CITY AIDS AMERICAS
Americas Leadership Initiative for AIDS Competence in Cities
News and Documents for AIDS Competence

City AIDS in Atlanta
August 30, 2005 - In June, I had the chance to facilitate a workshop in Atlanta where 20 cities from South America, Central America, Caribbean and North America shared and discussed their experiences re HIV/AIDS. The City of Durban from South Africa also participated. The workshop was organized by CIFAL Atlanta with support of UNITAR and UNAIDS. There was an active participation and in spite of the huge difference between North American cities and others, the exchanges were extremely valuable and people enjoyed the discussions and the exchange of ideas. Some highlights and lessons: More

ACP in Uganda
August 25, 2005 - Jennie van de Weerd is working on AIDS Competence in Uganda. This week she shared the Uganda experience on the Aids Competence eWorkspace. Please enjoy learning from her contribution below.

The AIDS Competence Process: Combining learning from local responses to HIV/AIDS with the knowledgemanagement expertise and the experience of human capacity development,the AIDS Competence Process (ACP) has been designed for various groups and organisations to build on their existing strengths to respond. More 

2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic