Children and HIV: Family Support First - Working Together to Achieve Universal Support and Access to Treatment - HIV/AIDS Symposium presented by The Teresa Group, Vienna, Austria, July 16 - 17 2010
Children and HIV: Family Support First - Working Together to Achieve Universal Support and Access to Treatment - HIV/AIDS Symposium presented by The Teresa Group, Vienna, Austria, July 16 - 17 2010
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PROGRAM OVERVIEW
 

ESPAÑOL
 
FRANÇAIS
 
DAY 1 - JULY 16th
REGISTRATION 7:30 – 8:30
OPENING KEYNOTE / PLENARY
 
8:30 – 10:00
Moderator:
Dr. Natalia Kanem, President, ELMA Philanthropies
 
Presenters:
1. Civil Society Address:
Ms. Elizabeth Mwenya, Network of Zambians Living with HIV & AIDS
2. Introducing the Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Stefan Germann, World Vision International / CCABA
3. Keynote Address:
Mr. Michel Sidibé, Executive Director, UNAIDS
MORNING BREAK & NETWORKING TIME: 10:00 – 10:30
SUB-PLENARIES
 
10:30 – 12:00
Track: Care and Support Programs:
Linking Treatment to family-based services

 
Moderator:
Mr. Peter McDermott
Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
 
Presenters:
1. Dr. Sankaran VijayKumar, Health and Family Welfare Department, Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project, India
2. Dr. Theresa Betancourt, FXB Center, Harvard
3. Mr. Thomas Fenn, UNICEF ESARO
 
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Track: Government Service Delivery & Programs:
Social welfare systems and policies in Africa: How can scaling up cash transfer programs help families?

 
Moderator:
Dr. Rachel Yates
UNICEF Headquarters
 
Presenters:
1. Professor Andrew Tomkins, Institute of Child Health
2. Ms. Hyacinth Kulemeka, Ministry of Gender, Women and Child Development, Government of Malawi
 
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Track: International Policies and Initiatives:
Dialogue on Emerging Quality Assurance Guidelines for OVC care

 
Moderator:
Dr. Nalini Tarakeshwar
Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
 
Presenters:
1. Dr. Diane Lusk, Academy for Educational Development
2. Ms. Kimberly Green, Family Health International
 
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LUNCH: 12:00 – 13:15
PARALLEL SESSIONS
 
13:15 – 15:00
Stream 1:
Skills-building & Knowledge exchange
Stream 2:
Connecting Research to Policy to Practice
Home-based care of children affected by HIV and AIDS - models of caregiver support and training
 
Moderator:
Professor Alan Stein, Oxford University
 
Presenters:
1. Mr. Christopher Mulela, Matero Care Center
2. Ms. Naomi Hill, The Thogomelo Project, Health and Development Africa and International HIV/AIDS Alliance
 
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Education and family-centred care
 
Moderator:
Dr. Aleesha Taylor, Open Society Institute
 
Presenters:
1. Mr. Thulani Earnshaw, Bantwana - World Education, Swaziland
2. Ms. Gill Garb, World Education
3. Mr. Simon Mazibuko, Ministry of Education, Swaziland
 
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Family-centred models to work with children with mental health concerns
 
Moderator:
Professor Lorraine Sherr, University College London
 
Presenters:
1. Dr. Xiaoming Li, Children’s Hospital of Michigan
2. Ms. Mhongwe Mtshotoshisa, Empilweni, South Africa
 
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The role of fathers in mother and child outcomes
 
Moderator:
Professor Linda Richter, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa/ CCABA
 
Presenters:
1. Dr. Boshi Molala, University of Cape Town
2. Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Trieu, UNICEF Viet Nam
3. Mr. Patrick Godana, Sonke Gender Justice Network, South Africa
 
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Changing face of families: Care and support for children with HIV in elderly-headed households
 
Moderator:
Ms. Zanele Sibanda-Knight, Firelight Foundation
 
Presenters:
1. Dr. Douglas Lackey, HelpAge
2. Ms. Caroline Kuo, Oxford University
3. Ms. Lydia Lugazia, Kwa Wazee, Tanzania
 
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Legal Protection and kinship care for Informally fostered children
 
Moderator:
Ms. Nankali Maksud, UNICEF Eastern & Southern Africa Regional Office
 
Presenters:
1. Ms. Brittany Ratelle, Brigham Young University Law
2. Mr. John Francis Oketcho, FOC-REV, Uganda
3. Ms. Tamsen Jean Rochat, Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies
 
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AFTERNOON BREAK & NETWORKING TIME: 15.00 – 15:30
AFTERNOON PLENARY
 
15:30 – 17:00
Accelerating Action to Achieve Family Centered Care: Campaign to End Pediatric HIV/AIDS (CEPA)
 
Moderator:
Dr. Sabrina Kitaka, Mulago Hospital/Makerere University Medical School & Uganda Pediatric Association
 
Introduction to Video Address & Overview of CEPA Advocacy Toolkit
Ms. Georgina Bukenya, Global Coordinator, Campaign to End Pediatric HIV/AIDS (CEPA)
 
Video Address
Ms. Graça Machel
Chair, Leadership Council of the Campaign to End Pediatric HIV/AIDS
President of the Foundation for Community Development
 
Panel Discussion
Ms. Morolake Odetoyinbo, Project Director, Positive Action for Treatment
Mr. Jimmy Kolker, Chief, HIV & AIDS, UNICEF Headquarters: An AIDS-free generation is now within sight. How will we get there?
Government representative from one of the CEPA countries (to be confirmed)
 
17:15 – 18:00
Bus transfer of delegates to the Mayor’s Reception
 
18:00 – 20:30
Mayor’s Reception at the Vienna Rathaus (City Hall)
 
 
DAY 2 - JULY 17th
MORNING PLENARY
 
8:30 – 10:00
Family-based care programs - highlighting evidence of programs that are HIV and AIDS-sensitive
 
Moderator:
Professor Linda Richter, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa / CCABA
 
Presenters:
1. Ms. Wairimu Mungai, WEM Integrated Health Services, Kenya (Click for more details)
2. Mr. Gift Trappence, Center for Development of People, Blantyre, Blantyre, Malawi
3. Dr. Theresa Betancourt, FXB Center, Harvard (Click for more details)
4. Ms. Gretchen Bachman, Office of HIV/AIDS, Global Health, USAID
MORNING BREAK & NETWORKING TIME: 10:00 – 10:30
SUB-PLENARIES
 
10:30 – 12:00
Track: Care and Support Programs:
Economic livelihood strategies that improve nutrition for caregivers and children affected by AIDS

 
Moderator:
Dr. Stuart Gillespie
International Food Policy Research Institute
 
Presenters:
1. Mr. Guy Vanmeenen, Catholic Relief Services
2. Dr. Douglas Webb, UNICEF Ethiopia
3. Ms. Fadzai Mukonoweshuro, Food and Agricultural Organization
 
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Track: Government Service Delivery & Programs:
Strengthening the Evidence for Early Childhood Development: Improving Outcomes for Young Children and their Families

 
Moderator:
Kendra Blackett-Dibinga
Save the Children
 
Panelists:
1. Professor Lorraine Sherr, University College London
2. Ms. Bonita Birungi, Save the Children
3. Ms. Leah Berkowitz, CARE
 
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Track: International Policies and Initiatives:
The magic of networks on children affected by HIV and AIDS

 
Moderator:
Mr. John Miller
Coalition on Children Affected by AIDS
 
Presenters:
1. Ms. Rekha Nathoo, The CINDI Network, South Africa
2. Ms. Joan Marston, International Children’s Palliative Care Initiative
3. Ms. Noreen Huni, Regional Inter-Agency Task Team on Children and HIV/AIDS, Eastern & Southern Africa
 
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LUNCH: 12:00 – 13:00
PARALLEL SESSIONS
 
13:00 – 14:15
Stream 1:
Skills-building & Knowledge exchange
Stream 2:
Connecting Research to Policy to Practice
Strengthening the Family to Protect Girls and Challenge Gender Norms
 
Moderator:
Dr Françoise Ndayishimiye, The Global Fund
 
Presenters:
1. Shannon Senefeld, Catholic Relief Services
2. Ms. Nyaradzayi Mugaragumbo-Gumbonzvanda, Rozaria Memorial Trust, Zimbabwe
 
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Supporting Families and Caregivers to Tell Children they’re HIV Positive
 
Moderator:
Ms. Tamsen Jean Rochat, Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies
 
Presenters:
1. Dr. Felix Rwabukwisi Cyamatare, Inshuti Ma Buzima / Partners in Health Rwanda
2. Dr. Susan Strasser, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Zambia
 
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Community Approach to Serving HIV Vulnerable Children and their Families in Latin American & Caribbean
 
Moderator:
Ms. Angelica Valenzuela, Children Affected by AIDS Foundation
 
Presenters:
1. Dr. Gary W. Harper, Children's Place International (Haiti) & DePaul University
2. Dr. Gustavo Rojas Lara, Dominican Republic Presidential Council on AIDS
3. Mr. Alejandro Guajardo, APROFA, Chile
 
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What about when there is no family? Children in emergencies and children in armed conflict
 
Moderator:
Ms. Ghazal Keshavarzian, Better Care Network
 
Presenters:
1. Mr. Joe Walker, Street Action
2. Father Eddy Eustache, Partners In Health / Zanmi Lasante, Haiti
3. Ms. Tomaida Banda, Child Protection Society, Zimbabwe
 
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The latest tools and models for working with children and families
 
Moderator:
Ms. Olivia Dix, The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund
 
Presenters:
1. Mr. Howard Kasiya, Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM)
2. Ms. Kimberly Green, Family Health International, Vietnam
3. Dr. Michelle Meiring, Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa
 
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Supporting families in the context of HIV and disability
 
Moderator:
Dr. Jill Hanass-Hancock, HEARD, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban
 
Presenters:
1. Dr. Connie Malega Kganagka, Government of South Africa & Dr. Lucie Cluver, Oxford University
2. Ms. Connie Tinka, Katalemwa Cheshire Home, Uganda
3. Dr. Toyin Aderemi, University of Kwazulu-Natal
 
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MOVE TO NEXT SESSION: 14:15 – 14:30
PARALLEL SESSIONS
 
14:30 – 15:45
Engaging families in the prevention of HIV transmission to infants
 
Moderator:
Dr. Nick Hellmann, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
 
Presenters:
1. Ms. Elisabeth Mwenya, Network of Zambians living with HIV and AIDS
2. Dr. Adam Aluisio, Researcher
3. Dr. Susan Strasser, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Zambia
 
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Youth heading households: How communities can best support them to care for children affected by HIV and AIDS
 
Moderator:
Ms. Zanele Sibanda-Knight, Firelight Foundation
 
Presenters:
1. Ms. Jeanne d’Arc Muhongayire, Bamporeze, Rwanda
 
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Training for CBOs and NGOs: Building a Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity on programming for children affected by HIV and AIDS
 
Moderator:
Dr. Jane Chege, World Vision
 
Presenters:
1. Ms. Natasha Nel, Inside Out, South Africa
 
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Children and HIV in Francophone Africa - Family-based approaches
 
Moderator:
Ms. Fabienne Héjoaka, Institut de recherche pour le développement, France
 
Presenters:
1. Dr. Philippe Msellati, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France
2. Mr. Ngagne Mbaye, Synérgie Pour l’Enfance, Sénegal
3. Dr. Hortense Aka Dago-Akribi, Université de Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
 
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Children affected by HIV in Eastern Europe: out of orphanages and into families
 
Moderator:
Ms. Olga Rudneva, Elena Franchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation
 
Presenters:
1. Ms. Olga Dudina, "Children Plus" Project, All-Ukrainian Network of PLHA, Ukraine
2. Ms. Nicoleta Manescu, Romanian Angel Appeal Foundation
3. Ms. Marina Adamyan, World Vision International, Middle East/Eastern Europe Regional Office
 
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The best systems of family support for children of sex workers, and children of injection drug users
 
Moderator:
Ms. Kate Iorpenda, International HIV/AIDS Alliance
 
Presenters:
1. Ms. Siphirath Hak, KHANA Cambodia
2. Ms. Katya Burns, Independent Consultant
3. Ms. Jude Byrne, International Network of People who Use Drugs’ Women’s Network
 
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AFTERNOON BREAK & NETWORKING TIME: 15.45 – 16:15
CLOSING PLENARY & REMARKS
 
16:15 – 17:30
Moderator:
Dr. Peter Laugharn, Firelight Foundation / Chair, Coalition on Children Affected by AIDS
 
Presenters:
1. Presentation of IAS/CCABA Prize for Excellence in Research Related to the Needs of Children Affected by AIDS:
Presenter:
Professor Lorraine Sherr, University College London, CCABA Steering Committee
Award Recipient:
Priscilla Akwara et al, UNICEF, for the winning abstract: Who is the vulnerable child? Using survey data to identify children at risk in the era of HIV and AIDS
2. Introducing Elizabeth Mataka:
Ms. Karen Vance-Wallace, The Teresa Group / CCABA
3. Closing Plenary Address:
Ms. Elizabeth Mataka, UN Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS to Africa - “Where do we want to be in 2020?”
4. Closing Remarks:
Dr. Peter Laugharn, Firelight Foundation / Chair, Coalition on Children Affected by AIDS
17:30
Closing Reception / Journal Launch
- Special Issue of the Journal of the International AIDS Society, on Family Based Care of Children
- Special Issue of Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
 
 
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