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Take part in World AIDS Day 2012 in Ireland (WAD2012)!

Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Upcoming Events

World AIDS Day this year is about 'Getting to Zero'
- Zero New HIV Infections
- Zero Discrimination
- Zero AIDS Related Deaths

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IFGH 2012: The Quagmire of Task Shifting for Service Quality and Coverage: Preliminary Findings from 2 Districts of Malawi

Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts

The study is being conducted to assess the impact of task shifting on the quality and coverage of HIV and primary health care services in Malawi.
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Page | Continue reading | 30 Jan 2012

IFGH 2012: Networks of People Living with HIV: Strengthening Community Responses to HIV in Uganda

Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts

The aims of this qualitative study were to explore the benefits of joining a networked group, relationships between groups, impact of networked groups on the community, and shaping private and public experience of living with HIV in Uganda.
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IFGH 2012: PLHIV as Peer Counsellors in First Level Health Care Facilities in Haiti

Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts

Lack of human resources in the Haitian health sector and a lack of health personnel trained on HIV and AIDS has affected the roll-out of HIV counselling. Recruitment of people living with HIV as peer counsellors was seen as an appropriate option to tackle the overburden on the health system in Port au Prince.
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IFGH 2012: National Level Human Resource Constraints in Implementing Donor-Funded HIV/AIDS Programme in Lesotho

Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts

To assess the performance of the main government stakeholders responsible for managing and implementing a donor-funded HIV/AIDS programme in Lesotho using a framework on knowledge absorptive capacity.
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IFGH 2012: Health Systems Barriers to Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment Programme in Rural South Africa

Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts

Key informant interviews were conducted with health care workers. Initial analysis was narrative to derive patterns of adherence, and sequential analysis interrogated health systems responses to adherence challenges.
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IFGH 2012: Sustainability of Community Based Organisations for HIV/AIDS Care and Support Services in Zambia

Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts

This study assessed whether Zambia's World Bank-funded Community Response to HIV/AIDS (CRAIDS) project, 2003-2008, contributed to CBO sustainability.

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"In the 21st century, disease flows freely across borders and oceans, and, in recent days, the 2009 H1N1 virus has reminded us of the urgent need for action. We cannot wall ourselves off from the world and hope for the best, nor ignore the public health challenges beyond our borders. An outbreak in Indonesia can reach Indiana within days, and public health crises abroad can cause widespread suffering, conflict, and economic contraction The world is interconnected, and that demands an integrated approach to global health. "

- Barack Obama

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Summit on Global Health & Hunger - webcast, May 20, 2013

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eForum, May 17th: World Health Statistics 2013

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