What Works: Identifying the Evidence on HIV/AIDS Interventions for Women and Girls
AGENDA (download Word document)
What Works: Reviewing the Evidence on HIV/AIDS Interventions for Women and Girls
Cape Town, South Africa
February 17-19, 2010
Agenda
Goal: To arrive at a consensus on a core set of HIV/AIDS interventions needed to support women and girls.
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Wednesday, February 17 |
8:30-9:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee
9:00-9:30 Welcome and Introductions
· Shannon Kowalski, Open Society Institute
9:30-10:15 Genesis of What Works
· Overview: Karen Hardee, PAI
· Methodology: Jill Gay, Consultant
· Structure: Melanie Croce-Galis, Consultant
Questions and Answers
10:15-10:30 Goals for the Meeting
· Shannon Kowalski, Open Society Institute
10:30-11:00 Coffee/Tea Break
11:00-13:00 Plenary Discussion: “What Works” - Overall Comments
· Shannon Kowalski, Open Society Institute
Objective: To evaluate overall strengths/weaknesses of the document, recommend improvements, discuss preliminary thoughts on key interventions.
Guiding Questions:
1.) On the whole, is the content useful for its intended audience – program planners, policymakers, international NGOs, donors?
2.) On the whole, is the document successful in complementing rather than duplicating other efforts? If yes, how so? If no, why not?
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Small Group Breakout: Chapters
Objective: To achieve consensus on key interventions by chapter.
Guiding questions:
Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the chapter:
1.) Is the chapter content useful for its intended audience – program planners, policymakers, international NGOs, donors?
2.) Is “What Works” successful in complementing rather than duplicating other efforts in this chapter? If yes, how so? If no, why not?
3.) Does the chapter represent the best available evidence on this topic?
4.) Which major important studies and/or interventions should be added?
5.) Which studies and/or interventions included are weak, outdated, or should be removed for any reason?
6.) Does this chapter of “What Works” capture the key interventions on this topic that need to be implemented at at least the country level in order to successfully support women and girls? If not, what is missing?
7.) To what extent does “What Works” capture those interventions and provide the evidence of support?
8.) Are the “What Works” statements adequate as top-line summaries of effective interventions? If not, how would you change them?
9.) Which interventions are important yet lack sufficient evidence (either for lack of evaluation or research would be unethical, unnecessarily waste resources, etc)? How should we present these?
10.) What issues or questions should we bring back to the section group for further discussion?
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:00 Small Groups (continued)
17:00-17:30 Wrap-up
18:20 Departure for the Group Dinner at Gold’s Restaurant
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Thursday, February 18 |
· Shannon Kowalski, Open Society Institute
9:15-11:00 Small Group Breakout: Sections
Objective: To review outcomes of chapter discussions and achieve consensus on key interventions by section.
Guiding questions:
1.) Does “What Works” represent the best available evidence on this topic?
2.) What major changes did you recommend in each chapter? Were there issues in your chapter group that should be further discussed by the section group?
3.) What are the key interventions for this section? What are the minimum set of interventions we can agree on?
4.) Are there issues in this section that overlap with topics in other section that need further discussion?
5.) What issues or questions should we bring back to plenary for further discussion?
11:00-11:30 Coffee/Tea Break
11:30-13:00 Small Groups (continued)
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-17:00 Plenary Discussion: “What Works” Review
Objective: To review outcomes from section discussions and achieve consensus on overall key interventions.
· Report back from section groups
· Discussion
Guiding question:
1.) What are the key interventions recommended in each section?
2.) Can we agree on a minimum set of interventions that work for HIV prevention, treatment, care and support among women and girls?
3.) What issues remain unresolved and require further discussion?
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Friday, February 19 |
· Shannon Kowalski, Open Society Institute
Objective: To discuss and try to come to consensus on unresolved questions and major gaps.
Guiding questions:
1.) What issues remain unresolved?
2.) What are the major gaps in the document that must be filled?
3.) How can “What Works” be best positioned as a ‘go-to’ resource for its intended audience?
4.) What is the best way to package this information to make it the most user friendly?
11:00-11:30 Coffee/Tea Break
11:30-13:00 Unresolved Questions and Next Steps Discussion (continued)
13:00-14:00 Lunch