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Conference Report HIV and AIDS and the African Military Towards a common and ISS Head O! ce Block D, Brooklyn Court comprehensive approach 361 Veale Street New Muckleneuk, Pretoria, South Africa Tel: +27 12 346-9500 Fax: +27 12 346-9570 E-mail: [email protected] ISS Addis Ababa O! ce 1st Floor, Ki-Ab Building Alexander Pushkin Street Pushkin Square, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tel: +251 11 372-1154/5/6 Fax: +251 11 372-5954 E-mail: [email protected] ISS Cape Town O! ce 2nd Floor, Armoury Building, Buchanan Square 160 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock, South Africa Tel: +27 21 461-7211 Fax: +27 21 461-7213 E-mail: [email protected] ISS Nairobi O! ce Braeside Gardens, O! 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ISBN 978-1-920422-04-2 First published by the Institute for Security Studies, P O Box 1787, Brooklyn Square 0075 Pretoria, South Africa www.issafrica.org Cover photograph www.africanpictures.net Design, Typesetting and Printing Marketing Support Services +27 12 346-2168 Conference Report HIV and AIDS and the African military Towards a common and comprehensive approach Edited by Takawira Musavengana, Tarrin-Rae Oxche and Irene Ndung’u 11-13 March 2009, Jinja, Uganda Contents Acronyms . iii Executive summary . .iv Introduction . 1 Conference objective . 1 Conference theme and sub-themes . 1 Welcome and opening remarks . 3 Panel One HIV and AIDS and the military: A general framework . 5 The role of the AU with regard to HIV and AIDS in the military . 5 Aids, political stability and con! ict . 5 The use of the Second Generation HIV Surveillance Approach in understanding the HIV epidemic in the military: Lessons from other employment sectors . 6 Prospects for an African HIV and AIDS and military common policy . 7 Panel Two HIV and AIDS and peacekeeping in Africa – regional case studies . 9 HIV and AIDS challenges: A perspective, ECOWAS Standby Force (ESF) . 9 Threats of HIV and AIDS to regional integration e" orts and performance of African standby brigades: The case of EASBRIG . 9 Threats of HIV and AIDS to regional integration e" orts and performance of African standby brigades: The case of HIV and AIDS in East African militaries: Defence sector policy issues and gaps . 10 The changing face of the epidemic most at-risk populations . 11 Panel Three HIV and AIDS AND PEACEKEEPING IN AFRICA – COUNTRY CASE STUDIES . 13 General HIV and AIDS in the DRC . 13 HIV and AIDS and PSO: A case study on Eastern DRC . 13 HIV and AIDS: The case of Chad . 13 HIV and AIDS in a post-con! ict country: The case of Burundi . 14 HIV and AIDS: Swaziland . 14 HIV and AIDS: Côte d’Ivoire . 14 Panel Four Managing the impact of HIV and AIDS on the military . 15 E" ects of HIV and AIDS on military career planning . 15 Living with HIV, human security and the African military . 15 Legal and human rights aspects of HIV/AIDS in African contemporary military policies . 16 Panel Five Policy recommendations . 19 Panel Six Closing address – HIV and AIDS prevention and care: Looking beyond medical services . 23 Annexure A . 25 List of participants . 25 Annexure B . 29 Programme . 29 Conference Report i Acronyms AIDS Acquired Immune De! ciency Syndrome ACCORD " e African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes ARV Antiretroviral " erapy ASF African Standby Force AU African Union AUC African Union Commission AWA Aids Watch Africa CCR Centre for Con# ict Resolution CCAAHM Common and Comprehensive African Approach to HIV and AIDS in the Military DRC Democratic Republic of Congo EAC East African Community EASBRICOM EASBRIG Coordination Mechanism EASBRIG East African Standby Brigade ECOWAS Economic Commission of West African States ESF ECOWAS Standby Force FARDC Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo HIV Human Immunode! ciency Virus HSRC Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa IDASA Institute for Democratic Alternatives in Southern Africa ISS Institute for Security Studies JCRC Joint Clinical Research Centre KAIPTC Ko! Annan International Peacekeeping and Training Centre NARC North African Regional Capability NGO Non-Governmental Organisations MARP Most At Risk Population M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MONUC United Nations Organisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo OAU Organisation of African Unity PLWHA People Living With HIV and Aids PSO Peace Support Operations PSOD Peace Support Operations Division RECs Regional Economic Communities RMs Regional Mechanisms SADC Southern African Development Community SGSA Second-Generation HIV Surveillance Approach SSG Security Sector Governance STIs Sexually Transmitted Infections UPDF Uganda People’s Defence Forces UNAIDS United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS UNDPKO United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund VCT Voluntary Counselling and Testing WHO World Health Organisation Conference Report iii Executive summary " e Security Sector Governance (SSG) Programme hosts I New skills regarding nutrition and dieting required for a number of projects including MilAIDS, which focuses supporting in-service victims on the mitigation of the impact of HIV and AIDS on I Control of scheduled drugs as part of the quartermas- armed forces in Africa. " e purpose of the project is to ter’s responsibility inform and support the development of appropriate policy I Home-based care and welfare policies related to early responses to the threat of HIV and AIDS to the armed termination of employment on medical grounds for forces of the African continent. " e project also.