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Health in the Post MDG framework – a new era? Or more of the same?
There’s a lot of talk at the moment about where global health will feature in the Post Millennium Development Goals (MDG) framework. All sorts of high-level consultations are being held and, as a result, a huge number of different health lobbies are vying for position to ensure that their areas of focus are included.
Maternal… Read more »
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AIDS 2012 Conference needs to deal with the realities of living with HIV
I must confess that as late as Sunday, as the International AIDS Conference (IAC) was opened officially, I kept on asking myself what would be new in this conference that people do not know already. No, I am not a snob and neither can I say I know everything that is ‘out there’ on… Read more »
Volunteer healthcare workers – low cost for donors but at what cost to the volunteers?
Yesterday I attended a session at the International AIDS Conference in Washington on building support and capacity for community based HIV and AIDS service delivery.
Distinguished researchers reported proudly how community health programmes across Africa and Asia were being delivered by dedicated community health volunteers in return for incentives such as t-shirts, training… Read more »
Is the tide really turning?
The International AIDS Conference (IAC) is once again here!
“And?” I hear you say.
Well, you see, it is the biggest gathering of people who have some association with HIV and AIDS. The infected, affected, policy makers, donors, activists, researchers, pharmaceuticals etc – and it happens only once in two years!
The last one… Read more »
Empower women and men to make informed reproductive health choices
Last week I attended the London Summit on Family Planning. It was encouraging to hear that donors pledged US$2.6 billion (with a further $2 billion dollars being committed by governments the developing countries) to improving family planning services. This funding recognises that women should have the right to choose whether, when and how many… Read more »
Can male circumcision reduce HIV and AIDS?
What is VSO’s position on male circumcision? Does the organisation advocate for males to be circumcised as an approach towards reducing HIV and AIDS? When and how should the procedure be carried out?
You can get answers to the above and many other questions from our newly published paper ‘VSO’s position… Read more »
