Request No. R6/2013

Grants for RATN Member Institutions (MIs)and Associate MIs for Health and HIV Capacity Building related Interventions

Date of Issuance: Tuesday, 6th May 2013

Due Date: Monday 27th May 2013 (17: 00 hours - GMT +3)

Applications shall be submitted only by email to: ratnrfp@ratn.org

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AIDS Accountability International (AAI) has released a report on the participation levels of women, girls and groups marginalised by sexual orientation and gender identities (SOGI) on Africa’s country coordinating mechanisms (CCMs).

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The Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) emerged the winner of the most promising Capacity Building Initiative award at the just concluded 2nd HIV Capacity Building Summit that took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, 19-21 March, 2013.

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The Regional AIDS Training Network is pleased to release its 2013 Training Prospectus. This prospectus contains details of courses that will run in 2013 across RATN’s 35 Member Training Institutions (MIs) from 11 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region.

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RATN wishes to take this opportunity to bring to you the second issue of the Success Stories booklet. In this issue, seven stories of success are featured. It presents stories, lessons learnt and best practices in projects that have been implemented in the recent past from across the Eastern and Southern Africa region

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The Gertrude’s Children Hospital have released a report demonstrating the Impact of Pediatric HIV/AIDS Management Training in Kenya. 

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President Museveni has assented to the HIV/AIDS regional Bill, 2010, which seeks to prevent and manage the spread of HIV/Aids and to promote human rights of persons living with the disease.

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Johannesburg – Researchers today revealed that the Global Fund processes in place in South Africa and neighbouring countries discriminate against gay and lesbian people as well as youth.

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All people who seek treatment in public health centres across the country will undergo mandatory HIV testing under a new plan to increase access to HIV prevention and treatment, the health ministry has announced.

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The big drop in new HIV infections in Africa calls for celebration. However, advocacy groups are warning that it is too soon to proclaim total victory. 

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There are several indicators that there has been a substantial decrease in the number of Aids cases in South Africa. These include a new study by Old Mutual, which shows that there has been a decrease of 19 percent in the number of people lodging death claims.

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There’s an AIDS spending cliff in Ethiopia, and the government is already in free fall…“We don’t have a budget for 2013 right now… "Dennis Weller, the director of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in Ethiopia, told Capital, a local weekly paper. 

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One of the ways to ensure that mother-to-child transmission can be eliminated is to have mothers come to health facilities both before and after delivery. But when you have a PMTCT programme that is isolated, many mothers tend to shy away and shun health facilities.

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The only HIV vaccine trial to achieve moderate success took place four years ago, yet it continues to reveal new information about the virus and renew hopes for a future vaccine. 

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