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ACCELERATING THE IMPACT OF HIV PROGRAMMING ON HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING
Pre-Conference Meeting of Health Systems Experts, HIV Researchers and Implementers - Cape Town, South Africa, 17 - 18 July 2009
Background
The expansion of AIDS treatment and HIV disease management represents the most dramatic change in health care for decades. HIV has rekindled global awareness of the role of health in human development, and has drawn attention to the shortage of up to 4 million health workers globally and the under-funding and systemic deficiencies of the health sector. In this context, concerns have been raised about the impact of disease-specific scale-up on other health services, and on the fragile health systems of resource-limited settings. There is emerging evidence that, if managed correctly, the AIDS response represents a unique opportunity to strengthen the wider health sector.
The International AIDS Society, with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, will convene an invitation only meeting for up to 100 researchers and implementers in Cape Town, South Africa, immediately preceding the 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2009).
The specific objectives of the pre-conference meeting are to:
- Review results and progress from the work currently being carried out in the area of HIV and health systems strengthening by a range of international experts
- Provide a platform for profiling ongoing research, and dissemination of existing case studies and best practices on how to leverage HIV scale-up to strengthen weak health systems
- Mobilize researchers and implementers working in the HIV and the health systems fields to collaborate to define methodologies; and accelerate research and rigorous evaluation required to answer vital questions on the impact of HIV programming on health systems strengthening
- Highlight key policy priorities and strategies required to leverage the impact of HIV programming on health systems strengthening
Updates!!! Pre-Conference Meeting Proceedings and Presentations
Coming Soon
Peer-reviewed Meeting Report Covering:
- Synthesis of meeting presentations and related abstracts
- Refined research agenda on HIV programming and health systems strengthening
- Proposed methodologies and evaluation frameworks
- Mapping of research and programming activities in the area of HIV and health systems strengthening by international partners
- Identification of next steps towards accelerating the impact of HIV programming on health systems strengthening
For Additional Information Please Contact
Dr. Jacqueline Bataringaya
Senior Policy Advisor
International AIDS Society (IAS)
Avenue Louis-Casaï 71
Postal Address P.O. Box 28
CH-1216 Cointrin
Geneva - Switzerland
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News
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ICAP E News
For more information
Read the background document
Agenda
Meeting Logistics
Additional Links and Resources:
The Rockefeller Foundation Health Initiative - Transforming Health Systems
September 2008:
Rockefeller Bellagio meeting - Leveraging HIV Scale-Up to Strengthen Health Systems in Africa
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