Staying with the programme:

A symposium to explore adherence to anti-retrovirals

23 November 2005, Johannesburg

The Adherence networking Group is a group of professionals from various sectors who voluntarily work together on issues relating to anti-retroviral treatment, adherence counselling and support.

The symposium "Staying with the programme" was over subscribed and was attended by 140 delegates comprising doctors, nurses, programme managers, counsellors, trainers and others with an interest in the topic.

You can download the following presentations:

• Programme [pdf: 44kb]

Adherence overview

• What is adherence and why is it important? - Lauren Jankelowitz [pdf: 190kb]
• Caring for the carer - Tumi Tshabalala [pdf: 135kb]
• Overview on available resources, material and literature in South Africa - Rebecca Pursell [pdf: 31kb]

The status quo

• Treatment in the private sector - Lindiwe Pemba [pdf: 345kb]
• Treatment in the public sector - Francois Venter [pdf: 1.5Mb]

Current research and interventions to improve adherence

• Medical perspectives - Aneesa Naeem-Sheik [pdf: 196kb]
• Psycho-social perspectives - Thulani Grenville Grey and Saranne Meyersfeld [pdf: 1.9Mb]
• Children - Ray Lazarus [pdf: 132kb]

The symposium was funded through the Perinatal HIV Research Unit with funding from USAID (PEPFAR).