DAS ELEKTRONISCHE BULLETIN DER SCHWEIZERISCHEN FACHPLATTFORM HIV/AIDS UND INTERNATIONALE ZUSAMMENARBEIT

THE ELECTRONIC BULLETIN OF THE SWISS PLATFORM FOR HIV/AIDS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

July 2010

AIDSFOCUS.CH MEETING POINT, 29 JULY 2010: BENEFITS, CHALLENGES AND LIMITATIONS OF COUNSELLING

Dear partners of aidsfocus.ch, Dear guests,

Counselling is a key element and entry point in a comprehensive HIV and AIDS response. Mrs Jabu Mthethwa, Program Site Coordinator of the integrated HIV and AIDS partnership program in a resource poor setting in Swaziland a partnership program of the Swiss Red Cross - will share with us her knowledge and experience in counselling women and men, young and old people. Mrs Maria Katula, midwife and Swiss Red Cross delegate in Swaziland, will contribute to the discussion on benefits, challenges and limitation of counselling.

I would like to invite you on behalf of aidsfocus.ch on very short notice to this Meeting Point to share information and experiences on counselling in the context of HIV, AIDS and reproductive health.

aidsfocus.ch provides a platform a meeting point for discussion, reflection and joint learning based on the grass root experiences of aidsfocus.ch partners.

Date and time: 29 July 2010, 14.15 16.45 Venue: Swiss Red Cross, Rainmattstrasse 10, Bern Language: English

I am looking forward to seeing you in Berne. Very sorry for the short notice. Please let me know your participation as soon as possible, preferably by mail to info@aidsfocus.ch (Registration not required, but helps organising)

With my best wishes

Helena Zweifel Executive Director Medicus Mundi Switzerland Coordinator aidsfocus.ch

http://www.aidsfocus.ch

ES DREHT SICH ALLES UM AIDS. UMFASSENDE STRATEGIE GEGEN HIV UND AIDS DES SRK IN SWASILAND

Was tun, wenn HIV und Aids eine ganze Gesellschaft bedrohen? Das Schweizerische Rote Kreuz (SRK) begegnet der dramatischen Situation im kleinen Königreich Swasiland mit einem innovativen Programm. Die Geschichte einer Pionierleistung.

http://www.medicusmundi.ch

TOGETHER WE CAN ERFAHRUNGEN BEI DER AIDSTHERAPIE IN SWASILAND

Trotz Fortschritten bei Prävention und Behandlung bleibt Aids vor allem in armen Ländern eine immense Herausforderung. Das Schweizerische Rote Kreuz (SRK) hat zu seiner wegweisenden Arbeit in Swasiland eine DVD und eine Broschüre publiziert.

http://www.redcross.ch

aidsfocus.ch is a project set up by Medicus Mundi Switzerland. aidsfocus.ch is sponsored and shaped by its 30 partner organizations who support the aims and activities of the platform through their financial contributions, expertise and commitment. It is financially supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).

Partners: Afro-European Medical and Research Network, AIDS & Child, Bethlehem Mission Immensee, Caritas Switzerland, cinfo, CO-OPERAID, Déclaration de Berne, Doctors without Borders, Esperanza Medicines Foundation, FEPA, Fédération Genevoise de Coopération, Gemeinschaft St. Anna-Schwestern, HEKS, IAMANEH Switzerland, INTERTEAM, Kindernothilfe Schweiz, Kwa Wazee, medico international Switzerland, mediCuba-Suisse, missio, REPSSI, SolidarMed, Swiss Aids Care International, Swiss Aids Federation, missio, mission 21, Swiss Aids Care International, Swiss Catholic Lenten Fund, Swiss MIVA, Swiss Red Cross, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Tear Fund, Terre des hommes Foundation, terre des hommes schweiz, and World Vision Switzerland.

http://www.aidsfocus.ch