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Educational Afternoons
Siden 2006 har Cross-Over arrangeret "Educational Afternoons" den første tirsdag i hver måned, hvor de frivillige i Cross-Over og andre interesserede løbende opdateres om relevante områder indenfor hiv/aids, andre seksuelt overførbare infektioner samt forebyggelse af uønsket graviditet.
Fra december 2007 og blev arrangementerne flyttet til den første onsdag i måneden.
Arrangementerne bliver afholdt på engelsk.
Der har indtil nu været afholdt følgende:
2012
02.05.2012 "Psychological Stigma: Sharing Experience from Nepal
" - Ashok Pande, Ph.D., from Nepal will be speaking on Psychological Stigma: Sharing Experience from Nepal. Stigma is connected with deeply held attitudes and communal norms. Stigma is to do with fear, and with ignorance. We have talked a lot about social stigma, now it is time to discuss about psychological stigma that can result in shame or self-disgust that may permeate ones entire identity. What could be reasons behind the scene of psychological stigma among HIV-infected and affected people? Come and hear this session on sharing experience from Nepal.
18.04.2012 "Ten Years of the Global Fund: What Next for the Next Ten?" -
Jeffrey V. Lazarus from the Copenhagen HIV Programme (CHIP), University of Copenhagen, will come and talk about "Ten Years of the Global Fund: What Next for the Next Ten?"
7.3.2012 "Women and HIV" As this Educational Afternoon is taking place the day before International Women's Day, we have invited Helle Andersen who is chair of Hiv-Danmark and vice-chair of AIDS-Fondet. Helle will talk about her experiences of living openly with HIV and working with advocacy. She will also give us an insight of what Hiv-Danmark has to offer people living with HIV.
1.2.2012 "The New Danish Governments changes to the immigration policies" Come and hear Michala Clante Bendixen from Committee for Underground Refugees / Refugees Welcome talk about the new Danish government's changes to the immigration policies.
4.1.2012 "How to reach men who have sex with men with messages about hiv" On May 1st 2012 STOP AIDS, AIDS-Fondet, AIDS-Linien, Cross-Over and HIV-Denmark will be moving to the same in location Vestergade 18E. So lets get to know one of our coming neighbours!For years STOP AIDS has been working with the biggest risk group when it comes to HIV: men who have sex with men. Francois Pichon, HIV-counsellor from STOP AIDS will come and share his experiences, dreams and visions.
2011
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6.10.2011 "News from the Red Cross health clinic for undocumented migrants" Project leader Vibeke Lenskjold from the newly opened health clinic for undocumented migrants, will come and talk about what they can offer and what experiences they have had so far. As the clinic has opening hours Mondays and Wednesdays from 5 to 8 pm. we have decided to have this Educational Afternoon on a Thursday rather than Wednesday because we find the topic extremely important. As always we serve a light snack. Let us know if you are coming.
7.9.2011 "Is a cure for HIV a dream that could come true?" International Aids Society (IAS) arranged their annual HIV/AIDS-conference this year from July 17th till 20th in Rome. Bent Hansen from HIV-Denmark attended the conference and will tell about his impression of this year's conference and present highlights on treatment and prevention from the conference where even the possiblity of a future cure was mentioned.
3.8.2011 "Understanding Immigration Laws – part 2" Attorney Aage Kramp will be back to continue talking about “Immigration Law”, this time with a focus on EU laws. There were many questions last time and a lively discussion. Topics included the possibilities for marriage and applying for residence permit in Denmark, work-permits and green card, to show which ways it might be possible to achieve legal status. This time the same issues will be discussed regarding European Union laws.
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1.6.2011 "HIV-Checkpoints here and there and everywhere!" Nurse and counsellor Morten Hougaard will share his experiences with HIV-testing from the various Checkpoints (STOP AIDS, Cross-Over, Café Cadeau and Trampoline House). Kirsten Madsen, Cross-Over, will give an update on other outreach activities such as the tent at the Central Station in Copenhagen, the new Checkpoint at Sundhedscaféen in Århus V, our new Checkpoint slogan "I know my HIV-status. Do you know yours?" etc.
4.5.2011 "Understanding the Immigration Laws" Attorney Aage Kramp will present on Immigration law, Danish and European Union Law, including the possibilities for marriage and applying for residence permit in Denmark and Sweden (EU-law) respectively, including work-permits and green card, to show which ways it might be possible to achieve legal status.
6.4.2011 "Merging the HIV-organisations" From 2012 The National Board of Health, Sundhedsstyrelsen, will only support one HIV-organisation. Because of that AIDS-Linien, Stop Aids, HIV-Danmark and Cross-Over/AIDS-Fondet are at present in a process of merging together, probably in one location, and as one organisation. This does not mean closing anyone down but to save on administration and add that money to services. A consultant has been employed to discuss with all of us as to how best to do that and have a plan for this merging by July 2011. So how do we as Cross-Over secure that we still can offer the same and better services in the future? How can we make sure that the spirit of 'Cross-Over' continues? Henriette Laursen, the Director of AIDS-Fondet, will lead the discussion during this special session of our Educational Afternoon.
2.3.2011 "Health Issues Faced by Illegal immigrant Women" A growing number of women end up as illegal immigrants in Denmark or trafficed. Women in this situation have no access to health services through the system. Fortunately, there is some help out there, through a number of organizations and networks. Camilla Tved from Kirkeasyl and Malene Muushold from Reden International will speak about their experience serving some of these women’s health needs.
2.2.2011 "What ever happened to humanitarian asylum?" Cross-Over, which works with people with other ethnic background than Danish, has been experiencing more and more often the harsh realities of asylum seekers who, for health reasons, are applying to stay in Denmark on humanitarian grounds. However, in spite of doctors’ recommendations, people in this situation are being sent out of the country. Attorney Poul Roepstorff, who also works on a volunteer basis, will come and talk about his experiences so far with such cases.
12.1.2011 "Why are so many people getting tested for HIV too late?" Between 33 and 50 % of all people testing positive for HIV are being tested so late that they are immediately starting treatment – and would have been offered treatment at an earlier point if they had know that they were HIV-infected. And people living with HIV – who don’t get treatment at the right time – have an increased risk of getting more sick and getting more often sick – and also a higher risk of dying earlier. And besides this, the risk of infecting other people is also higher if people living with HIV don’t get treatment. And further it is more expensive for society to treat HIV-infected people when they are being tested too late. But why don’t people go for HIV-testing at an earlier stage? Hiv-Danmark (the organization for people living with HIV) has made research into the reasons why so many people wait too long before being tested. The results from this research will be presented – with a special focus on immigrants and people from ethnic minorities by Anders Dahl, HIV-Denmark.
2010
1.12.2010 “Antiretroviral (ARV) Treatment Today” Wednesday the 1st of December 2010 is World AIDS Day. The entire world will be focussing on the continuous fight against HIV and the current developments of treatment that is available. Cross-Over is inviting Dr. Søren Thybo from Rigshospitalet’s Infectious Disease Department to give us talk on a topic entitled, “Antiretroviral (ARV) Treatment Today” for our Educational Afternoon from 17:30 to 19:00. You will be enriched by Søren’s first hand knowledge of dealing with patients and treatment on a daily basis and be updated on how things are developing on the medical front in relation to Denmark.
3.11.2010: "Global Trends in the fight against HIV" by Laura Kirch Kirkegaard, editor of the bi-weekly Aidsnet newsletter and advocacy consultant in charge of AIDS-Fondets involvement in the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) as well as the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM). Laura will give us an insight into some of the global trends we are seeing in the AIDS world right now. How well did we fare on the Millenium Goal number 6? How does it look with keeping our promises about universal access to treatment, care and prevention? How did the Global Fund replenishment meeting recently held in New York go, and what implication might this have on HIV/AIDS treatment in the world?
6.10.2010: "Combination HIV prevention – how does it work?" Based on the findings at the XVIII International AIDS-Conference in Vienna, Jan Fouchard, Medical Officer MD, PhD National Centre for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention/National Board of Health, will talk about and discuss new preventive tools and ideas of preventing hiv infections.
1.9.2010: "How West-African parents living in Copenhagen communicate condom use with their children" by Dr. Felix Ikenna Onunkwor from Nigeria. Felix will come and talk about his research about "Parents’ attitudes and practices in communicating condom use to their adolescent children in København".
1.8.2010: "Saul From Uganda - a teenager living with HIV." Saul was born with HIV and is now a teenager living with the secret. Gertrud Bjørning will tell his story and show her movie about Saul as well.
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2.6.2010: "Angola - War and AIDS" by Yema Ferreira, who has worked in the area of HIV and AIDS in Angola, with, among others, the Danish development organization Ibis. It is believed that Angola´s long war significantly slowed down the spread of HIV within the country, provinding thus a unique opportunity for preventing the levels of infection seen in neighbouring countries. But is Angola using this opportunity? Come and hear the experiences of Yema Ferreira. A film about HIV in Angola will be shown, followed by discussion.
5.5.2010: "Uganda - still a success story in the fight against HIV/AIDS?" by David Owiidi and Faith Mwebaza, two young people straight from Uganda and both active in the fight against HIV. One focus of the disussion following the presentation will be around stigma and how you can measure the level of stigma in order to give a more true picture of the situation on the ground. This discussion will be facilitated by Gertrud Bjørning.
7.4.2010: "What's new in HIV treatment?" by Lars Nørregård Nielsen, Chief Physician at Hillerød Hospital at the infectious disease ward. Lars will give us an update about the latest invention in HIV treatment. Lars is an old friend of Cross-Over and is also part of the steering committee of Cross-Over including our HIV-testing programme, Checkpoint Ethnic.
3.3.2010: "Reduction of HIV infectiousness when a person is on antiretrovirals" by Tina Bruun, project coordinator at Copenhagen HIV Programme, also called CHIP. Tina will tell us about the reseach being carried out here as well as her own involvement in looking at the European level at the reduction of HIV infectiousness when a person is on antiretrovirals. Due to her years of being a counsellor at HIV-Danmark while still being a nurse at various HIV wards in the hospital, she is no stranger to many. Come and here about HIV from a research perspective.
3.2.2010: "Living with HIV as a Heterosexual Man" by Claus Christensen. Claus just published his book "Et liv med hiv" and will come and share his experiences about being open about HIV, being heterosexual and now a father. He will also tell about being a writer and how it has been going public.
4.1.2010: "Sex the African Way" by psychologist Basim Osman. What is hiding behind this heading? Come and find out on Monday the 4th of January, when Basim will enlighten us on this issue.
2009
2.12.2009: "Still no cure, but..." by Jens Wilhelmsborg from the Medical Task Force HIV-Denmark. Jens will give us an update on the treatment with ARV in Denmark and also on what is in the pipeline. He will also discuss the role of being a patient and how it is possible to stay in the driver's seat.
4.11.2009: World AIDS Day - get involved! by Mirka Mozer from AIDS-Fondet. Mirka will come and brief us about this years World AIDS Day events. After this we will discuss what addtional ideas we can come up with and what we think about the plans.
7.10.2009: “HIV and human mobility: Lessons learned from working with HIV prevention and attention among IDP (internally displaced) youth in Colombia" by Linda Eriksson, Liaison and Project Officer of International Organisation for Migration (IOM). Linda will present to us her hands on experiences from Colombia and we will discuss the applicability of lessons learned and could possibly be applied in a Danish setting.
9.9.2009: The latest about the development of a microbicide for women to prevent them from HIV infection by Dr. Zeda Rosenberg, Chief Executive Officer of International Partnership for Microbicides. The International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) is a non-profit product development partnership focused on accelerating the development and availability of safe and effective microbicides to prevent HIV infections for use by women in developing countries – an effort Denmark has supported since 2003.
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29.7.2009: An Overview of MSM/HIV related Research in Low Income Countries, including issues of Access to HIV Programs by Kent Kilindear, MSM Initiative Program Manager, amFAR (The Foundation for AIDS Research), Working with HIV and MSM in a Hostile Environment by Frank Mugisha/Pepe Onziema, SMUG (Sexual Minorities Uganda), Experiences from the Establishment of a VCT and STI Clinic for MSM in Malawi by Gift Trapence, Director of Operations, Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP). On July 29. we have an extraordinarily early educational afternoon focussing on living as and working with gays in the South. The event is planned in connection with the gay olympics (World Out Games) as we want to take the oppertunity to invite some of the foreign participants to discuss this subject. Two gay visitors from Uganda and Malawi as well as representatives from amFAR and CEDEP will share with us the presentations mentioned above.
3.6.2009: Time and trust: Experience from a Migrant health Clinic in Odense by Morten Sodeman, MD Head of the Department, Infectious Disease and Migrant Diseases, Syddansk Universitet. At the clinic they are examining and treating migrants with difficult and complicated diseases or raise issues of adherence in taking medicine in relation to e.g. HIV, TB, Diabetes etc. Within the first year they had 110 patients in the clinic. It is the only clinic of its kind in Europe, among other things it is unique that it is placed in a hospital setting.
6.5.2009: Communication About Challenging Issues by Agatha Bula, research nurse and master student in public health. Agatha will share her experiences about communication about challenging issues such as how the researchers get their message across to the community involved as trial participants. Do the community really know what they are participating in – and if the answer is no – what can be done about it? As always the educational afternoons are also about discussions. So come and join the debate.
1.4.2009: Church daring to speak loves name - Church aiming to be inclusive by Ib Lauritsen Hospital Chaplan at Hillerød Hospital. It will not be as philosophical as it sounds, but will give you a perspective of what a church in a Danish setting is about and also how it might react to issues related to sexuality including homosexuality and hiv. We hope it will generate an interesting exchange of viewpoints and a lively discussion. Ib will speak in Danish, but we will provide translation in English if needed.
4.3.2009: The importance of being hiv-tested and the importance of surveillance so we know what we are doing by Dr. Susan Cowan from Statens Serum Institut. We will discuss with Susan how these things can go hand in hand and how ones anonymity is secured anyway. At this meeting we will also launch the new Cross-Over initiative, namely the HIV-Checkpoint for ethinc minorities where it is possible to get tested and recieve counselling within an hour.
4.02.2009: Pick it up! Adressing hiv prevention with migrants - hot topics you need to touch upon and how same cultures are much better at doing just that by Matthias Wienold from AIDS & Mobility. AIDS & Mobility has been a European Network focusing on hiv and migrants since 1992.
Ethno-Meidzinishes Zentrum (EMZ) www.ethno-medizinisches-zentrum.de is now the lead organisation of AIDS & Mobility, but working closely together with other partners such as Cross-Over / AIDS-Fondet.
Dr. Med. Matthias Wienold, the project leader of A & M, will join us on the 4. February and will make a presentation on the topic of the day. Matthias has a long history in working with hiv and aids and is among other things the founder of the European Aids Treatment Group. You will not get bored in his company!
Intet januar-arrangement i 2009
2008
5.11.2008: HPV Vaccine by Kirsten Madsen from Cross-Over and Tine Rikke Jørgensen from Sanofi Pasteur. HPV vaccine is a vaccine to protect against HPV which causes over 70% of cervical cancer and genital warts. HPV vaccine is now part of the child immunization programme in Denmark. It is free of charge for 12 year old girls and for girls born in 93, 94 an 95 for the next two years. MSc. MPH Tine Rikke Jørgensen from Sanofi Pasteur MSD will come and inform us about what the vaccine is about, how it works and what it protects against.
1.10.2008: Stigma is out - hiv testing is in! How can we make this scenario come true? by Jan Fouchard from the National board of Health together with Kristian Gandrup, HIV-Denmark will talk about the new initiatives being launched this fall in order to address these issues. Zama, who is one of the participants in the campaigns, will also be present.
3.9.2008: News from the International AIDS Conference in Mexico by Kirsten Madsen from Cross-Over and Tina Bruun from HIV-Danmark. Thousands of participants will be present at the International AIDS Conference taking place in Mexico City August 2008. Among others, Kirsten Madsen, Tina Bruun, Anders Dahl, Ida Brix and Henriette Laursen from Denmark will participate. Kirsten, Tina and possibly others will brief us on the conference highlights of interest to the international community in Denmark.
6.8.2008: About HIV Danmark and their innovative approaches by Solveig Roth who will come and speak about HIV Danmark and the various programmes they offer which might be interesting for internationals as well. Solveig is a staff of HIV Danmark and no stranger to Cross-Over. The evening teaching will be followed by a time of questions and answers.
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04.6.2008: Safari Radjabu from "Center for Frivillige Etniske Minoriteter" will talk about the role associations play in motivating people with different ethnic backgrounds to participate in civic engagements.
7.5.2008: Update on HIV Testing 14% of all tested for HIV receive the AIDS-diagnosis simultaneously. How can we ensure that people feel safe to go for an HIV-test? Why is the rapid test not available for all so only one trip is needed? Hanne Sørensen and Britt Nilausen - counsellors and nurses at Venereaklinikken, Bispebjerg Hospital - will come and discuss HIV-testing with us. There will also be a possibility to hear more about testing for other sexually transmitted infections.
2.4.2008: HIV and human rights: The "missing link" in national AIDS responses? by HIV/AIDS and human rights Project Manager Steven L. B. Jensen from the Danish Institute for Human Rights. The lack of promotion and protection of HIV-related human rights issues has been identified by the international community as one of six major obstacles to scaling up towards universal access to prevention, treatment, care and support. This recognition places the promotion and protection of human rights, including addressing stigma and discrimination, as a core component of any effective national AIDS response. The talk will explore various aspects of the relationship between HIV and human rights.
5.3.2008: Report from The International Conference on Microbicides - Kirsten Madsen from Cross-Over/AIDS-Fondet will participate in the International Conference on Microbicides (a way of securing women against sexual HIV transmission) in New Delhi, India February 23-28 2008. Kirsten will share her experiences from the conference with us.
6.2.2008: How does the Danish social system function and what assistance is available? Imam Abbas Segujja will tell us about the Danish social system and how it works.
Intet Januar-arrangement.
2007
5.12.2007: The positive sides about being HIV-positive. Gertrud Bjørning, film maker, writer, producer, journalist will, based on her "long" experience with living with HIV, discuss how we can turn this situation around and look at the positive aspects of living with HIV.
7.11.2007: Deciding to have sex, deciding to have protected sex and deciding to have babies are still issues that are not necessarily done voluntarily. Sule Lindskrog, family therapist with a Turkish background: "Research and my own experience tells me that there is a strong connection between lack of equal rights and dependency and psychosomatic symptoms and illness."
1.10.2007: Special aspects of HIV-treatment in the developing world. Nurse and Counsellor Tina Bruun, HIV-Denmark and Hvidovre Hospital & "Brobryggerne" will draw on her experiences from Lesotho and Botswana, where she worked as a nurse in 2005 and 2007.
4.9.2007: Universal Access & World YWCA conference on Womens' Leadership - Kirsten Madsen, AIDS-Fondet, participated in two important events in Nairobi July 2007: World AIDS Campaign meeting on Universal Access with 65 participants from 30 different countries; and World YWCA conference on Womens´Leadership on HIV&AIDS with more than 1500 participants from all over the World.
7.8.2007: Cross-Over invites you to a meeting with Henriette Laursen - Henriette is the Director of Aids Fund and has been away in Vietnam for the past two years. She will talk about the HIV/AIDS situation in Asia, with special focus on Vietnam where she has been stationed with DANIDA for the past two years.
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5.6.2007: The Secret! Is it necessary to continue to treat HIV as top secret? What are the experiences of people who broke their silence about HIV? Is the stigma and discrimination a real issue in Denmark or is it something we imagine that might happen? Two people from different societies will talk about their experiences of living with HIV.
1.5.2007: HIV-positive and pregnant? How does it affect the mother's health? How safe is it today? What support can one get? Senior MD. Niels Henrik Valerius from Hvidovre Hospitals Børneafdeling will share his experiences with us.
3.4.2007: The role of religion in the fight against HIV/AIDS? V. AIDS-priest at Helligåndskirken Carina Wøhlk, pastor Ravi Chandran International Christian Community and imam Abbas Segujja Islamic Study Group.
6.3.2007: Why is the rapid test used in Africa and not in Denmark and why do we need to wait three months - not two - before testing? V. Line Kølby, AIDS-Linien, Jette Lange, Statens Serum Institut and Therese Katzenstein, Rigshospitalet.
6.2.2007: Which statistics exist concerning HIV and STI and what can we learn from them? Susan Cowan, Statens Serum Institut.
9.1. 2007: Is HIV a chronic and manageable disease - also for Africans living in DK, v. Prof. Peter Skinhøj, Rigshospitalets Epidemi Afdeling.
2006
5.12.2006: Abortion in Denmark. Do we feel it is an option v. Charlotte Wilken, Sex & Samfunds præventionsklinik.
7.11.2006: Criminalization of HIV+ v. Bjørn Elmquist og Willy Shanti, AKSEPT, Norge. Dette arrangement blev også afholdt i Lysthuset i Århus den 9.11.2007. Ved denne lejlighed deltog advokat Bodil Bach og Willy Shanti.
3.10.2006: Nyt fra AIDS-konferencen i Toronto v. Tina Bruun og Anders Dahl fra HIV-Danmark.
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