SABCOHA Private Sector Conference presentations Print E-mail
November 13, 2008
The SABCOHA Private Sector Conference on HIV and AIDS was held at Emperors Palace, in Gauteng, on 5 and 6 November. All the presentations and articles are available here. 

Presentation highlights include:

  • Impediments to the uptake of VCT and Treatment: Feedback on the De Beers Stigma Study, by Gavin George, health economist and research fellow, University of Kwazulu-Natal
  • Working with Peer Educators to Identify and Respond to Risky Sexual Networks, Prof Dr David Dickinson, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of the Witwatersrand
  • Women's Health, HIV and Work in South Africa - Exploring the Connections by Courtenay Sprague, lecturer and deputy director, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of the Witwatersrand
  • Monitoring and Evaluating Access to and Effectiveness of Treatment in the Private Sector by Lee Sarkin and Lara Wayburn of the Actuarial Society of South Africa
  • Traditional Healers and Company HIV/AIDS Programmes by Prof Dr David Dickinson, Wits
  • Investment by the Private Sector in Public Health Care Management by Dr Jack van Niftrik, director, Medworx and David Street, financial director, Medworx.

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Herd: Impediments to the uptake of VCT and treatment

AIDS Accountability International: Proposed model for ranking business response to HIV/AIDS

Wits Business School: Traditional healers, HIV/AIDS and company programmes

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Centre for the Study of AIDS: Beyond ribbons and rhetoric – HIV prevention in the workplace

Medworx: Private-public partnership in healthcare

BizAIDS: Taking up the informal sector challenge  

Wits Business School: Peer educators and sexual networks

Women’s health, HIV and work in South Africa: Making the connections

Work the Future presentation

Tomorrow Trust: Exit strategy for sustainability and self empowerment of OVCs

For Metropolitan's Live the Future website, on HIV and AIDS scenarios for South Africa 2005 to 2025, click here.