Workshop: Planning for HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Notice of the 4th HEARD HIV/AIDS Durban Workshop
9 July to 20 July 2001
One of a series of International Policy Research Workshops held over
the last ten years in the UK, East Asia and Africa, the 2001 workshop
"Planning for HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa" builds on the experi-
ence and ideas gained over the last decade. The workshop focuses on
the need to anticipate the medium and long-term social and economic
consequences of HIV/AIDS. It offers participants a unique opportunity
to exchange ideas about these issues, to review their experience with
strategies and tactics, and to identify interventions appropriate to
their local situation.
The Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD) of the
University of Natal, Durban, South Africa are the organisers of this
workshop. The cost of the workshop is: ZAR 15,750 / US$ 2,300. This
includes the course fee, full board and accommodation, airport trans-
fers, and all materials. It does not include travel to/from Durban or
expenses in transit, additional travel insurance, local insurance,
visas, per diems or any incidental expenses.
Target Participants:
The workshop is designed for senior professionals concerned with
planning for the economic and social, demographic and human resource
implications of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Participants could include:
economists and planners from government ministries; AIDS programme
managers; donors; NGO programme managers; private sector representa-
tives; and 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 by the facilitators.
Workshop Content Outline:
Issues and Information:
* Data Construction, collation and interpretation
* Issues
* Socio-economic impact
* Vulnerability and susceptibility
* State of the epidemic
* Demographic issues
* Industry and agriculture, orphans and the elderly
* Economic and social analysis
Responding: models, tools and 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
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 has been
that they are informal, but demand hard work over the two-week pe-
riod.
COURSE LEADERS
Alan W. Whiteside, Associate Professor at the University of Natal in
Durban. Tony Barnett, Professor of Development Studies in the School
of Development Studies, University of East Anglia.
Other Information:
A maximum of 35 places are available. Closing date for applications
is 1 June 2001. There is a possibility of sponsorship of the course
fee in a few instances.
An application form can be requested:
By Tel: +27-31-260-2592
By Fax: +27-31-260-2587
mailto:freeman@nu.ac.za
By mail:
The Course Coordinator
HEARD
University of Natal, 4041
Republic of South Africa
Further information and application forms can also be obtained from
the HEARD website:
http://www.und.ac.za/und/heard
Applications from countries in Eastern Africa can alternatively be
directed to:
The Regional AIDS Training Network (a principal sponsor)
The Course Coordinator
P. O. Box 11771
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-2-716-009 / 724-634
Fax: +254-2-726-626
mailto:ndiritucw@ratn.org
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