Final Program [International Conference on AIDS (14th: 2002: Barcelona, Spain)]

Skills Building Workshops

Tuesday July 9

Building the Foundation for Advocacy and Social
SB26 Mobilization in Resource Poor Settings
Venue: Room 5:5B
Time: 1o:3o - 13:3o0
Language: English
Target Audience: People from NGOs, medical personnel, social
workers, program managers
This workshop is designed to build the foundation for
advocacy and social mobilization as key elements for the
prevention, control and management of HIV/AIDS in resource
poor settings. Participants from NGOs will understand their
strengths and weaknesses and learn to prioritize community
needs and share knowledge on how to confront the epidemic
within the context of resource poor settings.
Facilitators: I Gilada, P Ambwani, T Sevekari, People's Health
Organisation, India; T Dhole, SGPGI; K Sadanand, Bollywood;
S Dutt, PHO, India; P Phanuphak, Thai Red Cross, Thailand;
M Wainberg, Jewish General Hospital, Canada

Transcultural Communication in HIV:
SSB29 Seeing through Your Eyes
Venue: Room 5:6A
Time: 1o:3o - 17:3o (A lunch break is scheduled
into the workshop.)
Language: English
Target Audience: Health and social service professionals who
work with people with HIV or in HIV
prevention
This workshop is a participatory experience in which health
professionals can reflect on how to improve Transcultural
Communication in working with persons with HIV of cultural
backgrounds different from theirs. It will stress the importance
of self-observation on such topics as: the self as part of a
culture, transcultural communication difficulties, cultural
meanings (body, illness, wellness, sexuality, etc.), cultural
styles of communication, race and privilege, immigration (loss
and grieving), class and transculturalism.
Facilitators: C Valverde, Dept. De Sanitat I Seguretat Social,
Generalitat de Catalunya; A Qureshi, Hospital Universitario del
Valle Hebrdn, Spain

How to Organize a Workshop about Sexual Health
SSB27 for MSM
Venue: Room 5:8
S Time: lo:3o - 13:30
Language: Spanish
Target Audience: Volunteers, professionals and health agents
Tuesday that work in the gay community
This workshop is about training community facilitators in
developing and organizing workshops that deal with sexual
health for MSM. We will explore the methods used to help
people reflect on their personal concepts around sexual
health. Participants will try to define sexual health, will look at
the factors that contribute to that definition and explore
different methodologies for effective intervention work.
Facilitators: R Mufioz, K Zaragoza, S Martf, Stop Sida, Spain
Addressing Gender Issues in HIV/AIDS Prevention:
Strategies from the South African "Men as Partners"
SB28] Program
Venue: Room 5:6B
Time: o10:30o - 14:30
Language: English
Target Audience: Social workers, health educators, program
administrators, professionals interested in
addressing male involvement and gender
issues
This workshop will expose participants to a series of
interactive, highly personal and reflective activities that
explore societal messages about men's and women's roles,
relationships between the sexes, power imbalances based on
gender, and gender-based violence. All of the activities will be
conducted by South African facilitators and EngenderHealth
staff who have used these activities in communities in South
Africa. The workshop will explore how these activities can help
prevent HIV transmission and how they can be adapted for use
in different communities and programs.
Facilitators: A Levack, EngenderHealth, Thailand; B Lesetedi,
Planned Parenthood Association of South Africa; A Rebombo,
Hope Worldwide, South Africa; D Peacock, Consultant,
EngenderHealth, United States

Interactive Teaching Methods in Work with Children
and Adolescents on Life Skills, Sexuality,
SB301 STDs/HIV/AIDS, Sexual Abuse and Substance Abuse
Venue: Room 2A
Time: 14:30- 17:3o
Language: English
Target Audience: Counselors of children/adolescents,
HIV/AIDS counselors, school teachers,
college teachers, social workers, juvenile
delinquent rehabilitation professionals,
anti-child sexual abuse activists
This workshop is designed for anyone who deals with children
and older youth to equip them with the skills, vocabulary,
innovative techniques and new ideas on how to deal with the
difficult topics of sexuality and high risk behavior without
awkwardness and apprehension. We will introduce ways of
conveying attitudes and behavior modification instead of
merely dealing with facts and giving information.
Facilitators: D Paul-Prasad, M Chaturvedi, L lagannathan,
Rotary TTK Blood Bank, India
SSB31 Accessing Reduced-Priced Antiretrovirals
Venue: Room 2B
Time: 14:3o - 17:3o
Language: English
Target Audience: Representatives of NGOs in developing
countries, representatives of governmental
and non-for-profit supply centers in
developing countries (purchasers),
responsible persons for procurement of
national AIDS programs in developing
countries, pharmaceutical
In this workshop participants will have an overview of different
steps involved in gaining access to reduced priced ARVs. Case
studies of success stories will be presented and MSF
experiences will be shared. Participants will learn about prices,
patents, registration and quality. They will also work through
hypothetical access challenges and report on their
experiences.
Facilitators: D Berman, Mddecins Sans Fronti&res, Switzerland;
C Perez-Casas, Mddecins Sans Fronti&res, Spain

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