First, please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Magda Sevlidou, and I am the Senior Project Coordinator of the International Conference on HIV Treatment, Pathogenesis, and Prevention Research (INTEREST), taking place from 12-15 May in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Prof. Muhammad Bakari, Professor of Medicine at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, and Dr. Grace Magembe, Chief Medical Officer at the Ministry of Health Tanzania, will serve as our Local Co-Chairs.

We would like to offer the Tanzania Network of Women Living with HIV (TNW+) the opportunity to become a partner of this conference by providing a non-financial endorsement. 

For more information about this conference please contact our Executive Director  and the senior project coordinator of this project.

Ms. Joan Chamungu
Executive Director,
Tanzania Network of Women Living with HIV (TNW+),
P.O. Box 77704, Dar es Salaam-Tanzania
Ubungo Riverside off Mandela Road Plot No.34/1
Tel:+255222807320 | Mob:+255714877670 | Personal: +255755761905
Web: www.tzpositivewomen.or.tz |E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Magda Sevlidou, MSc

Senior Project Coordinator


+31 30 2307147

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Read Here JOINT STAKEHOLDERS MEETING TO LAUNCH THE POLICY BRIEF AND SHADOW REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ROOTED IN STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION TO KVP AND WLHIV

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Read here Shadow report on STIGMA, DISCRIMINATION, 
AND HUMAN RIGHTS 
VIOLATIONS AMONG KEY 
AND VULNERABLE 
POPULATIONS AND 
WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV IN TANZANIA

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Saratani ya via vya uzazi

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                       Increasing demand for cancer prevention,                                                                   screening and treatment

   Engaging communities and networks of people living with HIV to reach those 
most at risk – the Jali Afya Model expansion in Mwanza and Dar es Salaam. 
The 
Problem
• Cancer is a major public health challenge in Tanzania
• Almost 40% of new cancer cases in females in 2018 was cervical cancer 
and together with breast cancer it constituted more than 50% of new cases in females in 2018. 
• Prostate a quarter of male cancers
• Globally, women living with HIV have up to 5 times higher rates of cervical cancer than other women.
• HIV positive women develop cervical cancer on average 10 years earlier than other women.
Sources: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 2018. 
UNAIDS, 2016. Kahesa, C et al., 2008.

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    Read here Mwongozo wa wakufunzi wa wahuduma wa Afya

Wajibu wa Mhudumu wa afya ngazi ya jamii ni kueleimisha na kuhamsisha jamii kufanya uchunguzi wa awali ya saratani ya mlango wa kizazi na utoaji wa rufaa kwa magonjwa ya saratani. Mhudumu wa Afya ngazi ya Jamii anawajibika kufanya shughuli ambazo zitazochochea mabadiliko ya tabia na kubuni mazingira rafiki yatakayosaidia jamii kutumia huduma za afya na kubadili tabia dhidi ya mila potofu.

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NEW BIOMEDICAL HIV PREVENTION PRODUCT INTRODUCTION IN TANZANIA

TNW+ and Tanzania DVR Champions would like to see DVR is Regulatory approved in Tanzania.

We plan to develop advocacy messages and share the brief messages to influence national prevention services department under Ministry of Health by providing scientific evidence on efficacy of DVR based on other countries like South Africa and Zimbabwe who are now providing the product to AGYW and women.

This is a one day program to be convened in Dodoma City where the MOH is based.

We would like to engage AGYW and women representatives – (1) Veronica Lyimo from WLHIV Platform, (2) Dr. Lilian Mwakyosa – ICW EA Consultant for DVR,  (3)  representative, (4) Catherine Madebe – AYA (AVAC Fellowship), (5) Kennedy Godwin – TNW+, Francis Luwole – AVAC Coordinator (T)

National level:

MOH – Prevention services department –(1)  Director of Prevention, (2) National Research Coordinator, PORALG,(PEPFAR Representatives,  TMDA, NIMRI, UNAIDS, UNFPA – Virtual)

Africa:

Zimbabwe representative, South Africa Representative, Desmonio - Kenya, Kenneth - Uganda (Virtual)

TA:  (IPM and AVAC)

APPROACH USED AND MATERIALS DEVELOPED;

Presentation – Scientific on DVR to be developed under technical support from IPM and AVAC.

REQUEST DIALOGUE

Prepare a letter to Permanent Secretary to request for the slot to hold one day meeting with champions and back up technical support from TA team.