[procaare] Celebrating ProCAARE's Tenth Anniversary

["ProCAARE Team" <procaare@healthnet.org>]

Celebrating ProCAARE's Tenth Anniversary 
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Dear colleagues,
 
ProCAARE was formally launched at the International AIDS Conference in Vancouver in 1996, ten years ago! 
 
To recognize this tenth anniversary, we would like to do a short retrospective of ProCAARE ? our growth and our loyal subscribers, how you are using the messages in your work, and highlight key issues covered, then in 1996 and now in 2006. 
 
Our subscribers
 
In 1996, ProCAARE subscribers numbered 148 in 24 countries. Today, we enjoy a membership of over 1600 in 79 countries with almost half of you coming from low and middle income countries. Since many of you use .com addresses, we are not able to track the countries in which you live and/or work. 
 
In a survey conducted in May 2004, you told us who you are, where you work and how you use the messages distributed in ProCAARE:
 
--Clinical and public health doctors, nurses, social scientists/workers, program/project personnel, health consultants, journalists, researchers, psychologists, and educators. 
--In national and local AIDS organizations, hospitals, universities, medical schools, Ministries of Health, journal publishers, research institutions, international NGOs, UN, UNICEF, WHO, ARC
--In program development, teaching, hospital and community work, current awareness, training, research, pursuing educational opportunities from announcements, networking with colleagues around the world, sharing information with others
 
We have selected two topics for review from the ProCAARE archives, HIV and TB co-infection and Home Care and Home Care training, and compiled some resources that we hope will be useful to you.
 
HIV/TB
 
In February 96, there was a message showing a marked increase in mortality in the HIV-infected patient with TB. Ten years later, the devastating impact of the co-infection is clear. See message http://www.procaare.org/archive/procaare/199602/msg00004.php 
 
We knew the relationship in 1996, yet in 2006 have still have not done well in integrating the two.  Please see our ProCAARE web site http://www.procaare.org/documents.php  for a list of free HIV/TB co-infection resources. 
 
To receive the following article, simply click on the link and press send in the email that opens up. You will automatically receive the article (pdf) in your Inbox. (Thanks to The Lancet for permission to send these articles to ProCAARE subscribers.)
 
Corbett EL, Marston B, Churchyard GJ, and De Cock KM. Tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities, challenges, and change in the era of antiretroviral treatment. 
The Lancet 2006; 367:926-937
mailto:procaare-tbarv@healthnet.org
 

Home Care and Home Care Training Materials
 
In January 1997 there was a message identifying the need for home care and a request for materials that could be used to train family members in caring for patients. See message
http://www.procaare.org/archive/procaare/199701/msg00017.php
 
Over the last ten years, ProCAARE has covered several excellent conferences in Africa on home care and now there are several excellent training materials and programs.   Please see our ProCAARE web site http://www.procaare.org/documents.php for a list of free home care and home care training resources. 
 
To receive the following article, simply click on the link and press send in the email that opens up.  You will automatically receive the article (pdf) in your Inbox.
 
Harding R, Higginson IJ. Palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa. 
The Lancet 2005; 365:1971-1977.
mailto:procaare-palliative@healthnet.org
 
If you cannot access our web site to view the resources, please write to mailto:leela@healthnet.org and the lists will be sent to you.
 
We thank you for being loyal members of ProCAARE!
 
With best wishes,
The ProCAARE Team