November 26, 2014
UNITE Auditorium
Gate 8
University of KwaZulu - Natal
Glenwood, Durban, South Africa
For the second year running, Health Systems Trust (HST) is co-hosting an event to observe World AIDS Day with our partners entitled: Women, Girls & HIV - 10 years on.
This year marks a decade since the World AIDS Day theme was Women, Girls, HIV and AIDS.
Join leading female researchers in a robust panel discussion on the current size and shape of the HIV epidemic, why a gender-conscious response to HIV is necessary, how to reduce the burden of HIV on women and girls, and good practice models for protecting women's sexual and reproductive health rights.
The event will take place from 12h00 to 14h00 on Wednesday 26 November 2014 at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's UNITE Auditorium on Howard College Campus, Glenwood, Durban.
Sibongile Shezi - KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Co-ordinator for Health Systems Trust's SA SURE project (South African Sustainable Response to HIV and AIDS) will be speaking on whether we are succeeding in women empowerment in relation to HIV and AIDS.
Other panellists include:
- Samantha Willan, Gender Programme Leader at UKZN's Health Economics and AIDS Research Division (HEARD)
- Dr Glenda Gray, President of the SA Medical Research Council
- Dr Jenniffer Maroa, Postdoctoral Fellow at K-RITH (KZN Research Institute for Tuberculosis & HIV)
- Prof Quarraisha Abdool-Karim, Associate Director of CAPRISA
The session will be moderated by Professor Miriam Adhikari, Emeritus Professor in Paediatrics and Scientific Advisor: School of Clinical Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
View the invitation for full information, contact details for RSVPs and directions to the venue.
Refreshments will be served and there is ample parking available.
For those who can't attend in person, a summary of the proceedings and key issues surfacing from dialogue will be posted to HST's and our partners' websites.
All enquiries should be directed to: Aziel Gangerdine on aziel.gangerdine@mrc.ac.za
