[afro-nets] Expert Panel Releases Comprehensive New Research Agenda to Improve HIV Responses for Women and Children (2)

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Dear all,

Nice to hear that there is more attention to women and children in the HIV programs. At present, we are working to raise attention to possible developmental delay in HIV children and the development of a screening program, a (community) intervention activities for them as well as training programs for community members and health professionals on how to start these group activities. We are doing this now for almost two years with good results. An article will be published on the topic in the Medical Journal of Zambia (MJZ) in April. If you are interested in further information or cannot download MJZ for the article, please contact me. I can forward it to you. I would like to see how we could make that concern into a regional, global program, aimed at HIV children who survive but are left with functional problems and disabilities, possibly due to CNS involvement.

Warm regards,

Julie

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Julie Schurgers, Occupational Therapist, Health Scientist, specialized in Public Health, Medical Educationalist.
University of Zambia, School of Medicine, Department of Medical Education Development.
Po Box 320296 Lusaka, Zambia, 10101
mailto:juulschurgers@hotmail.com; mailto;julie.schurgers@unza.zm

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Dear Julie Schurgers and colleagues,

You might be interested in 'The Child Within' (www.stratshope.org/b-cc-06-child.htm), a training tool for community-based care-givers of children who are living with HIV or are affected by HIV in the family, or by some other kind of psychological trauma. It was developed by a professional psychologist, Judy Rankin, working with church leaders in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province. The book is distributed internationally by TALC (info@talcuk.org; www.talcuk.org) and in South Africa by the Christian Literature Fund (aidstrust@clf.co.za).

With best wishes,

Glen Williams
Series Editor
Strategies for Hope Trust
www.stratshope.org
mailto:sfh@stratshope.org