Program
09.00 Arrival, coffee and tea
09.15 Welcome and introduction by Helena Zweifel Coordinator of aidsfocus.ch
09.30–13.00
Dr Claudia Kessler Boarding, Swiss Tropical Institut, Basel: Positive Motherhood - Global overview on challenges and opportunities
Marleen Dermaut, Médecins Sans Frontières Switzerland, Bruxelles: Prevention, care, treatment and support for HIV positive women, their infants and their families. Experiences from Moçambique
Lida Lhotska, IBFAN, Geneva: Infant feeding - Supporting mothers to make informed choices
Dr Saskia Walentowitz, Social Anthropologist, Bern: Social anthropological perspectives on vertical transmission of HIV
Annet Biryetega, National Community of Women Living with HIV and AIDS (NACWOLA), Uganda: Coping with stigma of positive motherhood. The experience of NACWOLA.
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Working group on key issues
16.00 Plenary: Where to go from here: Key messages and commitments
16.30 Farewell
The conference will be held in English
Venue: Kornhausforum, Kornhausplatz 18, 3011 Bern, www.kornhaus.ch
Conference fee: Partners of aidsfocus.ch: CHF 50.-. Others: CHF 80.-
Advisory group: Emma Amadò (Médecins Sans Frontières), Thomas Gass (SolidarMed), Monika Kaempf (Swiss Red Cross), Michèle Morier-Genou (EPER), Rebecca Norton (Terre des Hommes Foundation), Helen Prytherch (Swiss Tropical Institute).
Coordination: Helena Zweifel, aidsfocus.ch, Medicus Mundi Switzerland
The conference is financially supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).