Course Materials: Integrating Local Knowledge

Thursday 8 th September (4 hours) 

Use of Local Knowledge for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Voluntary Testing and Counseling

1. ABC Prevention Model, from Uganda

Article/summary (pdf)

Video

2. Behavior Change Model for Community Empowerment, Molly Melching, TOSTAN, Senegal

Project Summary (pdf)

3. Rapid Results Approach to Voluntary Testing, Amara Jambai, National AIDS Commission, Sierra Leone

PowerPoint; Project Summary (pdf)

Friday 9th September (4 hours)

Use of Traditional Medicine for HIV/AIDS Treatment and Care

1. Traditional Medicine and HIV/AIDS, Samwell Mtullu, TAWG, Tanzania

PowerPoint; Project Summary (pdf)

2. Local Approaches to Treatment, Alex Opio, THETA, Uganda

PowerPoint; Project Summary (pdf)

3. Herbal Medicines to Supplement Anti-Retroviral Treatment, Mubarak Osei-Kwasi, University of Ghana

PowerPoint

4. Indigenous Food Crops and Nutrition, Josep Gari, FAO, Rome

PowerPoint; Project Summary (pdf)