Where We Work
See our interactive map
AIDS 2012 Photos (click for more photos)
The XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) brought together more than 20,000 people from nearly 200 countries committed to ending the pandemic, including those working in the field of HIV, policymakers, and persons living with HIV. It was an opportunity to assess where we are, evaluate scientific developments, share experiences, and plan a way forward.
Health workers are essential to reaching the goal of a world without AIDS, but they cannot do it alone. We asked visitors and staff who came to our booth what else it would take. Click on the image to the right to see what they said.
HIV/AIDS Features and Blogs | IntraHealth at AIDS 2012 |
HIV/AIDS Overview
|
FEATURED BLOG Turning the Tide on HIV/AIDS Takes Health Workers In April, I visited two government health centers in Ethiopia where IntraHealth works to strengthen prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. In 24 months, almost 2,000 babies have been delivered there. Thirty of the mothers were found HIV-positive, but only one of the babies was positive. That baby is on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and doing fine. » Read more |
SPECIAL EVENT Achieving Excellence in the Supply Chain Workforce: The People that Deliver Global Partnership Thursday, July 26, 6:30–8:30 pm | Mini Room 6 |
 |
Fighting Pediatric HIV Infection in Ethiopia with PMTCT Before IntraHealth began working in prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) in Ethiopia in 2003, such services were not available at any government health center in the country. When antiretroviral drugs are available as prophylaxis during pregnancy, delivery, and breastfeeding, HIV transmission can be reduced from approximately 35% to less than 5%. » Read more |
|
 |
Observing Hope: Pediatric HIV Prevention in Two Health Centers in Ethiopia David J. Olson, Independent Global Health Communications and Policy Consultant In 24 months, 1,919 babies have been delivered in government health centers in these two communities, and only one of them has been found HIV-positive. That’s a pretty good performance, even in a country with a relatively low . . . » Read more |
|
 |
Photovoice: Using Photography to Reduce HIV Stigma and Discrimination in Guatemala Arianna Taboada, UNC-IntraHealth Summer Fellow As an artist who has worked in a variety of settings, countries, and languages, I know one thing for sure: images can communicate what words cannot. Arts theorist Douglas Crimp took this assumption one step . . . » Read more |
|
 |
Meet Aimable: Living with HIV, Cultivating Hope Christine Spetz, Communication and Documentation Specialist I heard about Aimable, a smiling eight-year-old boy who loves soccer, from a health provider at Rwanda’s Rubungo Health Center. He is one of 40 children who receive HIV treatment and care at the center’s pediatric palliative care ward. Five years ago, Aimable’s mother died from an AIDS-related condition. He was . . . » Read more |
|
 |
Helping People Living with HIV Support Each Other: Emotionally, Physically, Financially Spéciose Mukaferesi is a nurse in Rwanda, and for nearly 20 years she has lived with HIV. For much of that time, she has also lived with the stigma that can accompany a positive diagnosis. In 2007, she reached out to other women like herself to start Rushaki Health Center’s first support group for . . . » Read more |
| INTRAHEALTH AT AIDS 2012 | ||
|
SATELLITE EVENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS Mobilizing community members as lay counselors to increase access to HIV counseling and testing for individuals and couples in underserved and remote locations in Zambia | Presented by Deborah Murray Low Rate of Adverse Events for Tanzanian Male Circumcision Clients | Presented by Flavia Bianchi Using the Performance Improvement Approach to increase access to HIV Rapid Testing in Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) Settings in Nyangana District, Namibia | Presented by Flavia Bianchi Increasing community health worker productivity to strengthen effectiveness of HIV/AIDS programs | Presented by Wanda Jaskiewicz |
Retrospective tracking for prospective monitoring: following HIV-positive mothers and their infants in Rwanda | Presented by Crystal Milligan Pediatric HIV-free survival at 18 months in IntraHealth-supported prevention of mother-to-child transmission programs in Rwanda | Presented by Julius Kamwesiga Strengthening HIV Test Access and Treatment Uptake Study (Project status): A randomized trial of HIV testing and counseling interventions | Presented by D. McNaghten (CDC) Improving Retention of Health Workers in Botswana | Presented by Karen Blyth Universal prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) access in Ethiopia: promising strategies in low-prevalence contexts with limited health use | Presented by Karen Blyth |
|
| Download IntraHealth presentation schedule | ||