Conférences à venir

La conférence Partenariats pour la Prévention et les Soins de Santé en Afrique (du 2 au 4 septembre 2008)

La conférence est organisée par la Coalition Mondiale des Entreprises et Corporate Africa et aura lieu à Abuja au Nigeria. Cliquez ici pour plus d’information :

Conférences passées

Les informations relatives aux conférences de la PABC comme celles qui se sont tenues en Afrique du Sud ou au Mali sont listées ici :

Past conferences

Atlas Copco South Africa won the Swedish Workplace HIV and AIDS Programme (SWHAP) Achievement Award for the best workplace programme at the 2009 Annual Conference gala dinner held on Thursday 15 October in Johannesburg,

The SWHAP is jointly initiated and implemented by the International Council of Swedish Industry and the Swedish Industrial and Metalworkers' Union. The SWHAP Achievement Award was introduced 2008 to encourage and reward successful and innovative workplace initiatives. The aim is to further commitment at the workplace level to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS and alleviate the effects of the HIV pandemic. The SWHAP hopes to inspire companies to amplify their efforts to become spearheads in responding HIV and AIDS.  Since start 2004 more than 50 workplaces have been involved in SWHAP.  It currently operates in Botswana, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is co-financed by Swedish Sida.

10-14 June 2009

The HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting gathers together program implementers to share best practices and lessons learned in the fight against global AIDS. It is the only meeting of its kind focused specifically on implementation. The objectives of the 2009 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting were to: Widely disseminate, in real time, best practices and lessons learned during the implementation of multi-sectoral HIV/AIDS programs with a focus on: Optimizing the Impact of Prevention, Care and Treatment Programs Enhancing Program Quality Promoting Coordination Among Partners Encouraging Innovative Responses Catalyze an open dialogue about future directions of HIV/AIDS programs with a strong emphasis on implementation Directly impact HIV/AIDS program implementation in the upcoming year with the goal of building a sustainable response. Click here for more information:

Increasing Corporate Engagement on Tuberculosis

14 May 2009

The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC), in conjunction with Lilly MDR-TB Partnership, held a technical roundtable in Johannesburg to discuss the development and implementation of workplace TB and integrated HIV/TB programmes in South Africa.

For more information, contact Sihle Zulu, the programme manager, on 082 744 6737 or by email on Cet e-mail est protégé contre les robots collecteurs de mails, votre navigateur doit accepter le Javascript pour le voir .

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31 March - 3 April 2009

The fourth SA AIDS Conference was held in Durban and signalled a new onslaught on the AIDS epidemic in Southern Africa. The theme, Scaling up for Success, is aimed at escalating the combined knowledge and experiences from the region to make a significant impact on the prevalence of AIDS.

The southern region of Africa has been hit hardest by the HIV epidemic. For the first time, the fourth SA AIDS Conference has been extended beyond South Africa's borders to encourage participation and involvement from people in all countries in Southern Africa.

It is the only event that brings together scientists, researchers, health care professionals, civil society leaders and ordinary citizens to share their knowledge and experience in a concerted effort to reduce the effects of AIDS in the region. 

The six tracks covered were:

• Basic Sciences;
• Clinical Sciences;
• Epidemiology, Prevention and Public Health Systems;
• Social and Economic Sciences, Human Rights and Ethics;
• Best Practices and Programmes; and
• Community Exchange Encounters.

Related articles published on the SABCOHA website (see below):

SA AIDS programme short of R1-billion

Hogan addresses concerns raised at Aids Conference

South Africa/Zimbabwe: Cross-border healthcare response needed  

Funding shortfall threatens treatment programme 

New ideas at 4th International AIDS conference

See also PlusNews for further information

SABCOHA Satellite Sessions at SA AIDS conference

31 March and 2 April 2009

In parallel to this year's SA AIDS Conference in Durban, SABCOHA with welcome sponsorship from Randwater, held two-days of Private Sector Capacity Building Sessions. The first session was targeted at Peer Educators and was conducted by Dr David Dickinson, Wits Business School, empowering Peer Educators and Workplace Program Coordinators to address the reality of Multiple Sexual Networks. The second session offered two workshops: 1) the Recession-proof your HIV/AIDS Workplace Program through effective Monitoring & Evaluation and 2) Strengthening the Relationship between Traditional Health Practitioners and the World of Work.

Presentations:

 The importance of Impact Evaluation of HIV/TB workplace programmes 1.04 Mb

 Biomedical and Traditional Healing Collaboration on HIV/AIDS 443.00 Kb

Inaugural South African Private Sector HIV and AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Seminar

12 March 2009

The 2009 Inaugural South African Private Sector HIV and AIDS M&E Seminar was aimed at supporting pillar three of the SA National Strategic Plan (NSP), in particular the implementation of the NSP-M&E framework in the non-state sector of South Africa, with an initial focus on access to and effectiveness of HIV and AIDS treatment and care provided by the non-state sector of South Africa.

A notable shortcoming of the previous South African NSP (2000-2005)  was the lack of a proper M&E framework. This shortcoming was addressed in the current NSP - 2007-2011 - which contains an M&E framework.

With the 2009 mid-term review of the NSP approaching and regular United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) HIV and AIDS reporting taking place, it is vital that indicators of progress towards meeting targets of HIV and AIDS commitments can be measured.

The non-state sector, particularly the private sector in South Africa, has yet to implement the NSP-M&E framework on a sector scale as required by the NSP. In particular, much room exists for improved measurement and reporting of the extent of access to ART by those who require it. The measurement of such access and the effectiveness of treatment are key indicators contained in the NSP M&E framework and the UNGASS indicators.

Presentations:

 The NSP and other HIV/AIDS Commitments – the Context for M&E (Mark Heywood) 691.50 Kb

 Preliminary Private Sector M&E experience in the Northern Cape (L Kotlich) 134.50 Kb

15th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (3 December - 7 December)

The central theme of the 15th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa was “Africa’s Response: Face the facts”.  At ICASA 2008, held in Dakar, International and African experts evaluated the current state of the HIV and STI epidemics with regard to science, communities and leadership.

2nd South African Private Sector Conference (5 and 6 November 2008)

The South African Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS is hosting the conference. The Conference Programme Structure is envisaged to consist of four plenary sessions, 16 parallel sessions and four skills building sessions. Click here for more information and to view the conference presentations: 

The conference was hosted by the Global Business Coalition and Corporate Africa and was held in Abuja, Nigeria. Click here for more information.

AIDS 2008, the International AIDS Conference, provided much stimulating debate, as well as many opportunities for the presentation of important new scientific research and for productive, structured dialogue on the major challenges facing the global response to AIDS.

The conference took place in Mexico City and is an annual event, organised by the International AIDS Society. Conference organisers developed a wide variety of session types that met the needs of various participants and supported collective efforts to expand delivery of HIV prevention and treatment to communities worldwide. Central to many of these sessions was the transfer of knowledge and sharing of best practices.

In addition to the conference sessions, there were a number of activities, including satellite meetings, exhibitions, the Global Village and the Cultural Programme, that were integral to delegates' experience at the conference.

PABC: Brad Mears in his capacity as a board member of the PABC gave a presentation at the World Bank and ILO satellite session: Responding to HIV/AIDS in the workplace in sub-Saharan Africa: Operational and collaborative experiences. See workplaceaids2008 for more information.

Useful links

Click here to access the official Aids 2008 website.

Click here to access a range of articles published by Health-e.

Click here to access a full range of conference articles from PlusNews