Conference 2007: Positive Motherhood
Program
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Morning 9.00 - 12.30
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Welcome
Dr. Claudia Kessler Bodiang, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel
Positive Motherhood Global overview on challenges and opportunities
Marleene 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.
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Afternoon 14.00 - 17.00
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Working Groups on key issues
Plenary: Where to go from here: Key messages and commitments
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All partners of aidsfocus.ch and interrested persons are invited. The conference language is English
Venue: Kornhausforum, Kornhausplatz 18, 3011 Bern
Conference fee: for partners of aidsfocus.ch: CHF 50.-. Others: CHF 80.-
Coordination: Helena Zweifel, aidsfocus.ch, Medicus Mundi Switzerland
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).
The conference is financially supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)