CONFERENCE TRACKS

The ISCA UNMDGs 2005 conference will be comprised of the following:

| Oral Presentations | Poster Presentations | Late Breakers | Abstract Tracks and Categories | Non-Abstract Sessions | Special Presentations | Skills Building Workshops | Roundtables | Networking and Partnerships | Special Art/Cultural Session |

Oral Presentations

The abstract program will comprise the oral and the poster presentations. In the oral presentation, speakers will be allowed to present for 10 minutes while 5 minutes will be for questions and answers. The Chair in the plenary session will facilitate questions from the audience.

Poster Presentations

Poster presentations will constitute a key element of the conference. All the posters will remain up for the full conference, so that delegates can examine them at leisure and have the space to think reflectively about the content. The Posters will be displayed from 10:00 to 18:00 hours. There will be three contact sessions at the posters. These after the lunch hour periods, 14:00 until 15:00. The posters will be been divided across the contact sessions to match the theme of the conference for that day. The posters will be clustered into themes to facilitate an interaction between the posters. This system will also allow the authors of the posters to discuss findings with each other and thereby deepen their own understanding of the overall issues in that content area.

Late Breakers

The ISCA UNMDGs conference requires that abstracts be submitted months in advance before. However, it is important to provide an opportunity to those who will not be able to beat the deadline for one reason or the other. Therefore, the conference will allow for the submission of late break abstracts for presentation.  However, strong recommendations will be made to ensure that the deadline for submission of abstracts must be respected because the space for late breaker abstracts is limited and a high competition for this is anticipated.

ABSTRACT TRACKS AND CATEGORIES

Track A. HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIOLOGY

Scope and Objectives: -

This track will highlight all aspects of HIV/AIDS epidemiology, responses of various sectors to HIV/AIDS, social economic impact to HIV/AIDS, access to care and treatment. The scope will also include impact of HIV/AIDS on service delivery including health care, education, agriculture, community development.

A1        Responses of various sectors to HIV/AIDS/TB.

A2       Access to care and treatment.

A3       HIV/AIDS/STIs/TB trends in different geographical areas, age groups and

           risk groups.

A4       Social-cultural, traditional practices and behaviour in HIV/AIDS/STIs/TB.

Track B. United Nations Millennium Development Goals (UNMDGs) and   HIV/AIDS

Scope and Objectives:

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) commit the international community to an expanded vision of development, one that vigorously promotes human development as the key to sustaining social and economic progress in all countries, and recognizes the importance of creating a global partnership for development. The goals have been commonly accepted as a framework for measuring development progress. Each goal has associated targets and indicators.  For example, the targets for combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases are: Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015 Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases; Indicators include the use of condoms and education of most vulnerable age group of 15-24 year olds.

B1      Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger and HIV/AIDS/TB/STIs

B2      Achieve universal primary education (focus on girls in particular, and

          HIV/AIDS literacy) and HIV/AIDS/TB/STIs

B3      Promote gender equality and empower women and HIV/AIDS/TB/STIs.

B4      Reduce child mortality and HIV/AIDS/TB/STIs.

B5      Improve maternal health and HIV/AIDS/TB/STIs.

B6      Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and other diseases.

B7      Ensure environmental sustainability and HIV/AIDS/TB/STIs.

B8      Develop a global partnership for development and HIV/AIDS/TB/STIs.

Track C. HIV/AIDS, Young People, Sexual and Reproductive Health /TB

Scope and Objectives:

The track intends to describe programmes that are dedicated to promote, defend and advocate for adolescent sexual and reproductive health and empowering the young people to make informed Sexual Reproduction Health (SRH) choices.

C1      Youth, adolescents, and HIV/AIDS/TB/STIs

C2      Reproductive health education

C3      Gender in HIV/AIDS/TB/STIs

C4      Sexuality Substance abuse and HIV/AIDS/TB/STIs

C5      Early marriages, early pregnancies and HIV/AIDS/STIs

C6      Circumcision and HIV/AIDS/STIs

C7      Life Skills education and HIV/AIDS

C8      Specific HIV/AIDS policy for Youth and their participation in policy decision-  making.

C9      Appropriate youth friendly intervention programmes.

C10    Rights for Youth regarding reproductive health.

C11    Support for Positive Youth (adherence to treatment)

C12    Young Women and HIV/AIDS/TB/STIs.

C13    Sex Education in Schools

Track D. Economic and Social impact of HIV/AIDS /TB

D1      Poverty/unemployment and HIV/AIDS?

D2      Is vocational education a solution to unemployment?

D3      Formal education and HIV/AIDS/TB/STIs

D4      Income generating activities: can they be the answer to unemployment?

D5      Globalization and HIV/AIDS/TB

D6      Double Discrimination (e.g. Young Drug Users,)

D7      Nutritional issues and HIV/AIDS/TB/STIs

D8      African youth: Do they have a “planned” future? 

D9     Impact of HIV/AIDS on service delivery including health care, education,

         Agriculture, community, development.  

D10    Stigma and discrimination to the PLWHA

D11    Access to antiretroviral treatment, antiretroviral chemoprophylaxis and

          resistance to antiretroviral

D12    Counselling, home based care and continuum of care

Track E. Scientific Issues

E1      Modes of transmission of HIV/AIDS

E2      Natural history and clinical presentation

E3      Pathogenesis (virology, immunology, pathology)

E4      Laboratory diagnosis and monitoring of HIV/AIDS/TB

E5      Voluntary counselling and testing

E6      Clinical management, care and social support

E7      Neurological and psychological pathologies associated with HIV/AIDS

E8      Opportunistic infections, malignancy and their management, prevention and control.

E9      Prevention of HIV/AIDS (safer sex, STIs control and treatment, condoms,

Micro biocides)

E10    Treatment of TB

E11    Prospects for HIV/AIDS vaccines

E12    Blood safety issues

E13    Living safely with HIV/AIDS

E14    Human rights and ethics in HIV/AIDS/TB/STIs

E15    Prevention of mother to child transmission

NON-ABSTRACT SESSION

The non-abstract sessions of ISCA UNMDGs 2005 conference will be an important feature of the program. In the mornings for the conference, there will be plenary sessions while in the afternoon there will be special presentations, skills-building workshops, and roundtables.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

An invited guest, who will be a renowned expert or celebrity, will begin each day’s activities. He or she will set the stage through a combination of thought provoking ideas, controversial views.

SKILLS-BUILDING WORKSHOPS

The skills building workshops will equip the participants with skills, strategies and innovative tools that they are expected to apply once they return home. The skills learned in the workshops will not only be practical but also fun to learn.

ROUNDTABLES

These sessions will offer participants an opportunity to engage in a debate around a particular theme or idea. A facilitator who knows the subject matter will lead the discussion based upon key questions and/or challenges. This type of activity offers a forum for new and/or controversial ideas that may not be discussed in more limited venues.

NETWORKING AND PARTNERSHIPS SESSION.

The 2^nd ISCA UNMDGs program will provide opportunities for community representatives to interact with one another and share strategies that would enable them to effectively advocate and lobby for issues of mutual interests. This will be done on the opening day in the afternoon. We hope that through this networking conference participants will be able to share their experience, information and gain knowledge, thereby, broadening their own horizons on STI/TB/HIV/AIDS and UNMDGs with other participants at the conference.

SPECIAL ART/CULTURAL SESSION

During this session theatrical presentations such as music performances and drama will be conducted; there will be set songs/drama performances sang by popular artists of different styles, Students from different cultural and academic backgrounds will be asked to prepare either a song/drama of any culture/style, and train and perform it with other participants.

Participants will be encouraged to come with their own artwork and national flags and dresses during a special art session. 

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