ICW is honoured and proud to be the only international network which strives to share with the global community the experiences, views and contributions of 19 million incredible women worldwide, who are also HIV positive.
Patricia Perez, vicepresident of the Coalition of First Ladies
The Latin American Coalition of First Ladies and Women Leaders celebrated, in Mexico prior to the XVII International AIDS Conference, its fifth meeting since its creation in 2006, under the slogan ‘Preventing the feminisation of the epidemic’.
Article abstract - In 1994, at the Paris AIDS summit, 42 nations declared their support for the principle of Greater Involvement of People Living with or Affected by HIV and AIDS – which came known as the GIPA principle. Although these governments acknowledged that this principle is critical to ethical and effective national responses to the pandemic, the views and voices of HIV-positive people still tend to be overlooked or ignored.
Friday, 29th of August 2008, By Wezi Tjaronda , WINDHOEK Lack of transport to health services for people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) has resulted in some not adhering to anti-retroviral treatment. A report of an assessment conducted in two regions, Omusati and Karas, to gauge the impact of transport on access to health services for PLWHA in Namibia, says lack of appropriate and affordable transport hinders access to health services.
In 2006 three African clinical trials in Kenya, Uganda and South Africa, in which HIV negative men were circumcised, were disbanded when preliminary results indicated that the circumcised men were up to 60% less likely to become HIV infected after sex with an HIV positive woman than the men who were not circumcised.
Projet de Femmes et Familles de l’Afrique pour la Préparation au Traitement et l’Education en matière de Traitement.
Troisième Phase de Subvention: 2008-2009
Le Fonds de Collaboration de VIH pour les Femmes et Familles en Afrique recherche les projets de Réseaux/Organisations de Femmes vivant avec le VIH/SIDA en Afrique Sub-Saharienne.
