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RECABIP organizes Symposia and Conferences aimed at promoting dialogue on pertinent issues affecting communities in Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. Here are some Conferences taking place in 2008 and 2009.

International Forum on HIV/AIDS in Conflict, Post-Conflict and Emergency Contexts (AIDS and Conflict 08), 13-16 October 2008, Nairobi, Kenya

Exploring Evidence, Strengthening Action: Eastern and Southern Africa Symposium on Private Sector Responses to HIV and AIDS, 14-17 September 2009, Nairobi, Kenya

AFRICA REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HIV AND AIDS IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING

18-22 MAY 2009, NAIROBI, KENYA

Theme: Exploring Evidence, Strengthening Action

Call for Papers

The Organizers are glad to issue a Call for Papers based on research or practitioner experiences on addressing HIV and AIDS in post-secondary Higher Education Institutions. Papers should be linked to the above Symposium theme. If you are interested in presenting a paper, please send an Abstract of no more than 300 words by 30th December 2008. Selected presenters will be informed by 15th February 2009. Full Papers, written using Harvard Referencing, should be submitted to info@recabip.com by 15th April 2009.

Abstracts

Abstracts/Papers should be broadly linked to the Symposium theme: Exploring Evidence, Strengthening Action and should focus on post-secondary education in Africa. Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be received by 30th December, 2008. Notification of acceptance will be done by 30th January 2009. Full Papers, written using Harvard Referencing, should be submitted by 15th April 2009

Symposium Sub-Themes:

The Symposium topics will include the following:

• Impact of HIV and AIDS on Institutions of Higher Learning
• Policy Responses to the Pandemic – including policy development & implementation
• Institutional Responses to the pandemic
• Role of research, documentation and learning
• Developing relevant workplace policies for staff
• Exploring the issue of curricular review
• Developing the Learning Organization
• Budgetary implications of HIV and AIDS and the response.
• HIV and AIDS mainstreaming: definitions, context
• HIV and AIDS mainstreaming Frameworks
• Promoting Staff self-awareness
• Student-led interventions in African Universities
• Supporting Student Organizations
• Designing effective multi-layered responses
• Effective Prevention Strategies
• Collaborative linkages with Civil Society
• Linking to Universal Access Targets

Participants

Researchers, Policy makers, Lecturers, Deans of Students, Student Leaders, Senior Administrative and Academic Staff, NGOs, among others.

Proposed Dates

18-22 May 2009

Venue

City: Nairobi
Country: Kenya

Registration

Registration is open. Deadline for registration and payments is 28th February 2009.

Registration fees:

US$900

Costs are exclusive of international travel, accommodation and food. 10% discount shall be given to local participants.

Why Focus on Institutions of Higher Learning?

Institutions of higher learning in Africa provide the bedrock for socio-economic and political development. These institutions have lost, and continue to lose, critical numbers of academic staff, non-academic staff and students to the pandemic. Each of these categories have to deal with the different ramifications of the pandemic – chief of which is insufficient care and support mechanisms due to stigma and discrimination, and absent policy and structural mechanisms for responding to the pandemic. Without proper structures and processes in academic institutions, there is a dim possibility of enhancing prevention, care and support and impact mitigation processes/activities.

However, there is also evidence to suggest that institutions of higher learning are at the forefront of the response to the pandemic. To what extent are they succeeding in responding to the needs of staff and students? What role should academic institutions be playing in strengthening action on the pandemic in their institutions and in communities?

The Symposium will reflect on the response to HIV and AIDS in institutions of higher learning - which is perhaps one of the slowest in most countries affected by the HIV and AIDS pandemic in Africa

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