ICAP Collaborative Pediatric HIV Strategic Planning Workshop 2007
In April 2007, representatives from eight ICAP country offices gathered in Capetown, South Africa, for the first Collaborative Pediatric HIV Strategic Planning Workshop, organized by ICAP and the South-to-South Partnership for Comprehensive Pediatric HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment. The goal of the workshop was to facilitate the successful design and implementation of ICAP Pediatric HIV/AIDS workplans.
Meeting objectives included:
- Describe and outline ICAP Pediatric Model of Care
- Design country-specific action-oriented Pediatric HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan
- Review current technical/scientific pediatric HIV updates by program element
- Share experiences, lessons learned, successes and failures across ICAP programs
- Problem-solve and design strategies to address country-specific pediatric HIV challenges
- Acquire the basic skills to mentor and support site-level staff to implement pediatric HIV services
Participants outlined the ICAP Pediatric Model of Care and reviewed country experiences and challenges in delivering pediatric HIV/AIDS care and treatment, touching on issues such as early infant diagnosis and infant feeding.
Country teams designed or enhanced country-specific pediatric HIV/AIDS strategic plans for 2007-08, a process which continued in each country after the workshop concluded.