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Monday, 4 August 2008

Economic strengthening initiatives (including micro-finance, health insurance, etc.)

Presentation type Presentation day Track Poster Group Text

MOPE0766
Abstract
HIV/AIDS and micro credit: a community-based healthcare response
S. Hassan, M. Sauceda
Proyecto Aldea Global, Community Health and Micro Credit, Siguatepeque, Honduras

MOPE0768
Abstract
Improving access to entrepreneurship and business management for people living with HIV and AIDS
G. Wulan1, R. Damayanti1, V. Hakim2, A. Pratama2
1International Labour Office, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2UNDP, Jakarta, Indonesia

MOPE0755
Abstract
Long term sustainable financing of the response to HIV: what are the opportunities?
R. Greener, E. Lamontagne
UNAIDS, Economics and Development Analysis Unit, Geneva, Switzerland

MOPE0778
Abstract
Mitigating the economic impacts of HIV/AIDS on men and women living with HIV through income-generation activities in Ibadan, Nigeria
O. Oladapo1, O. Ayinde2, B. Ayinde1, M. Tolulase1
1Positive Life Association of Nigeria (PLAN), Programs, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2Ring Road Specialist Hospital, Pharmacy, Ibadan, Nigeria

MOPE0764
Abstract
Thembuhlelo trust cooperative: a pilot initiative integrating HIV/AIDS and land reform for sustainable development in South Africa
D.D. Diallo1, T. Shabangu1, P. Ngalame2
1SisterLove Inc. South Africa, Emalahleni, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 2SisterLove, Incorporated, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

MOPE0773
Abstract
Microfinance programs and impact on OVC in HIV contexts
W.C. Philbrick
CARE, HIV/AIDS, Atlanta, United States

MOPE0774
Abstract
‘INEZA’: after ART, emotional comfort and financial support through income generating programs
L.F. Gisha Mugisha1, S. Ntare2, J.B. Ndayambaje2, D.R. Palmer3, M.H. Cohen4
1WE-actx, Food Program/Income Generating Project, Kigali, Rwanda, 2We-actx, Kigali, Rwanda, 3We-actx, San Fransisco, United States, 4We-actx, Chicago, United States

MOPE0770
Abstract
Social, cultural and income generating micro projects as protective factors towards STI, HIV/AIDS
L. Higidio, O. Huertas, Country Coordinating Mechanism Colombia
Global Fund financed Project in Colombia, Bogota, Colombia

MOPE0772
Abstract
Support to people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) involved in income generating activities (IGAs) in internally displaced (IDPs) camps in Kitgum and Pader districts
F. Oliva1, L. Bassani2, F. Ciantia2, J. Oyella1, C. Pierotti2, G. Romagna1
1AVSI, Kitgum, Uganda, 2AVSI, Kampala, Uganda

MOPE0777
Abstract
The Village Bank as a model for community-based resource for HIV/AIDS work in Northern Thailand
W. Kuanphet
Population & Community Development Association, Chiang Rai, Thailand

MOPE0762
Abstract
HIV prevalence surveillance as a tool to encourage employers to provide affordable healthcare insurance to their uninsured employees in Namibia
I. de Beer1, T. Rinke de Wit2, T. Angula3, H. Couthinho4, M. van Vugt2
1PharmAccess Foundation Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia, 2PharmAccess Foundation, Center for Poverty-related Communicable Diseases and Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 3Namibia Institute of Pathology, Windhoek, Namibia, 4PharmAccess Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands

MOPE0757
Abstract
Eradicating poverty through integrated health and economic opportunities for HIV-positive women in Uganda: lessons learned from BeadforLife (BFL)
D. Hibbard, C. Booker, C. Steinberg
BeadforLife, Boulder, United States

MOPE0760
Abstract
Learning from the South: microfinancing for HIV positive women in Ontario, Canada
J. Globerman1, L. Binder2, L. Monette3, W. Tharao4, S. Margolese5, R. Travers1, L. Chieza6, F. Ali7
1Ontario HIV Treatment Network, Toronto, Canada, 2Canadian Treatment Action Council, Toronto, Canada, 3Ontario Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Strategy, Toronto, Canada, 4Women's Health in Women's Hands, Toronto, Canada, 5Voices of Positive Women, Toronto, Canada, 6AIDS Committee of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 7Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention, Toronto, Canada

MOPE0771
Abstract
A multivariate feasibility analysis of health insurance for positive women in Tamilnadu, India
M. Periasamy1, K. Periasamy2, P. Mahalingam3
1AIDS Prevention and Control Project, Chennai, India, 2Positive Womens Network, Chennai, India, 3Life Insurance Corporation of India, Chennai, India

MOPE0763
Abstract
Health insurance for PLWHA in Nigeria
B. Osotimehin1, E. Eno2, E. Oguguah3
1National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Abuja, Nigeria, 2National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Plublic Private Partnerships (PPP), Abuja, Nigeria, 3Hygeia HMO Limited, Preventive Care, Lagos, Nigeria

MOPE0776
Abstract
Job training for human development and empowerment of people living with HIV and their families
C.T. Gallo, M.A. Hernandez
Foundation Tejedores de Vida, Bogota, Colombia

MOPE0765
Abstract
Using a conservation-based economic development solution to break the cycle of poverty and AIDS in Southern Africa
J.A. Dunn
Wilderness Foundation South Africa, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

MOPE0754
Abstract
Group enterprise for women living with HIV and their families – the impact of participation in India
V. Ellath1, S. Gandrakota2, V. Velagala1, V. Bhavani3
1Plan International (India) Chapter, Programme, New Delhi, India, 2Academy of Gandhian Studies, Tirupathi, India, 3Plan International (India) Chapter, Programme, Hyderabad, India

MOPE0767
Abstract
Postgraduate students as potential target population for health care insurance in Namibia
I. de Beer1, T. Angula2, T. Rinke de Wit3, F. de Wit3
1PharmAccess Foundation Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia, 2Namibia Institute of Pathology, Windhoek, Namibia, 3PharmAccess Foundation, Center for Poverty-related Communicable Diseases and Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

MOPE0759
Abstract
Improving treatment literacy & increasing demand for treatment, care and prevention services through income generating activities run by women living with HIV/AIDS
L. Mworeko, Groups/Organisations of Women Living with HIV/AIDS
ICW/ITPC, Kampala, Uganda

MOPE0775
Abstract
Addressing HIV/AIDS in businesses with fewer than 10 employees through the Small Business Cluster Strategy (SBCS)
C. O'Brien1, S. Dalley2, C. Kotze1
1Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, GBC Southern Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria (GBC), Global Programs & Partnerships, New York, United States

MOPE0758
Abstract
An assessment of the positive partnership project in Thailand: key considerations for scaling-up micro-credit loans for HIV-positive and negative pairs in other settings
R.C. Wolf1, P. Guest2, M. Viravaidya3
1USAID, Regional Development Mission/Asia, Bangkok, Thailand, 2Mahidol University, Institute for Population & Social Research (IPSR), Bangkok, Thailand, 3Population and Community Development Association (PDA), Bangkok, Thailand

MOPE0761
Abstract
Savings and internal lending communities among OVC caretakers in rural Kenya uplift the lives of OVCs
R. Makunu
Catholic Relief Services, HIV/AIDS, Nairobi, Kenya

MOPE0756
Abstract
Caring for caregivers: creating economic livelihood
E. Gwan1, N. Olupona2, J. Nhanala2
1World Relief, Health and Social Development, Baltimore, United States, 2World Relief, Maputo, Mozambique

MOPE0769
Abstract
A community-managed educational fund to keep HIV-infected and affected children in school in Thailand
P. Rattakitvijun Na Nakorn
Plan International Thailand, Programs, Bangkok, Thailand

MOPE0753
Abstract
Community insurance for HIV/AIDS care: micro-premiums to pay for macro-costs
J. Martin1, L. Boulte2
1Vacarme, Paris, France, 2Act Up-Paris, Paris, France


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