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World AIDS Day

Thanks, everyone for all of your efforts with today’s Teach-In on HIV/AIDS in Africa. Below are some links that may be of interest.

• Promising results of a pre-exposure prophylaxis study were published in the New England Journal of Medicine that showed taking a combination drug (antiretroviral, typically used for those already infected) would decrease the chance that men and transgender women who have sex with men would become infected with HIV. (Karen Grepin agrees this is good news, but says it’s no magic bullet.)
• The UNAIDS 2010 Global Report is out. New infections are declining (including among children), AIDS-related deaths are declining, but UNAIDS says, “the gains are real but still fragile.” Check here for a quick, critical appraisal of the report.
• The Pope isn’t anti-condom anymore. He even talked about transgenders!
• Celebrities pretend to die to raise money for AIDS in Africa. Alicia Keys, I used to love your music, but really? (Texas In Africa gives us bullet points on why this can easily be labeled Badvocacy)
• And finally, some things you can do, small or big, that can have an impact on AIDS.

President Obama’s World AIDS Day Message | The …, posted with vodpod

Week 14 Discussion

In addition to postings about readings, please post about what you think out to be included in Wednesday’s teach-in (World AIDS Day event held during our class period). Useful teach-in posts made prior to the start of Monday’s class will boost any previous week’s low score in online participation.

World AIDS Day: Teach-In and Open Forum, Dec. 1, 9:45-10:35A, Allen 1016

Everyone is welcome to join us in a Teach-In and Open Forum on HIV/AIDS in Africa to commemorate World AIDS Day on Wednesday, December 1st, in our classroom (Allen 1016) during our class period (9:45-10:35am).

Here is a flyer for the event that you are invited to share widely.

Please spread the word.

Video Link: Dispatch Zimbabwe

Week 13 Discussion

Video Link from Paul Schroter (Sierra Leone)

HIV/AIDS in Sierra Leone

Week 12 Discussion

Week 12 Readings

If you have any trouble downloading any of the files linked below, please email me ASAP.

Nicholas Obioha – Uganda (link NOW WORKING)
At Risk Groups – Other Groups

Cody Holder – Zambia
Aids: Medical Problem Seeking Political Therapy

Karolyn Sanford – Cameroon (link NOW WORKING)
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Amanda Edgell – Zimbabwe
HIV decline in Zimbabwe due to reductions in risky sex? Evidence from a comprehensive epidemiological review (suggest reading: p.2, introduction; pp. 6-11, results to discussion)

Eduard Zavala – Botswana
Botswana’s ARV National Roll-Out Complete in All Hospitals

Brooke Taylor – Nigeria
Religion and HIV/AIDS Prevention in Nigeria (suggest reading at least pp. 212-223)

Phillip Coselli – South Africa
The politics of AIDS in South Africa: beyond the controversies

Chandler Smith – Senegal
The Influence of Islam on AIDS Prevention among Senegalese University Students

Patrick Mueller – Tanzania
Challenges to ART scale-up in a rural district in Tanzania: stigma and distrust among Tanzanian health care workers, people living with HIV and community members

Saryah Leyton – Ethiopia
Hearing is Believing

Paul Schroter – Sierra Leone
Tackling HIV/AIDS in post-war Sierra Leone

Katherine Nolden – Egypt
Stop Criminalizing HIV

Alex Gray – Swaziland (link NOW WORKING)
Childcare in poor urban settlements in Swaziland in an era of HIV/AIDS

Dustin Englehart – Rwanda
Current trends in Rwanda’s HIV/AIDS epidemic

Video Ads Seeking Donations

Monday’s class will include discussion of what is sometimes referred to as “Poverty Porn.”