an alliance of partners established to conduct, support and use social sciences research to prevent further spread of HIV and mitigate the impact of its devastation on South Africa, the SADC region and sub-Saharan Africa.
This Social Aspects of AIDS Research Alliance (SAHARA) is a vehicle for facilitating the sharing of research expertise, sharing knowledge, conducting multi-site and multi-country research projects that are exploratory, cross-sectional, comparative or intervention-based with the explicit aim of generating new social science evidence for prevention, care and impact mitigation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on individuals, families and communities.
The SAHARA research network project is funded by DFID (United Kingdom), CIDA (Canada) and implemented by the Human Science Research Council (South Africa) in partnership with the Tropical Institute for Community Health (Kenya) and University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar (Senegal).
Goals and themes of the conference
The conference will bring together stakeholders interested in the Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research in Africa.
The conference is expected to be all embracing of all institutions, networks and alliances.
The Conference should be of specific interest to researchers and policymakers who are interested in the following themes :
- The cultural and socio-economic environment of vulnerability and access to treatment.
- Social, economic and psychological impact of HIV/AIDS on African women, communities and countries.
- Gender inequalities and access to prevention, treatment and care. - Stigma and social aspects of prevention, volontary testing, treatment and care.
- The burden of HIV/AIDS on the health care systems and the involvement of the private sector in the fight against AIDS.
- Policies, programs and responses to international, national and local plans.
- The nutrition and feeding of people living with HIV/AIDS and social aspects of parent to child transmission of the disease.
- Behavioural changes, structural changes and assessment of the interventions.
- Socio-behavioural surveillance and socio-cultural aspects of epidemiological surveillance.
- Street children, sexual abuse, children in war and conflict situations; ethnic and legal issues regarding the rights of women and children.
Abstracts on themes not figuring on this list might as well be accepted for presentation.
Call for abstracts
We welcome the submission of abstracts for original contribution to the field of HIV/AIDS. Guidelines on how to submit your abstract can be found on the conference website.
Use the following URL link :
The deadline for abstract submission is 30 June 2005.
The SAHARA 2004 Conference in Cape Town (9 - 12 May, 2004) attracted over 350 delegates from 33 countries.
Click here for more information about the Conference:
The Conference will be held in , 10 th – 14 th October 2005,
Contact
Dr Cheikh Ibrahima Niang
Environmental Science Institute
Science and Technology Faculty
University of Cheikh Anta Diop
Dakar, Senegal
PO Box : 45716
Tel : 221 825 19 57
Fax : 221 824 60 25
Email :
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