2016

Researcher Profile: Dr. Angela Kaida, Inspired by Activism

This discussion paper provides an overview of the barriers to inclusion encountered by people with episodic disabilities and, where possible, offers recommendations for addressing these barriers.

“What’s Hot with Peer Researchers” is a one-hour online talk show hosted by Universities Without Walls. Peer researchers are the driving force behind HIV research. They participate in health research related to HIV/AIDS and its many social and cultural aspects as critical “consumers”/readers of research, in advisory committees, data collection… Read more of the article: What’s Hot with Peer Researchers

(Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development, 2015).

(Care Canada). Information, tools, and case studies addressing mining communities in Southern Africa to strengthen their response to the HIV epidenmic

AIDS is the leading killer of teens in Africa but it doesn’t have to be. Join Dignitas International’s annual Race for Dignity and help HIV+ teens gain access to lifesaving treatment and care.

The Grandmothers Campaign was launced in March of 2006 in response to emerging crisis faced by African grandmothers as they struggled to care for millions of children orphaned by AIDS

Addressing the social, economic and health dimensions of the epidemic

The experiences of mobile populations in accessing HIV/AIDS care and support services within the Greater Mekong Sub-region countries of Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand

(Stephen Lewis Foundation, 2016). Provides evidence that with support, community based organizations are indeed achieving powerful and lasting change in reference to HIV & AIDS in Africa. Read more of the article: Community-Based Organizations: Fostering resilience to turn the tide of AIDS in Africa