Dear Reader.

Today, 3 million HIV-positive people worldwide have access to lifesaving medication. But still, this is just a third of the people in need. Successful therapies have shown that if existing resources are invested in a good and wise manner a lot can be achieved especially in resource poor countries. This is the experience of Swiss organisations working in the field of health cooperation. What are the factors contributing to successful treatment of people living with HIV and AIDS in resource-limited settings in Africa, Asia and Latin America? What are the minimal medical requirements for ARV-therapies? What kind of support is needed to ensure lifelong adherence to medication? How can the growing number of children living with HIV be treated? What is needed to make global access to HIV treatment a reality?

The forum organised by aidsfocus.ch in cooperation with the Swiss Red Cross takes up these burning issues and based on concrete evidence opens up the discussion on challenges, approaches and strategies regarding comprehensive HIV prevention, treatment and care.

PLEASE REGISTER NOW! http://www.aidsfocus.ch

Helena Zweifel Coordinator aidsfocus.ch

Forum on successes and challenges of HIV treatment in resource-limited settings. 30 September 2008 in Bern

Program

Welcome by Helena Zweifel, Coordinator aidsfocus.ch

“Together we can”. Best practices of the AIDS Programme in Swaziland (Swiss and Swaziland Red Cross Society): Film

Lilly Pulver, Programme Coordinator / Esther Oester, Head of Operations, Swiss Red Cross: Meeting people in need. Achievements and lessons learnt from an integrated HIV and AIDS partnership programme, Swaziland

Johnny Lujan, HIV/AIDS Referent Medical Department, MD, Médecins sans Frontières: Experiences in Swaziland and Mozambique, lessons learnt and future challenges of ART treatment

Stefan Germann, Director for Learning and Partnership, Global Health and HIV Team, World Vision International: Access to treatment – Are children included in the global agenda? Stefan Germann

Olivia Keiser, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern: Public health and individual approach to antiretroviral therapy: Township South Africa and Switzerland compared

Date and time: 30 September 2008, 2.15 – 4.45 p.m., Bern Venue: kornhausforum, Kornhausplatz 18, 3011 Bern

More information and registration: hzweifel@aidsfocus.ch, or:

http://www.aidsfocus.ch
http://www.aidsfocus.ch

aidsfocus.ch, la Plate-forme suisse «VIH/sida et coopération internationale» est un projet de Medicus Mundi Suisse. 33 organisations partenaires et la Direction de Développement et Coopération (DDC) participent avec une contribution financière.

Les partenaires d'aidsfocus: Afro-European Medical and Research Network, Action de Carême, Aide Suisse contre le Sida, Bethlehem Mission Immensee, Caritas suisse, cinfo, CO-OPERAID, Croix-Rouge suisse, Déclaration de Berne, EPER, Esperanza Medicines Foundation, FEPA, Fondation Terre des hommes, Fédération Genevoise de Coopération, Féderation Internationale du Croix-Bleue, Gemeinschaft der St. Anna-Schwestern, IAMANEH Suisse, INTERTEAM, Institut Tropical Suisse, Kindernothilfe Schweiz, Kwa Wazee, Médecins Sans Frontières, medico international suisse, mediCuba-Suisse, missio, mission 21, MIVA Suisse, REPSSI, Sida & l'enfant, SolidarMed, Swiss Aids Care, Tear Fund, terre des hommes schweiz, World Vision Suisse.