Community reports from Zambia

News: HIV positive religious leaders break silenceUN IRIN PlusNews18 March 2008 *KAMULI (PlusNews) - Admitting to being HIV-positive is a difficult task for anyone, but David Balubenze was faced with some special challenges as the pastor of Deliverance Church Nankandulo, in Kamuli, about 100 kilometers from the capital, Kampala.Balubenze knew he was HIV-positive for a year before he told church elders and it was several more years before he informed his congregation. "My

News: Africa: Why HIV and AIDS is Ravaging ContinentMargaret WokuriThe Monitor15 March 2008 * KAMPALA (The Monitor) — Yesterday, a commemoration was held at Kasensero to mark 25 years since the first victim of HIV/ and AIDS was identified in Uganda. But it seems HIV and AIDS that started as a global problem is soon going to be a third world, or I should say, an African dilemma. While 33.2 million people in the world are HIV positive, 22.5 percent of these are in the thir

Action:Partners Zimbabwe Survey14 March 2008 [Mods note: Please take 10 seconds to complete our survey found at the end of this message and send back the response, as given on the instructions at the end of the message. *What is Partners Zimbabwe? *Partners Zimbabwe is a national eForum for the debate and discussion on HIV and AIDS-related health and development issues in Zimbabwe. Ma

Resource: A guide to interactive drama with young peopleThe HIV/AIDS Alliance13 March 2008 *[Mods note: A new resource on youths and interactive drama has become available from the International HIV/AIDS Alliance. Copies can be downloaded through the following link: publications@aidsalliance.org] *A guide to interactive drama with young peopleFeel! Many of us are looking for better ways of working with young people to think about and take action t

Action: Call for articles for “ASK Notebook”SAfAIDS Call for articles: “ASK” Notebook: Antiretroviral Therapy Skills and Knowledge Notebook for Community Workers in Southern AfricaThe ASK Notebook is a bi-annual publication, which aims to improve the knowledge base of community-based organizations/networks/groups and community members on specific ART related themes. It is an interactive and vibrant Notebook that also seeks to provide a platform for sharing innovative initiativ

Statement: Commemoration of International Women’s DaySAfAIDS Executive Director – Mrs Lois Chingandu 11 March 2008 Educate a woman and you educate a nation!As the world commemorates International Women’s Day on 8 March, Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Service (SAfAIDS), is calling upon stakeholders to once again invest in the empowerment of girls and women throughout southern Africa and beyond.This year on International Women’s Day, SAfAIDS adds its voice to

Statement: Commemoration of International Women’s DaySAfAIDS Executive Director – Mrs Lois Chingandu 11 March 2008 *Educate a woman and you educate a nation!As the world commemorates International Women’s Day on 8 March, Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Service (SAfAIDS), is calling upon stakeholders to once again invest in the empowerment of girls and women throughout southern Africa and beyond.This year on International Women’s Day, SAfAIDS adds i

Action: Request for applications - Missing the Target 6International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) Dear PZim members, Due date: 17 March 2008The next edition of Missing the Target will focus on the relationship of AIDS services and broader health systems what PLWHA need from health systems; how delivery of AIDS services can (and does) have positive impacts on general health delivery; where a focus on AIDS creates challenges; and implications

News: SAfAIDS Launches ‘Spreading the Word’ DVD and GuidebookMedia Resource DeskSAfAIDS7 March 2008 HARARE— “When you talk about gender based violence (GBV), HIV and AIDS…these are very sad issues,” says Bonang Sankoloba of Francistown, Botswana.“Women are being abused, always beaten up, sexually, financially and economically harassed. This really hurts me. Sometimes I just wish I could do something,” says Sankoloba with a face full of pain, anger and sorrow, in the D

Action: Call for documentation of best practice on ART community preparedness interventionsSAfAIDS *SAfAIDS – Call for Documentation of Best Practice on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Community Preparedness Interventions In Botswana, Namibia And Lesotho.Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) is a regional not-for profit organisation, established in 1994, based in Harare, Zimbabwe, whose core business lies the mandate to repackage, develop and do