Greetings,
This is the final message for our FP and HIV/AIDS Integration Online Forum: “Client and Provider Perspectives on Integration of Family Planning Counseling and HIV/AIDS Services”.
This four week-long forum has been a rich and rewarding experience. We hope that it has provided you with up-to-date and state-of-the-art information on what is happening in the field and an opportunity for synergy between sharing global best practices and country-based experiences, personal experiences, skills, and useful tools, etc.
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ABOUT THE FORUM:
We have had an impressive number of participants from different countries and cultures. 475 participants from 58 different countries around the world took part in this discussion. We had a total of 77 postings throughout the forum. Forum participants represented at least 100 different organizations. 325 of the participants were new members of the IBP Knowledge Gateway – they joined to participate in this forum. 150 were existing IBP Knowledge Gateway members. Our largest group of participants were from the USA (185 people), but we also had substantial participation from the following countries:
India – 29
Ethiopia – 22
Nigeria – 19
Uganda and Kenya – 17
South Africa – 14
Other countries represented in the forum include: Australia, Benin, Botswana, Congo DR, Denmark, East Timor, Fiji, France, Germany, Iraq, Malawi, Mexico, Nepal, Russia, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Ukraine, Belgium, China, Egypt, Iran, Senegal, Sudan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Rwanda, Thailand, Vietnam, Zambia, Dominican Republic, Canada, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Ghana, Netherlands, Tanzania, Philippines, UK and Switzerland.
We processed a total of 642 e-mail messages for the forum. 474 to join, and 168 for assistance.
We would like to express our gratitude to all those who submitted postings, to those who forwarded information about the forum to their friends and colleagues, and to those who signed on and read the digests. Your questions and comments made the forum interesting and very informative and allowed participants to discuss across cultures.
We would extend our appreciation to our panelists: Dr. Heidi Reynold,(FHI), Dr. Marden Solomon, DRH-MOH Kenya, and Ms. Jennifer Liku (FHI, Kenya), Dr. Edward Bonku (EngenderHealth/QHP, Ghana), Ms Olivia Agla (EngenderHealth/ACQUIRE), Dr. Young Mi Kim (HCP), Ms Betty Ferrell (EngenderHealth/ACQUIRE), Dr. Joachim Osur(Family Health Options, Kenya), Dr. Gina Brown (NYC/DHMH), Dr. James Shelton (USAID), Dr. Irina Jacobson (FHI), Ms. Anne Namwamba-Ntombela (ICW, Springs of Hope Support Group, South Africa), and Mr. John Howson (HCP).
We would also like to thank Dr. Arzum Ciloglu, (HCP) and Ms Peggy D’Adamo (INFO) who coordinated this online forum.
One of the purposes of this forum was to facilitate ongoing networking and dialogue among program managers, researchers, and others interested in improving CPI as it relates to clients’ FP needs within HIV/AIDS service settings using the IBP ECS Knowledge Gateway. This forum has therefore established a new online community of practice on integration of family planning and HIV/AIDS services, where you can continue to discuss issues raised by integration and share your experiences with others working in this important area. All of those signed up for this forum are registered members of this new community and can continue to have a virtual discussion of the issues about FP/HV integration. Below are instructions on how you can continue these discussions if you are interested.
Please note: these postings will not be organized by HCP and the INFO project into a structured discussion. Depending on resources and ongoing interest expressed in the discussions by participants, future organized forum discussions will be considered.
To conclude this forum, two additional sections of information are provided below, divided in these areas:
1. Instructions for how to participate in discussions on the IBP/ECS Knowledge Gateway
2. Links to Resources
We hope this forum has provided useful resources and shared ideas that will help meet the challenges ahead for our work in integration of FP and HIV/AIDS services.
Best regards,
HCP and INFO Teams
How to continue to participate in this discussion through the IBP/ECS Knowledge Gateway:
There are two ways to share a comment or question:
- Send your comment by regular e-mail to fphivintegration@ibp.wa-research.ch
- Log into the forum website at http://my.ibpinitiative.org/Community.aspx?c=d1f835b2-0c72-420a-9ade-88186b49abe7 with the username and password you received. Click on the “Discussions” link and start a new discussion
Questions on how to use the system or problems can be addressed any time to info@ibpinitiative.org
ONLINE ARCHIVE
http://www.fpandhiv.org/videoconference/cpieventpage.php
The official forum postings and links to all publications mentioned during the forum are also archived at http://www.fpandhiv.org/videoconference/cpieventpage.php along with all the resources mentioned in the forum, including the guide mentioned today. You do not need to know your username and password to read the postings on the web site. While you are there, please take a look at the web site as well. It was developed to bring together in one place all the relevant resources on integration of family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention and services.
Links to useful resources related to FP and HIV/AIDS Integration and client provider interaction
Please visit our main CPI Event page for links to resources: http://www.fpandhiv.org/videoconference/cpieventpage.php#resources