Program

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Morning 9.00 - 12.30
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Welcome

Dr. Claudia Kessler Bodiang, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel
Positive Motherhood – Global overview on challenges and opportunities

Marleene Dermaut, Médecins Sans Frontières Switzerland, Bruxelles
Prevention, care, treatment and support for HIV positive women, their infants and their families. Experiences from Moçambique

Lida Lhotska, IBFAN, Geneva:
Infant feeding: Supporting mothers to make informed choices

Dr. Saskia Walentowitz, Social Anthropologist, Bern
Social anthropological perspectives on vertical transmission of HIV

Annet Biryetega, National Community of Women Living with HIV and AIDS (NACWOLA), Uganda
Coping with stigma of positive motherhood. The experience of NACWOLA.


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Afternoon 14.00 - 17.00
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Working Groups on key issues

Plenary: Where to go from here: Key messages and commitments
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All partners of aidsfocus.ch and interrested persons are invited. The conference language is English

Venue: Kornhausforum, Kornhausplatz 18, 3011 Bern

Conference fee: for partners of aidsfocus.ch: CHF 50.-. Others: CHF 80.-

Coordination: Helena Zweifel, aidsfocus.ch, Medicus Mundi Switzerland

Advisory group: Emma Amadò (Médecins Sans Frontières), Thomas Gass (SolidarMed), Monika Kaempf (Swiss Red Cross), Michèle Morier-Genou (EPER), Rebecca Norton (Terre des Hommes Foundation), Helen Prytherch (Swiss Tropical Institute).

The conference is financially supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)