| HIV, Gender and Development: The Poverty, Malnutrition, Food Security Cycle (From Evidence to Action) |
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Session Room 3 |
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FR, ES |
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10:45 - 12:15 |
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Stephen Lewis, Canada
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The purpose of the session is to provide a forum for multidisciplinary dialogue on HIV/AIDS in the context of rural poverty. It will focus on the links between food security, livelihoods, especially agriculture and land use, and the impact of gender inequity on development. It will examine how these exacerbate vulnerability to infection by, and rapid progression of HIV/AIDS. It will look at the vicious cycle of poverty leading to malnutrition and inability to produce food and how this cycle effects HIV prevention, care and treatment programmes as well as broader development efforts. The session will encourage discussion and debate on how long term development priorities must be addressed while HIV/AIDS programmes are bring scaled up.
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Presentations in this session:10:45
THSY0201
Powerpoint (2.67 MB) | Overview and context setting
Stuart Gillespie, Switzerland
| 10:55
THSY0202 | New evidence on food security, HIV and orphans from southern and eastern Africa
Robin Jackson, South Africa
| 11:05
THSY0203
Powerpoint (4.24 MB) | Linking agricultural regeneration, social protection and strengthened community responses to AIDS
Gabriel Rugalema, Italy
| 11:15
THSY0204 | Lessons from the field in Kenya: A women's perspective
Leonider Akeye, Kenya
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THSY0205
Powerpoint (2.01 MB) | Lessons from the field: Working with children and PWLHA livelihood and agricultural programmes
Siphiwe Hlophes, Swaziland
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Rapporteur report
KC 1: Accelerating research to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic report by Prince Bahati Ngongo
THSY02: HIV, Gender and Development: The poverty, malnutrition, Food security cycle (from evidence to action)
“There is more need for more behavior change in the North (in term of funding policy) than sexual behavior change in South (Stephen Lewis, echoing a participant comment)”
A comprehensive food security vulnerability analysis (WFP) in 2783 rural house groups in Africa shows that HIV affected households are 2/3 times food insecure and female led households insecurity is higher (71%) than male led household. Food security should be at the agenda of scale-up treatment and prevention and should encourage innovative programs and funding mechanisms (such as the Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools Programme (FAO and WFP), Property and Inheritance rights of widows and orphans, and strengthening institutional capacity and fair international trade).
Research agenda should address gaps in funding mechanisms, funding coordination and long-term sustainability of programs in Africa.
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