Positive Prevention Conference

posted: 23/05/2011

We are delighted to invite people and organisations already involved in 'Positive Prevention' activities to our free Positive Prevention Conference, in Manchester, Friday 1st July, 10.30 - 4.30pm

The booking form can be downloaded if you Read More below.

Positive Prevention means meeting the support and sexual health needs of people diagnosed with HIV and so reduce the risk of onward HIV transmission.

This conference is only for people and organisations already doing Positive Prevention activities. This might include campaigns against HIV stigma and discrimination.

George House Trust's positive prevention work, for example, provides one to one support, group 'peer support' spaces, five-session courses for newly diagnosed people, and reflective facilitated residential weekends for people who have been diagnosed longer than 12 months. This work and this conference is funded by the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

 

 

 

Share Best Practice and discuss Minimum Standards

This Conference is to share the experience and best practice of organisations and individuals already providing Positive Prevention support to gay men, women, and Africans, and to consider developing minimum standards for Positive Prevention.

Positive Prevention Conference
Friday 1st July 2011, at Ardwick Green North, Manchester M12 6FZ: 5 - 10 minutes walk from Manchester Piccadilly Rail
 

Programme

10.00 Registration & coffee
10.30 Welcomes and Introduction
 

10.45 Involving people living with HIV in positive prevention

• Presentations describing various ways people living with HIV are involved
• Discussion: enabling people living with HIV to challenge providers and commissioners about meeting sexual health needs when people are living with HIV and improving involvement

11.30 Tea & Coffee break
 

11.45 Recipes for positive prevention – what’s needed?
Presentations providing an overview and meeting the specific needs of 3 groups – gay men, women and Africans

• Small Group discussions on the needs of people living with HIV and how best these can be met
• Debate the key elements and the minimum provision of positive prevention that HIV+ people should expect

1pm LUNCH and networking : lunch provided
 

1.45pm Workshops - How do you do it?

• Small groups identify the critical ingredients for effective positive prevention for the three groups - gay men, women and Africans

2.45pm Tea & Coffee break
 

3pm Evidencing & Measuring

Gathering evidence and measuring effectiveness of Positive Prevention activities
 

3.30pm Panel Discussion: Agreeing Minimum Standards and Next Step Recommendations
 

4.20 Closing words
Close at 4.30

Please complete and return this booking form to Colin

Please send all Bookings and Enquiries to Colin

 The Elton John AIDS Foundation has funded this conference

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