Programme Supplement [International Conference on AIDS (16th: 2006: Toronto, Canada)]

Introduction

Late Breaker Abstracts

been populated with heretofore unrecognized entities for interface
to WHO's HealthMapper system.
S Lessons learned: The study has demonstrated the role of African
traditional religions, healers, and belief systems in HIV/AIDS health-. seeking, the growing involvement of religious organizations in
Scare, support, and provision of ARV therapy, the auxiliary services
S - including support for laboratory testing, nutrition, employer
intercession, and orphan care - provided by religious groups, and
the characteristics of,,exemplar" HIV/AIDS treatment, care, and
prevention programs directed by religious groups.
S Recommendations: Greater linking and aligning of religious. organizations with public health and health care; increased
i training, technical assistance, and capacity-building for religious. * } groups, beginning with,,exemplar" programs; replication of..~~< Participatory/GIS Mapping in other high priority focus countries
in subSaharan Africa and other regions of the world; development,,, of a competency-based, interdisciplinary curriculum to foster
~:,,interreligious" and,,public health" literacy for professionals from
all disciplines; development of a new Leadership Engagement
<v ' Model to provide for greater policy, advocacy, and multisectoral
communication.
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Migration, a means of vulnerability in youths.: Sapkota S.I. 'Collective Campaign for Peace, Communication,
Kathmandu, Nepal
Late Breaker Migration comes to the front behind the global epidemic of HIV/
Abstracts AIDS. Both kinds of migration, internal and external one, are equally
responsible for spreading the HIV. HIV/AIDS has been proved a
prominent issue being attached with migration. Many significant
purposes like business, travel, tourism studies, employment etc.
cause many individuals to be a migrant. Socio-political status of
the country and econopmic harshness oblizes one to be diplaced
from his or her birth town. So called liberal and mbden minded
concepts like 'openness in sex', 'sex tourism', 'hippy lifestyle,
carefree life' etc are the varied societal constructions which are
associated with majority migrating individuals. Eventually, these
seemingly minute and local level issues affect youths in worldly
level making the people, especially youths, vulnerable regarding
HIV/AIDS. Millions of youths are possibly to be ruined being
unproductive and medically unfit. This problem hinders the pace of
global development transcending the national level. Future pillars
of any nations are paralyzed ffecting the familial, socio-political
status of any societ due to this problem. Moreover, it oblizes every
conscious individual to think about the long term implications of
unorganized and unscientific migration and youths' vulnerability
in the present world. Obviously, one can imagine all about the
devastative future of the HIV/AIDS and its infection of world in
near future. It needs to be addressed in global level. The unwanted
migration needs to be checked. More, the orthodox and selfish
motives in the majority of migrating humanity should be made
clear. There needs to be initiated social awareness campaigns
for against the increament and dispersal of this epidemic. Strict
censorship and medical examination needs to be practised before
allowing anybody migrating internally and globally. The education
and awareness programme for the migrators is a must. More, every
country should think and make policy level provisions addressing
HIV/AIDS associating it with migration
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Time is costly: modelling the macro-economic impact of
scaling up access to antiretroviral treatment for HIV/AIDS
in sub-Saharan Africa
Moatti J.P.1, Kazatchkine M.2, Ventelou B.'. 'Inserm, u 379,

Marseille, France, 2Faculty of Medicine & Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

University Rene Descartes, Paris, France, 3ORS PACA & Inserm, U
379, Marseille, France
Background: Macroeconomic policy requirements may limit the
capacity of national and international policy-makers to allocate
sufficient resources for scaling up access to HIV care and treatment
in developing countries
Methods: We used an endogenous growth model, which takes
into account the evolution of society's human capital, to assess
the macroeconomic impact of policies aimed at scaling up access
to HIV/AIDS treatment in six African countries (Angola, Benin,
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast and Zimbabwe)
Results: Results show that scaling-up access to treatment in the
affected population would limit GDP losses due to AIDS from a
10.3% reduction in GDP loss only in Zimbabwe to a 85.2% in Angola
and even a 100.0% in Benin. For four out of the six countries
(Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast), the macroeconomic gains
of scaling up would become potentially superior to its associated
costs in 2010.
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Conclusions: In spite of the variability of HIV prevalence rates
between countries, macroeconomic estimates strongly suggest
that a massive investment in scaling-up access to HIV treatment
may efficiently counter-act the detrimental long term impact of the
HIV pandemic, to the extent that the AIDS shock has not already
driven the economy beyond an irreversible "no-development
epidemiological trap".
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Challenges in translating national and international policies
into a gender sensitive HIV/AIDS programmes - a policy
scan in Nepal
M. Sharma', S. Thapa (Ms)2, S. Joshi2, S. Singh3. 'Alliance Nepal,
Programme Development, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2UNIFEM Nepal,
Country Office, Kathmandu, Nepal, 'Alliance Nepal, Kathmandu,
Nepal
Issues: Despite abundance of national and international policies
that offer ample scopes for influencing the gender sensitive
programming on HIV and AIDS, meaningful translation of such
policies into programme activities is generally weak.
Description: UNIFEM Nepal office along with Alliance Nepal
scanned number of policy and programme documents in Nepal
followed by in-depth interview with key informants in government,
NGOs and donors. Focus group discussions were conducted with
vulnerable groups and infected individuals. Analysis of information

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