Join in the Pre-conference Discussions on Home and Community Care!

Insight Initative Team
2001-08-10

JOIN ProCAARE TODAY to participate in a pre-conference discussion leading up to the Fifth International Conference on Home and Community Care for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS.

Insight Initiative Team, Thailand
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Dear Colleagues,

The Insight Initiative Team would like to INVITE YOU to join a pre-conference email discussion leading up to the Fifth International Conference on Home and Community Care for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS taking place in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 17-20 December 2001. The theme of the conference is �The Power of Humanity� and it is being organised by the Thailand Red Cross Society, the World Health Organization and the Royal Thailand Government

By using a broad-based consultative approach before the conference, we hope that many more people will be able to participate in identifying priorities, sharing practical experiences and identifying effective strategies to improve the quality of home and community-based care. Discussions will start in mid-August 2001 and continue until the start of the conference in December, 2001

The four main pre-conference discussion themes will be:

1. Care, treatment and support in the community
2. Stigmatization and discrimination in the social context of care.
3. Enabling and empowering environment so as to support care
4. Positive living

This discussion will link directly into the development of the conference programme, as well build on past events such as the previous international conference held in Paris in 1999 and the First Regional Conference on Community Home-based Care in Africa, held in Botswana just a few months ago.

As part of the initiative, we are also hoping to identify up to fifteen Key Correspondents (KCs) from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America. The KCs will provide national perspectives and contribute to pre-conference discussions, as well as being brought to the conference in Thailand to report on proceedings. We invite those who are interested in becoming a KC to please send a curriculum vitae to: [email protected]

KCs will also be identified during the pre-conference discussions based on their active participation in the forum.

The pre-conference thematic discussions will take place on ProCAARE, an email discussion forum that serves as a vital link between health care workers, particularly those in developing countries, ProCAARE aims to facilitate the global exchange of information and knowledge pertaining to HIV/AIDS. ProCAARE is a collaborative effort between SATELLIFE, the Harvard AIDS Institute and HDN.

If you are already a member of ProCAARE, more information on what to expect will be sent to you shortly. If you are not already taking part in ProCAARE, and to make sure that you are part of this exciting discussion from the outset, send an email now to:

[email protected]

with the following in the text of your message:

subscribe procaare
end

or visit the ProCAARE website

Please contact HDN immediately if you are from a teaching institution (e.g., nursing/midwifery school), and would like to integrate these discussions into your curriculum as a learning opportunity for students over the coming months.
We look forward to working together to make this a stimulating and valuable discussion. Please forward this message to all those who might be interested.

Insight Initiative Team, Thailand
Health & Development Networks (HDN)
Email: [email protected]

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The Insight Initiative Project is managed by Health & Development Networks (HDN) in collaboration with the Thailand Red Cross Society, the World Health Organization and the Royal Thailand Government, with financial support from AusAid and UNAIDS.

For more information about this project (the �Insight Initiative�), visit the http://www.hdnet.org HDN website


Fifth International Conference on Home and Community Care for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS
Chiang Mai, Thailand - 17-20 December 2001
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