5th HEARD HIV/AIDS Workshop: Planning for HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
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October 28 to November 15, 2002
Durban, South Africa
One of a series of International Policy Research Workshops held over
the last eleven years in the UK, East Asia and Africa, the 5th HEARD
HIV/AIDS workshop focuses on the need to anticipate the medium and
long-term social and economic consequences of HIV/AIDS. We offer par-
ticipants a unique opportunity over two weeks, to exchange ideas, re-
view their experiences with strategies and tactics, and identify in-
terventions appropriate to their local situation.
In response to much demand, the 2002 workshop will include an op-
tional third week which aims to provide participants with the tools
to project the impact of HIV/AIDS using computer modelling.
Target Participants
The workshop is designed for senior professionals concerned with
planning for the economic, social, demographic and human resource im-
plications of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Previous workshop participants
have included economists and planners from government ministries;
AIDS programme managers; donors; NGO programme managers; private sec-
tor representatives; local government officers; academics and other
special interest groups.
Pre-requisites
No fixed maxima/minima parameters are set, apart from a good standard
of written and spoken English, as all applications are assessed for
suitability. A basic knowledge of computers would be useful for par-
ticipants intending to enrol for the computer modelling option.
Workshop Content
Week 1: Issues & information
* Data construction, collation, and interpretation
* Socio-economic impact
* Vulnerability and susceptibility
* State of the epidemic
* Demographic issues
* Industry and agriculture, orphans and the elderly
* Economic and social analysis
* Assessment and interpretation of demographic and intervention mod-
els
Week 2: Models, tools & techniques
* Guidelines for Studies of the Social and Economic Impact of HIV/
AIDS
* HIV/AIDS audits
* Planning problems - demographic and epidemiological models
* Risk environment
* Case Studies
* The use of AIDS Briefs
* Targeting policy responses
* Private sector, donors and governments
Week 3 (optional): Development & use of models
* Working with models
* AIDS projection software - Spectrum
* Intervention models
Training Approaches
Our aim is to ensure delegates participate as fully as possible
through a mixture of lectures, group exercises, reading and practical
work. Previous participant evaluation of these workshops have indi-
cated that they are informal, but demand hard work. Access to the
internet will be available throughout the workshop, and a dedicated
computer network will be provided for those attending the modelling
option. All training materials are provided.
Course Facilitators
Alan W. Whiteside is Professor and Director of the Health Economics
and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD) at the University of Natal in
Durban. He has been looking at the economic impact of HIV/AIDS since
1987, and has undertaken commissioned research for the Southern Afri-
can Development Bank in South Africa, Southern Africa Foundation for
Economic Research, Zimbabwe, studies of the impact of HIV/AIDS for a
group of sugar companies in Swaziland, and work on the implications
of AIDS for the Town and Regional Planning Commission of KwaZulu-
Natal. He recently completed a 3-year project for USAID and is now
embarking on the second phase. In 2000 he co-authored with Clem
Sunter, the well-received book "AIDS: The Challenge for South Af-
rica".
Tony Barnett, is a Professor of Development Studies in the School of
Development Studies, University of East Anglia (UK). Has been re-
searching the social and economic impact of HIV/AIDS since 1987. Com-
pleted research includes major projects in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania
and Zambia as well as work in India. Advisor to the UK Overseas De-
velopment Administration, UN, FAO, UNDP, UNICEF as well as govern-
ments and NGOs, he is a member of the French Government's National
AIDS Research Committee. In addition to many articles, he is author
(with Piers Blaikie) of AIDS in Africa: Its Present and Future Im-
pact, (with Martina Haslwimmer); The Effects of HIV/AIDS on Farming
Systems in Eastern Africa, FAO, Rome, 1994. He has undertaken re-
search on the social and economic impact of HIV/AIDS in India,
Ukraine, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Kenya and several other countries
in Africa and elsewhere.
Tony Barnett and Alan Whiteside have recently completed "AIDS in the
Twenty-First Century: Disease and Globalisation" published by Pal-
grave in June 2002.
Chris Desmond, is a Research Fellow at the Health Economics and
HIV/AIDS Research Division, at the University of Natal. Has conducted
research into various areas of socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS spe-
cialising in education, orphans and vulnerable children, and poverty
issues. In addition to his research activities, Chris also conducts
training in the use of modelling as a tool for projecting the impact
of HIV/AIDS, and has taught courses in South Africa, the UK and the
Ukraine.
Cost
The course fee includes tuition, full board and accommodation, air-
port transfers, and all course materials.
Early registration fee:
ZAR 16,000 / US$ 1,600 core course
ZAR 24,000 / US$ 2,400 core course + modelling option (1 additional
week)
Registration after Oct 1:
ZAR 17,500 / US$ 1,750 core course
ZAR 26,250 / US$ 2,625 core course + modelling option (1 additional
week)
Please note that travel to/from Durban (including expenses), travel/
local insurance, visa charges, per diems and other incidental ex-
penses will be the sole responsibility of the participant.
Other Information:
A maximum of 40 places are available. The closing date for applica-
tions is 27 September 2002. There is the possibility of sponsorship
of the course fee in a few instances.
An application form can be requested:
By phone: +27-31-260-2592
By fax: +27-31-260-2587
By email: mailto:freeman@nu.ac.za
via the web: http://www.und.ac.za/und/heard
By mail:
The Course Coordinator
HEARD, University of Natal
Durban, 4041
Republic of South Africa
Applications from countries in Eastern Africa can alternatively be
directed to:
The Regional AIDS Training Network
The Course Coordinator
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-2-716-009 / 724-634
Fax: +254-2-726-626
mailto:ndiritucw@ratn.org
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