E-drug: Pre-conference discussion soon available on ProCAARE
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Dear E-druggers,
The Insight Initiative Team would like to INVITE ALL to join a
pre-conference email discussion leading up to the Fifth International
Conference on Home and Community Care for Persons Living with
HIV/AIDS taking place in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 17-20
December 2001. The theme of the conference is "The Power of
Humanity" and it is being organised by the Thailand Red Cross
Society, the World Health Organization, and the Royal Thailand
Government.
By using a broad-based consultative approach before the confe-
rence, we hope that many more people will be able to participate in
identifying priorities, sharing practical experiences and identifying
effective strategies to improve the quality of home and
community-based care. Discussions will start in mid-August 2001
and continue until the start of the conference in December, 2001.
The four main pre-conference discussion themes will be:
1. Care, treatment and support in the community
2. Stigmatization and discrimination in the social context of care
3. Enabling and empowering environment so as to support care
4. Positive living
This discussion will link directly into the development of the
conference programme, as well build on past events such as the
previous international conference held in Paris in 1999 and the First
Regional Conference on Community Home-based Care in Africa,
held in Botswana just a few months ago.
As part of the initiative, we are also hoping to identify up to fifteen
Key Correspondents (KCs) from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and
Latin America. The KCs will provide national perspectives and
contribute to pre-conference discussions, as well as being brought
to the conference in Thailand to report on proceedings. We invite
those who are interested in becoming a KC to please send a
curriculum vitae to: correspondents@hdnet.org
KCs will also be identified during the pre-conference discussions
based on their active participation in the forum.
The pre-conference thematic discussions will take place on
ProCAARE, an email discussion forum that serves as a vital link
between health care workers, particularly those in developing
countries, ProCAARE aims to facilitate the global exchange of
information and knowledge pertaining to HIV/AIDS. ProCAARE is a
collaborative effort between SATELLIFE, the Harvard AIDS Institute
and HDN.
If you are already a member of ProCAARE, more information on
what to expect will be sent to you shortly. If you are not already
taking part in ProCAARE, and to make sure that you are part of this
exciting discussion from the outset, send an email now to:
majordomo@usa.healthnet.org
with the following in the text of your message:
subscribe procaare
end
or visit the website at:
http://www.procaare.org/programs/procaare.html and
http://www.procaare.org
Please contact HDN immediately if you are from a teaching
institution (e.g., nursing/midwifery school), and would like to
integrate these discussions into your curriculum as a learning
opportunity for students over the coming months. We look forward
to working together to make this a stimulating and valuable
discussion. Please forward this message to all those who might be
interested.
Insight Initiative Team, Thailand
Health & Development Networks (HDN)
Email: info@hdnet.org