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| Activities: | Novmebr 14, 2009 | SHAWG's First Annual Meeting, 14 November 2009, Walsall, UK The Sudan HIV/AIDS Working Group (SHAWG) held its first annual meeting on 14 November 2009 at the Village Hotel in Walsall, West midlands, United Kingdom. The first session of meeting included several presentations from SHAWG members on various HIV-related issues. The second session was by and large procedural and involved a lot of direct discussions about SHAWG and its future agendas. Particularly, it was agreed that prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV will be the main thrust for SHAWG's activities over 2009-2010. Furthermore, this meeting witnessed the adoption of SHAWG's constitution as well as the election of its new officers for 2009-2010. The following members have been elected as trustees for SHAWG for 2009-2010 Dr Elbushra Ali Mohamed Herieka Chairperson Dr Zahir Osman Eltahir Babiker Secretary Dr Lee Abdelfadil Treasurer Dr Yusri Abdalla Taha Trustee Dr Ali Elgalib Trustee 
SHAWG meeting Nov 09
| | January 24-25, 2009 | First International Conference on The Role of Diaspora in Technology Transfer and Achieving Sustainable Development in Sudan, 24-25 January 2009, Brighton, UK SHAWG participated in the proceedings of this fisrt international conference which was organised by the World Association for Sustainable development (WASD) in collaboration with the Science and Technology Policy Research Unit, The Freeman Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton. Among others, the main objectives of the conference was to initiate and establish a network of diaspora and diaspora organisations having a common ground in promoting sustainable development in Sudan. Papers presented in the conference were collated in a book titled The Role of Diaspora in Technology Transfer and Achieving Sustainable development in Sudan edited by Dr Allam Ahmed . Dr Bushra Herieka gave, on behalf of SHAWG, an oral presentation titled HIV/AIDS in Sudan: The Way Forward.  | December 01, 2008 | Tackling the HIV Challenge in Sudan: The Way Forward The world AIDS day coincided with the release of "the way forward" report by SHAWG, which gives useful insights as to how address the challenges of HIV/AIDS in the Sudan. A full version of the report can be accessed by clicking on the following link | November 2008 | SHAWG Press Coverage in Sudan The HIV/AIDS situation as well as the birth of SHAWG drew significant attention from the media in Sudan recently. Attached are artilces published in Arabic and English languages. | August 10, 2008 | Press Conference - Khartoum, Sudan
SHAWG press conference, Khartoum, August 08
SHAWG held a joint press conference with the UNDP/TOKTEN and SNAP on 10 August 2008 in Khartoum (Sudan). SHAWG representatives (Drs Hamad Abdulhadi, Zahir O.E. Babiker, Abdul Kareem Elgoni, and Bushra Hereika) explained terms of reference for the working group, activities of the training workshop on HIV/AIDS, improving access to anti-retroviral therapy, and lessons learned from other African countries in combating HIV/AIDS. http://www.sudanvisiondaily.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=37625 | August 03-11, 2008 | Workshop on the Clinical Management of HIV/AIDS in Sudan
HIV training workshop, Khartoum, August 08
The UNDP and the Sudan National AIDS Programme (SNAP) have jointly sponsored a training workshop on the clinical management of HIV/AIDS in Sudan in the period from 03-11 August 2008. The training curriculum was developed and delivered by SHAWG over of period of 7 working days.The training workshop was hosted by the contineuos professional development (CPD) centre in Khartoum and was attended by 40 physicians from all over Sudan. The closing ceremony was attended by Dr Thabita Boutrus, the Sudanese federal Minister of Health. The timetable for the training programme can be downloaded by clicking the on the link below |
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