SWAA CONFERENCE: ACCESS TO CARE AND TREATMENT FOR WOMEN, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
The Society for Women and AIDS in Africa (SWAA) is pleased to announce its IXth International Conference: Access to Care and Treatment for Women, Children and Families in Africa. The event will be held in Khartoum, Sudan from 26-29 May 2003.
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SWAA Conference: Sudan
Access to Care and Treatment for Women, Children and Families
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The Society for Women and AIDS in Africa (SWAA) is pleased to
announce its IXth International Conference: Access to Care and Treatment for
Women, Children and Families in Africa. The event will be held in
Khartoum, Sudan from 26-29 May 2003.
Since 1989, SWAA has successfully organized eight pan-African
conferences in venues from Harare to Kampala. These meetings bring
together advocates, practitioners, scientists, community groups and
People Living with HIV/AIDS from across Africa and around the world.
This conference will explore and evaluate existing paradigms for
treatment and care and showcase new intervention strategies and
research methodologies. Access to Care and Treatment will provide a
forum to share best practices, community challenges, and scientific
information, and to build capacity for the future. This is an
opportunity to hear what women in Africa have to say and to learn from
their experience and knowledge.
As recently codified at the XIVth International AIDS conference in
Barcelona, Spain, women and children are the most vulnerable to the
impact of HIV/AIDS. Access to Care and Treatment provides a unique
and important occasion to strengthen the community hardest hit by the
pandemic.
Prominent figures in the field, both regional and international, have
been invited as guest speakers.
Created in 1988, SWAA is a pioneering Pan African non-profit,
non-governmental organization whose Mission is to advocate on behalf
of women, children and families in the fight against HIV/AIDS. SWAA
mobilizes communities by strengthening capacity to prevent, control
and mitigate the impact of the epidemic. The institutional vision is a
world free of HIV/AIDS, where African women and children are
empowered to claim equal rights, access to health care, education, and economic
and socio-cultural opportunities.
The organization's interregional office is based in Dakar, Senegal,
and serves as the headquarters for thirty-seven country offices
throughout Africa.
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Fathia A. Mahmoud President, SWAA Sudan
Email: [email protected]
Conference website: http://www.sudanet.net/swaas.htm
or
SWAA International Email: [email protected]