Children and HIV: Equity Now! Reaching all Children in the Epidemic

A Symposium hosted by The Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS and The Teresa Group

Dates: Friday July 15th and Saturday July 16th 2016.

Venue: Southern Sun Elangeni and Maharani Hotel, 63 Snell Parade, Durban, South Africa.

While impressive progress has been made in the last decade, much work remains. Our sixth biennial symposium, to be held on the beautiful shores of the Indian Ocean, will address this important question:

With the epidemic still negatively affecting such vast numbers of children, adolescents and families, how do we ensure that we include those most in need, those most often missed, forgotten, or excluded—those who aren’t benefitting from traditional policies, funding and programming?

Over two exciting days, service providers, donors, researchers, advocates and policy leaders will debate and explore emerging evidence and promising programs, and identify the issues and the children who most need our support.

Program Overview:

The two-day program includes plenary sessions, concurrent sessions, debates, workshops, opening and closing sessions, receptions and entertainment.

We are asking presenters to adopt an equity-focused lens and come with new evidence, ideas, and approaches in five key areas tackled in our previous symposia in Toronto, Mexico City, Vienna, Washington and Melbourne:

Click here for a detailed program in PDF format.

Program at a glance

Friday July 15th 2016

7:30 – 8:30: Registration
8:30 – 9:30: Welcome & Opening keynote addresses: Children & HIV: Equity Now!
9:30 – 10:30: Plenary: Framing the Debates: Equity and Priority Setting – Who Comes First and at What Cost?
10:30 – 11:00: Morning Break & Networking Time
11:00 – 12:30: Plenary: Community action in PMTCT and Paediatric HIV care: key factors for scale up and replication
12:30 – 13:30: Lunch
13:30 – 15:00: Abstract-driven concurrent sessions & workshops
15:00 – 15:30: Afternoon Break & Networking Time
15:30 – 17:00: Plenary: Programming and research on early integrated interventions that support young children born into HIV-affected families.
17:00—17:30: Special plenary session: Launch of Special Issue of AIDSCare: Children and HIV: Equity Now!; and Report back on HIV-Sensitive Care Force Planning for Children, a meeting on February 15-16 2016
17:30 – 19:00 Cultural performance & Reception

Saturday July 16th 2016

8:30 – 10:00: Plenary: All Children Matter! Reaching children of key populations with family-centered care
10:00 – 10:30: Morning Break & Networking Time
10:30 – 12:00: Plenary: HIV-sensitive social protection programs that benefit all children and families
12:00 – 13:00: Lunch
13:00 – 14:30: Abstract-driven concurrent sessions & workshops
14:30 – 15:00: Afternoon Break & Networking Time
15:00 – 16:30: Abstract-driven concurrent sessions & workshops
16:30 – 17:30: Closing Plenary: From Durban to Amsterdam
17:30 – 18:30: Closing Reception

You will be able to download a detailed schedule of the program here in pdf format (coming soon). It will be updated as new information becomes available.

Themes
  • Psychosocial support interventions for children and carers;
  • Interventions that are family-centred—including families of key HIV-affected populations (sex workers, transgender people, people who use drugs, gay men and other men who have sex with men);
  • HIV-sensitive social protection programs that benefit all children and families;
  • Community action to end vertical transmission of HIV and keep parents alive;
  • Programming focusing on early childhood: integrated interventions that support young children born into HIV-affected families.