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PATA Projects - Local PATA Workshops

Cape Town Adolescent Workshop (29 - 30 May 2008)

This workshop is hosted by the Department of Health for the Western Cape HIV/AIDS Directorate and funded by the One to One Children's Fund, PATA and Kidzpositive.

The Adolescent workshop is a participative, action orientated workshop which aims to develop a strategic framework for adolescent friendly health care delivery to adolescents living with HIV/AIDS.

There is general agreement that while great strides have been made to develop HIV/AIDS care delivery services for children and adults in the Western Cape Province, there is no provincial framework for access to comprehensive adolescent friendly services.

A small working group, consisting of managers and clinicians is planning an interactive, action-oriented meeting, consisting of plenary presentations, a master class on approaches to adolescent care and a set of workshop sessions. This one-and-a-half day programme is designed to help a selected group of health care workers, managers and policy planners - from all districts and subdistricts in the Western Cape and from all levels of service - engage with practical issues.

This workshop will begin at 2pm on Thursday May 29th and will end at 5pm on Friday 30th May.

Venue: Medical Research Council next to Tygerberg Hospital

In addition to the workshop, master classes in adolescent care will be offered from 5pm to 7pm on Thursday 29th May.

The goals of the meeting are to:

• Reach consensus on what services need to be available to an adolescent friendly service;
• Develop a strategic framework for care delivery;
• Identify priority needs that are not yet available and
• Identify those who will be able to take a planning process forward.

Participation in the workshop is by invitation only. If you are interested in attending, please contact info@teampata.org.

Programme for Adolescent Workshop