Webinar: Tackling HIV through Social Protection- Research Implications for Policy & Practice

RIATT-ESA

On March 30, 2017 at 1:00 pm UK time, RIATT will be hosting a webinar that explores the latest research findings surrounding social protection and how it plays a life-saving role in responding to challenges that HIV brings to children and adolescents. The webinar will examine the implications of these findings and examine how to design, fund, and deliver support to HIV-affected communities.  

  • Chaired by: Noreen Huni, Chief Executive Officer, Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative (REPSSI). Ms Huni has wide ranging experience in health education, community development advocacy and policy development. 
  • Presenter: Lucie Cluver, Professor of Child and Family Social Work, in the Centre for Evidence-Based Social Intervention in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, and an Honorary Lecturer in Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town. 
  • Presenter: Paul Quarles van Ufford, Chief Social Policy with UNICEF Tanzania. Up to end 2016 he occupied the same position with UNICEF Zambia, working on social protection, child poverty, and public finance for children.

Click here for updates and more information on the webinar.