Tackling HIV in Africa has become one of the major priorities for African governments and the international community. But most programmes providing prevention, treatment and care exclude a key group from their work: older people. Join HelpAge International and the Development Studies Association Group on Ageing to discuss the impact of HIV on people aged 50 and over in sub-Saharan Africa.
Date: 16 October 2009
Lunch 1pm–2pm
Speakers & discussion 2pm–6pm
Venue: Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LS
RSVP attendance to: fmulder@helpage.org
Speakers
Emily Freeman – London School of Economics: The experiences of older adults living with HIV in Malawi
Janet Seeley and Francien Scholten – University of East Anglia: “I have been here all alone”: the direct and indirect effects of HIV/AIDS on the health and wellbeing of older people in Uganda
James McNally - University of Michigan, Director, NACDA Program on Aging - The Risk of HIV/AIDS Infection among those 50+; Long Term Survivors versus New Infections
Everlyne Nyasani – Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, ‘Fostering children affected by AIDS in Richards Bay, South Africa: a quantitative study of grandparents experiences'