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1 AFRICAN AND BLACK DIASPORA GLOBAL NETWORK ON HIV AND AIDS ABDGN AIDS 2012 HIGHLIGHTS

2 AGENDA Brief overview of ABDGN HIV and Migration Affiliated Event Black Diaspora Regional Working Group Black Diaspora Regional Symposium Black gay/msm Recommendations

3 A unified network of networks based in Toronto, Canada whose mission is to strengthen the global response to existing and emerging HIV and AIDS epidemics amongst African/Caribbean/Black populations in the Diaspora (ABD), including migrant/immigrant/refugee (MIR) populations. The network is guided by a Governing Council with representatives from the following organizations: Women s Health in Women s Hands Community Health Centre (WHIWH)-Canada African and Caribbean Council on HIV /AIDS in Ontario (ACCHO)-Canada Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD)-Canada African Services Committee (ASC)- United States Black AIDS Institute (BAI)-United States Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC)-Jamaica AIDES-France African Health Policy Network (AHPN)- United Kingdom European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG)-European Union Australian Federation of AIDS Organizations-Australia

4 AIDS 2012 HIGHLIGHTS Affiliated Event-Sunday July 21- Responses to HIV and Migration in Western Industrialized Countries hosted by PHAC, CDC, ECDC, IOM Presentations from Canada, US and Western Europe health surveillance agencies all showed Black/African populations are disproportionately impacted by HIV in the context of migration Summaries of recommendations and next steps will be released by end of September

5 AIDS 2012 HIGHLIGHTS Black Diaspora Regional Working Group Due to advocacy efforts led by ABDGN starting in August 2011 successfully established first Black Diaspora Regional Working Group The only population-specific working group in conference structure UNAIDS, GNP+, ICW, IOM, CVC representation on working group Regional Symposium Session / Global Village Networking Zone

6 AIDS 2012 HIGHLIGHTS Black Diaspora Networking Zone Highlights Roots/Routes: Commonalities Across Localities 20 sessions, over 40 hours of programming; 58 speakers ; 15 volunteers Themes: migrant and mobile; women and transgender; strategies and frameworks; gay/msm

7 Foreign-Born Black People Living with HIV Disease by Country of Birth, Washington, State Source: Washington State Dept. of Health, 2011

8 AIDS 2012 HIGHLIGHTS Black Diaspora Regional Symposium Highlights Moderator : Winnie Sseruma; Speakers: Kevin Fenton, Ade Fakoya, Jurema Werneck, Marvelous Muchenje, Sem Mabuwa Diaspora remittances in Ethiopia -1.7 billion in first two quarters of 2012 Brazil 97.5 million people from ABD In 2011, 45.6% of PHA s from ABD

9 AIDS 2012 HIGHLIGHTS Black Diaspora Regional Symposium United States Blacks 14% of population; 44% of new infections in 2009 From Blacks accounted for 62% of new infections amongst women; 64% of transmission via heterosexual contact; 66% of children under 13 Caribbean Second highest HIV prevalence rate after Sub-Saharan Africa Adult prevalence of 1.0%

10 AIDS 2012 HIGHLIGHTS Black Diaspora Regional Symposium European Union Across region Black African 33% of all heterosexual transmission of HIV in 2010 Belgium 66%; 60% Malta; Ireland 55%; Greece 43%; Iceland 30%; Portugal 26% United Kingdom Prevalence of diagnosed HIV is 3.7% amongst black African; 0.4% black Caribbean; 0.09 % amongst Whites Black; Caribbean Black African 60% of all heterosexual transmission of HIV in 2010

11 Clinical trial evidence for preventing sexual HIV transmission Study Treatment for prevention (Africa, Asia, America s) PrEP for discordant couples (Partners PrEP) PrEP for heterosexuals (Botswana TDF2) Medical male circumcision (Orange Farm, Rakai, Kisumu) PrEP for MSMs (America s, Thailand, South Africa) STD treatment (Mwanza) Microbicide (CAPRISA 004 tenofovir gel) HIV Vaccine (Thai RV144) Effect size (CI) 96% (73; 99) 73% (49; 85) 63% (21; 48) 54% (38; 66) 44% (15; 63) 42% (21; 58) 39% (6; 60) 31% (1; 51) 0% % Efficacy

12 HIV-Positive Women s Program: Re-conceptualizing stigma and discrimination from an intersectional approach (Logie, James, Tharao, Loutfy, WCB Project, 2011)

13 AIDS 2012 Highlights Black gay/msm Greg Millett, White House Office National AIDS Policy Black MSM at greater risk for HIV across the Diaspora 15 times more likely than general population and 8.5 times more likely than Black populations world wide; 72 times more likely in US and Canada and 100 times in UK than general population Countries where homosexuality is criminalized associated with higher prevalence

14 AIDS 2012 Highlights Recommendations Increased policy and advocacy engagement with ABD communities to inform development, implementation and evaluation of local/national/regional/global prevention, research, policy, service delivery, donor, treatment care and support responses to the epidemic Data harmonization/standardization; improved data sharing mechanisms across regions Fight racism Public policy as universal human right

15 Highly active prevention

16 AIDS 2012 Highlights Recommendations Empowering women ; transgender; gay/msm Coalition building and partnership development Highly Active Prevention/Combination Prevention Community System Strengthening Framework amase: advancing Migrant Access to health Services in Europe Legal reform

17 CONTACT KWAKU ADOMAKO-PROJECT MANAGER-ABDGN TEL:

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