Abstract Book Vol. 2 [International Conference on AIDS (14th: 2002: Barcelona, Spain)]

324 Abstracts WePeG6977-WePeG6980

XIV International AIDS Conference

was in a conflict country When they realised that some of the beneficiaries or
their employees were concerned, they thought it was time to be involved in fighting AIDS.
Descriptions: International NGO who were usually working only for emergencies or development programs started to integrate HIV program in their activities.
They developed HIV programs for their employees and for their beneficiaries.
Some NGO are developing strategies so that their employees could access to
treatment.
Lessons learned: There is no way to work with emergencies or development and
ignore HIV/AIDS because it is also an emergency The HIV/AIDS spread is more
significant in conflict countries, though it must be integrated in all emergencies or
development activities.
Recommendation: In conflict and developing countries, International NGO which
are working on emergencies' or development programs should integrate AIDS
program in their activities to protect their beneficiaries and employees.
Presenting author: Jeanne D'arc Nsengiyumva, ROHERO II Home St Michel,
AV de la Mission, B.P.R 283, Bujumbura, Burundi, Burundi, Tel.: [phone], Fax:
[phone], E-mail: jeannense @yahoo.com
WePeG6977 A Venezuelan NGO's commitment pays off in
services rendered to the community at large and
People Living with HIV and AIDS (PWHA's)
C.M. Quintero. Acci6n Solidaria, Av. Orinoco, Quinta Los O/ivos, El Recreo, Be/llo
Monte, Caracas, Venezuela
Issues: After three years operating Venezuela's National AIDS Hotline and rendering different services -access to treatment, counselling- to PLWHA's, we created Venezuela's first private Care and Prevention Center (CPC). No public or
private clinic or hospital in our country provides comprehensive services -medical
and psicosocial- for PLWHA's, education and prevention for the community, as
well as voluntary counseling and testing.The CPC was the result of four years of
continuous commitment and the mobilization of private resources
Description: Among other services rendered, in just one year of operations, at
the CPC we have provided 49 workshops attended by 2120 people, handled
2.517 phone calls, tutored 77 students in AIDS projects and handed out more
than 700.000 issues of our prevention brochure. In terms of Care, we gave counselling to 251 PLWHA's -40% of them diagnosed within the last six months- and
donated antiretrovirals to 909 patients -for emergencies, postexposure prophilaxis, supply problems at the Health Department's Access-to-Treatment centers.
Leassons learned: Even if the Health Department were to commit resources
adequately to combat all the issues involved in the AIDS epidemic, it is still the
responsability of other sectors to get involved. While Public Policy is designed to
resolve the "big" issues, we at the NGO's have the skills, the commitment and the
"nearness" to an individual's needs and vulnerabilities, that give us a unique opportunity to effect the changes needed to respond to their needs and to overcome
those vulnerabilities.
Recommendations: A stronger community based network of services is necessary in order to be able to respond to the ever increasing social demands of the
epidemic, both in terms of prevention and support for PLWHA's, at the community
and individual leveles. This is why we have brought together at the CPC different local actors -educators, neighbors, police forces- with HIV/AIDS activists and
volunteers.
Presenting author: Carlos Quintero, Av. Orinoco, Quinta Los Olivos, El Recreo,
Bello Monte, Caracas, Venezuela, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [email protected]
WePeG6978I Process of sistematization for the articulation
between Government and Non-Governmental
Organizations in the State of Sao Paulo
V.A. Cervantes1, R.C. Tellini2, G. Turienzo, V. Stanise3, L. Magno4, R. Duda5,
E.L. Barbosa5, R. Pedrosa6. 'STO/AIDS State Program of Sao Paulo, R Santa
Cruz,81, S~o Paulo, 04121-000, Brazil; 2STD/AIDS City Program of Praia
Grande, Praia Grande, Brazil; 3Health State Departament of Campinas,
Campinas, Brazil; 4Health State Departament of Sorocaba, Sorocaba, Brazil;
5NGO's State Forum, Sao Paulo, Brazil; 6NGO State Forum, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Actions: Sao Paulo SDT/AIDS Program has a Managers Forum consisting of Municipal STD/AIDS Coordinators, Regional Health Office heads and representantives STD/AIDS NGO. The Managers Forum decide to create an Assistant Work
Group(AWG) for the Articulation with NGO's, as the State has approximately 300
Organizations working on STD/AIDS.
Description: The AWG is formed by representatives Cities in the State; representatives of the State Government and of the AIDS NGO. The group addressed
the decentralization of the bidding process for the selection of NGO projects and,
later, it worked on a broader perspective to deal with the articulation between the
Government and the organized Civil Society.Thus, the group started to propose

guidelines and actions to promote the articulation between Government Institutions and the Organized Society,.
Lessons Learned: The collective construction of public policies involving diversified actors enhances the working process as, it not only becomes more legitimate but it also makes social control feasible, since the Organized Civil Society
participates actively in the proposals of policies and reviews and inspects the implementation of such policies.The AWG was a democratic innovation space as

different ways of looking merged resulting in creative and effective actions which
addressed the everyday needs of STD/AIDS actions.
Recommendations: Institutions in charge of controlling the AIDS epidemics
must understand that an effective response program consists of governmental
and non-governmental efforts, which includes other actors involved (such as the
private sector, universities and others). This should happen in punctual moments
only, it should be present in ongoing places where there were planning, discussion and decisions about the public policies to fight the epidemics and to improve
the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS.
Presenting author: Vilma Cervantes, R Santa Cruz,81, Sdo Paulo, 04121-000,
Brazil, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail: [email protected].
sp.gov.br
WePeG6979 The role of humanity in HIV/AIDS prevention &
care
S.J.X. Su. Red Cross Society of China, Beijing, China
Issues: The epidemic of HIV/AIDS in China enters a rapid expansion period,
threatening China's economy and society The Red Cross Society of China
(RCSC) should play a key role in HIV/AIDS prevention and care in China.
Description: In recent years, the RCSC utilizes its advantages of extensive national network, volunteers, and good social profile to carry out HIV/AIDS prevention and care initiatives. Our HIV/AIDS programmes have also got support from
other international organizations.
In 1994, with the strong support from the Red Cross Society of Australia, we
started the peer education programme in Yunnan province, through which the
RCSC gained experiences. Since 1996, the RCSC has extended the Yunnan
model to five provinces.
The training program was carried out among students, workers, police, pub workers, medical staff, drug users, railway staff, tourist staff and ethnic groups. Up
to June 2001, we have been carried out 935 courses in six provinces, and the
number of trainees reached 22,333.
Besides the peer education programme, the RCSC has also carried out HIV/AIDS
training and care activities targeted at People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA).
We visit and provide consultation for the PLWHA, and give our humanitarian supports. On International HIV/AIDS Day, we organize public promotion to raise the
public awareness of HIV/AIDS. We have integrated HIV/AIDS prevention knowledge into First Aid training materials. The RCSC also actively cooperates with
relative NGOs.
Lessons learned/Recommendations: 1. National Societies should use their
own network. The experiences gained in pilot project should be extended to other
provinces.
2. The Red Cross/Red Crescent should play a key role in HIV/AIDS prevention
and care programmes.
3. HIV/AIDS is a social problem, and needs the whole society to participate. The
Red Cross/Red Crescent should strengthen its cooperation with governments and
other NGOs, working actively in HIV/AIDS prevention and care.
Presenting author: Qinghua Li, 53# Ganmian Hutong, 100010, Beijing, China,
China, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail: cnrc999@sina.
com
WePeG69801 Anti AIDS militants in France. Disengagement
process and its rationale
O. Fillieule', C. Broqua2. 1University Paris-I, Universitd Paris I, Panthdon
Sorbonne, UFR 11, science politique, 1 rue victor cousin, 75231 paris cedex 05,
France; 2CRIPS, Paris, France
Background: Since the mid 90s, French AIDS voluntary groups are marked by
a dramatic desengagement process. The research is based on the two biggest
AIDS organisations (AIDES/Act Up).
Methods: A retrospective longitudinal self administered survey sent in 1998 to
the members of AIDES and ACT UP 3 205 questionnaires were sent to ACT UP
activists (20% response rate); 1969 to AIDES members (25.4% response rate).
Former volunteers (1083 questionnaires, were also contacted. A lexical analysis
has been used to study the "grammar of motives'.
Results: For AIDES, motives are organised around three lines: 37% of the the
motives invoked are refering to organisational conflicts (professionnal/payed staff
versu volunteers) or strategic orientation (8%). 33% of the the motives are mentioning biographical factors (changing jobs (16%), affective ties (7%), moving
(4%)), etc. 15% of the volunteers invoke a state of burn out ACT UP's activists
also mention three series of motives: 13% of the the motives invoked are refering
to organisational and personnal conflicts, or strategic conflicts (30%). 22% are
mentioning biographical factors (changing jobs (8%), affective ties (8%), moving
(6%)), etc. Thridly, burnout, is mentionned by 12% of the respondants. Motives
are changing depending on the year people have joined or left AIDES or Act Up.
Justifications invoked by those who left the organization vary over time. direct ef
fects of AIDS were more often invoked by those who left in earlier years than by
those who invoked a lack of availability or organisational disagreements.)
Conclusions: It is commonly assumed that HAART have led to a dramatic decrease in militantism. morbid or lethal effects of AIDS account for only a few exits
during or after 1996. However, questioning brought about by the new configuration of the epidemic seems to have led to different reasons for leaving: lack of
availability and even more defections justified by conflictual situations.)