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Title: Disability and HIV


1
Disability and HIV AIDSOverview of evidence
  • Nora Groce, PhD
  • Susan Girois, MD
  • Strategic planning session
  • The Africa Campaign on Disability and HIV AIDS
  • Cape Town, January 23-25, 2007

2
Overview
  • Background
  • What do we know?
  • What do we need to know?
  • Conclusions

3
Background
  • There is small but growing attention to the AIDS
    and Disability issue
  • The attention is so far disjointed because no
    forum exists that allows us to speak as a group
    to the AIDS community
  • There is lack of coherence in the messages and
    the approach

4
I have been approached by a disabled person
here or there, but it never occurred to me that
this is a large group of people. --Stephen
Lewis, former UN Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa
5
Background (cont.)
  • Since 2003, increasing attention is being paid to
    disability links with AIDS
  • Most from the disability group
  • Response to the realization that people in this
    community are becoming infected and dying.
  • Disability leaders, health providers, therapists,
    sign language interpreters

6
What do we know?
  • Persons with disabilities have less knowledge
  • MALAWI Effective HIV/AIDS and Reproductive
    Health Information to People with Disabilities
    (Munthali, Mvula, Ali, 2004)
  • NIGERIA Differences in HIV/AIDS Knowledge
    between Deaf and Hearing Populations (Groce,
    Yousafzai, Van Der Maas 2006)

7
Less knowledge
  • RWANDA and UGANDA Situational analysis of
    HIV/AIDS of young people with disabilities
    (Yousafzai A and Edouards K 2004)
  • SWAZILAND Knowledge, personal risk and
    experiences of HIV/AIDS among people with
    disabilities // Survey of HIV/AIDS Knowledge
    among a Deaf population in Swaziland (Groce,
    Yousafzai, Dlamini, Wirz 2003)
  • ZIMBABWE Knowledge Attitudes and Practices about
    HIV AIDS among visually impaired adolescents
    and young adults (Shava K)

8
At risk of HIV infection
  • TANZANIA (2005) Reproductive Health Needs of
    Visually Impaired Adolescents and pre-teens
    (UAFD) and Family Care International (CCBRT/CBM)
  • UGANDA (2006)Baseline survey on promotion of a
    disability perspective into Ugandas National
    HIV/AIDS response (NUDIPU)

9
Vulnerable to sexual violence
  • ETHIOPIA Baseline Survey on Sexual Violence
    against Persons with Disability in Kebele 01/02
    of Yeka Sub City (Handicap International 2006)

10
Greater impact on FWD
  • TANZANIA The Impact of HIV/AIDS on African
    society on people with disabilities- and
    consequently on rehabilitation (Vanneste G
    CCBRT/CBM)
  • ZIMBABWE Participatory rapid assessment of the
    vulnerability, impact and coping mechanisms of
    Parents of Disabled Children on HIV AIDS
    (Nganzi, Matrick, Matonhodzi (ZPHCA))

11
Disability community ill-equipped
  • ZIMBABWE Participatory rapid assessment of the
    vulnerability, impact and coping mechanisms of
    the disabled people on HIV AIDS (Nganzi,
    Matrick, Matonhodzi(ZPHCA))

12
Service providers ill-equipped
  • SOUTH AFRICA Survey on AIDS and Adults with
    Intellectual Disabilities. Beliefs and practices
    on AIDS among service providers for Adults with
    intellectual disabilities (Tamar Levin)
  • Staff values regarding the sexual expression of
    women with developmental disabilities
    (Christian, Stinson, Dotson (2002))
  • Sexuality education for students who are deaf
    current practices and concerns (Getch, Young,
    Denny 1998)

13
Higher HIV prevalence (???)
  • TANZANIA HIV Counseling and Testing Opportunity
    for 320 Parents of Children with Disabilities as
    part of the activities within CCBRT-CBR Programme
    in Dar es Salaam

14
Manuals, toolkits, guidelines
  • Resource Manual for Disability and HIV/AIDS
    Training (DPSA)
  • Manual for getting AIDS information to
    adolescents with disability (Rehabilitation
    International)
  • Community-based HIV international manual for DPI
    South Africa (DPI)
  • Guidelines for including Disability in National
    AIDS Programs (Groce)

15
Upcoming
  • Groce/WHO/ILO
  • What you need to know about HIV/AIDS a guide for
    people with disabilities
  • Disabled peoples Organizations and the AIDS
    Epidemic What DPOs can do to lead the fight
    against HIV/AIDS for persons with disabilities
  • HIV/AIDS and the Deaf Community
  • HIV/AIDS and People who are Blind or Vision
    Impaired
  • HIV/AIDS Information for people with Intellectual
    Disabilities and their friends and families

16
What do we need to know?
  • Sub-groups of disabled persons
  • Whether our trainings are effective
  • Persons with disability who are HIV
  • Programmatic issues
  • Consistency in language, privacy, competency,
    educating health professionals

17
CONCLUSIONS
  • Growing attention
  • We have a basic situation analysis
  • We now need to focus on effectiveness
  • Lagging attention to PWD who are HIV
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