May 18, 2006

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Improving Client-Provider Interaction Responding
to Clients FP Needs in HIV/AIDS Service Settings

Young Mi Kim Arzum Ciloglu
May 18, 2006
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Description of the Video Conference

• March 1, 2006-- 9am to 1130am EST
• 4 sites
• Nairobi (25 participants)
• Accra (35 participants)
• Baltimore (50 participants)
• Geneva (10 participants)
• MOH, NGOs, USAID, CAs, WHO, UNFPA, World Bank,
  IPPF, OGAC, private donor agencies, universities
• Live web cast and archived web access

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Collaboration

• Health Communication Partnership (HCP) and INFO
  Project
• Population Council/ Horizons in Kenya and Ghana
• IBP
• WHO-RHR
• MAQ/CPI Subcommittee
• FP/HIV Integration WG

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Conference Objectives and Agenda

• Share experiences/ lessons learned from CPI as it
  relates to clients FP/RH needs in HIV/AIDS
  service settings
• Discuss conceptual and practical issues
• Facilitate an opportunity to form a support
  network for exchanging resources and knowledge on
  an ongoing basis

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Costs and Efforts for the Conference

• Renting a Video conference facility 0 to 1,800
  per site
• Efforts to get a good mix of motivated
  participants
• Coordination among moderators
• Coordination among technical support experts

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Challenges and Benefits

• Technological perspectives
• Time differences between sites
• Simultaneous Web cast
• Archived version on-line
• Lower-cost knowledge sharing

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Follow-up Activities

• Afternoon face-to-face meeting at Baltimore site
• On-line forum for a month through IBP Knowledge
  Gateway
• March 2, 2007 video conference

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Description of the Online Forum

• Client and Provider Perspectives on Integration
  of Family Planning Counseling and HIV/AIDS
  Services
• May 1-May 26, 2006
• Hosted through the IBP Knowledge Gateway
  (http//my.ibpinitiative.org)
• Postings, readings and other resources are also
  uploaded and archived to www.fpandhiv.org

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Forum Topics

• Week 1 Follow-up to Videoconference
• Heidi Reynolds, FHI
• Edward Bonku, Engenderhealth/QHP
• Betty Farrell, Engenderhealth/ACQUIRE
• Young Mi Kim, HCP
• Week 2 Provider perspectives
• Dr. Joachim Osur, FPOK
• Dr. Gina Brown, NYC-DHMH
• Dr. James Shelton, USAID

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• Week 3 Client perspectives
• Anne Namwamba-Ntombela, Springs of Hope Support
  Group, South Africa
• Week 4 Future Directions, Potential
  Challenges and Barriers
• Young Mi Kim

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Participation

• 440 Members
• Asia
• Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, China, Nepal,
  Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
• Europe
• Netherlands, Switzerland
• North America
• US, Canada, Mexico
• Africa
• Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi,
  Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland,
  Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• Near East
• Iran, Palestine

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Questions/Discussions

• More than 40 discussions
• Examples
• What are the triggers for discussion of family
  planning?
• How do we make sure that FP is always brought up
  in VCT?
• What are the factors which influence reproductive
  decisions or lack of decision-making?
• What kind of skills will a provider need to be
  able to challenge the prevailing gender
  inequalities?

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It is not too late to get involved!

• To catch up on the discussions go to
• www.fpandhiv.org