Closing The Gap: Building capacity to address the relationship between disability and HIV

Auteur(s)

  • Farzana Alli (HEARD)
  • Jill Hanass-Hancock (HEARD)
  • Verusia Chetty
  • Saul Cobbing
  • Sipho Mdletshe (QuadPara Association of KZN-QAK)

Référence

Closing the Gap: Building capacity to address the relationship between disability and HIV. End of course report. Durban, South Africa. 2012. 22p.

Domaines de recherche appliquée

Thématiques

Incapacités

Zones géographiques

Résumé de l'auteur

The Closing the Gap project aimed at building capacity in the field of disability and HIV in the context of KwaZulu-Natal. The interrelationship between disability and HIV is a long overlooked area. On the one hand, people with disabilities are at increased risk of exposure to HIV. On the other hand, since the rollout of ART, more people survive however many of them with experiences of disability. This relationship is still poorly understood and not addressed within the health system in southern and eastern Africa. The Closing the Gap project aimed to fill this gap by building upon HEARD’s work on disability and HIV. It adapted and piloted three workshops on disability and HIV targeting three different groups 1) health care management 2) health care workers and 3) people with disabilities. The concept and approach to these workshops have been piloted in cooperation with the Department of Health (DOH), the QuadPara-Association (QAK) and the Physiotherapy Department of the University of KZN (UKZN) all situated in KwaZulu-Natal. The adaptation and rollout of these workshops is envisioned as the next crucial step in order to build capacity and HIV programmes that include disability. The final products of these workshops include three workshop manuals, workshop material and case studies. This material informs future intervention and has the potential to be carried into other settings in Africa. This project provided knowledge and skills to 60 participants.

Commentaire du Centre Ressources

Ces documents ont été produits dans le cadre du projet Closing the Gap. Ce projet a été mené par la section READ (Research Education AIDS and Disability) de HEARD. L’objectif principal est l’amélioration de la sensibilisation des personnes handicapées au VIH en Afrique de l’est et du sud.

Ce projet de recherche a permis la création de manuels et d’outils de formation, donc disponibles dans cette notice.

Le rapport du projet de recherche est également disponible.

Cette notice s’adresse à ceux qui militent pour la prévention contre le sida pour les personnes en situation de handicap en Afrique du Sud.

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