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This intensive six day course is held specifically for North East Asian participants planning to work on HIV programs in developing countries or participants from Asian developing countries already involved in HIV work. The course will highlight emerging evidence and policy and present a variety of effective community-based responses to the epidemic drawn from the Asian context. It will take participants through the key issues in assessing risks and vulnerabilities associated with HIV at a community level, and highlight contemporary approaches to effective responses. The latest evidence and practice will be presented for prevention of infection and meeting the holistic care needs of persons living with HIV or AIDS.

It will review the status of the Asian epidemic and key determinants of vulnerability, describe the relative success of various approaches to HIV in affected countries, and highlight key components of successful community-based prevention, care and advocacy programs within Asia. The course will include a number of participatory case studies reflecting on lessons learned from HIV programs in the region.

The course will be delivered in the English language and therefore it is expected that participants will have reasonable competence in spoken & written English.

• Global and Asia Region epidemiology of HIV infection: latest trends, recent developments

• Basic facts about HIV: virology, transmission, effects on the immune system, new developments in treatments

• The impact of gender relationships on HIV transmission, risk and vulnerability

• The impact of HIV on development, and the impact of development on vulnerability to HIV

• Global policies that impact upon national and community-based HIV programs

• Analysis of HIV risk and vulnerability within a community context and frameworks for developing a community response

• The importance of human rights and HIV, including the central role of people living with HIV in community-based responses

• Effective programmatic choices for HIV prevention and care, including preventing parent-to-child transmission, integrating sexual and reproductive health

• Migration and cross border HIV issues in Asia

• Behaviour change for preventing HIV transmission

• HIV and injecting drug use: harm reduction approaches to prevention and care

• The scale up of testing within the access to treatment context: is PITC the answer?

• Monitoring and evaluating community-based HIV programs

• Taking a ‘settings approach’ to risk and vulnerability, rather than traditional ‘target groups’ approaches to HIV.

• To enhance knowledge and understanding about the HIV epidemic and its impact, with a focus on emerging trends, evidence and implications.

• To increase understanding of innovative approaches to analysing HIV risk and vulnerability, and designing effective responses.

• To assess the relative success of various approaches to the HIV epidemic in Asian countries and develop an understanding of the need for a multisectoral approach to prevention, care and support for individuals and communities.

• To identify effective strategies for strengthening the capacity of communities to respond effectively to HIV; acknowledging the central role of people living with HIV in any community response.

USD$2000 per person. The fees include full accommodation, all meals & training materials. Accommodation is at the nearby Global Arena

Further Information, bookings & enquiries

Ms Andrea Eakins
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Fax: +613 9282 2144

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