Community based system in HIV treatment - CoBaSys
Source of funding: ACP Science and Technology Programme
Starting date: January 2010
Duration: 36 mesi
Project coordinator: Università di
Modena e Reggio Emilia
Coordinators of the Bologna Research Group: Mario Zamponi and Arrigo Pallotti
Official website: http://www.cobasys.eu/
The CoBaSys project on the ACP website: http://www.acp-st.eu/content/community-based-system-hiv-treatment
The CoBaSys project aims at fostering the integration of the six African partner countries (Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana and Namibia) with the European partners in order to create a stable cooperative network where exchange of knowledge and best practices in the promotion of quality health care in the field of HIV treatments is the main result to be achieved. The specific objectives are:
- to empower local communities in their fight against HIV/AIDS through participatory research and action programme (PRA) within the identified target areas;
- to generate shared knowledge and learning on HIV/AIDS treatment at the level of national policies and programmes related;
- to favour local stakeholders advocacy towards national health policies concerning HIV/AIDS treatment;
The Centre for Historical and Political Studies on Africa and the Middle East within the Department of Politics, Institutions, History is responsible for coordination of the international activities of dissemination of the results and outcomes of the project and plays an active role in the actions of research, cooperation and network-building as envisaged by the project.
Partners: Dip. di Politica, Istituzioni, Storia (Centro di Studi Storici e Politici su Africa e Medio Oriente), Università di Bologna; Institute for Development Policy and Management, Università di Manchester, UK; Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki, Finland; Department of Economics, University of Malawi, Malawi; Research for Equity and Community Health Trust, Malawi; Training and Research Support Centre, Zimbabwe; Department of Archaelogy and Anthropology, University Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique; Department of Political Science, University of Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania; Department of Political and Administrative Studies, University of Botswana, Botswana; Multidisciplinary Research Centre – Social Sciences Division, University of Namibia, Namibia.
Associates partners: European AIDS Treatment Group, Belgium; Usokami Health Center, United Republic of Tanzania; Institute of Development Studies, University of Zimbabwe.