[Viva] Fwd: ICWNA Great News for 2023!

[Margarite Sanchez]

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From: International Community of Women Living with HIV - North America <
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Date: Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 3:01 AM
Subject: ICWNA Great News for 2023!
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ICWNA March 2023 Newsletter - Great News!
Great News for 2023!

ICW-NA received An Academic-Community Partnership Award (ACP) from the
District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research!

Adeline Koay, MBBS, MSc

will serve as the Principle Investigator (PI) for The Pilot Study of a
Clinical-Community Peer Mentor Program for Postpartum WLHIV.


Martha Cameron, Executive Director of ICW-NA, will serve as the Community
PI for The Pilot Study of a Clinical-Community Peer Mentor Program for
Postpartum WLHIV.


Agnes NKhata-Blackwood, Regional Coordinator of

 ICW-NA, will serve as the Research Assistant for The Pilot Study of a
Clinical-Community Peer Mentor Program for Postpartum WLHIV.

The Pilot Study of a Clinical-Community Peer Mentor Program for Postpartum
WLHIV

This project aims to adapt and pilot test a peer mentor program for
postpartum women living with HIV (WLHIV) which integrates clinical and
community resources. By combining clinical and community expertise, this
project will integrate a community-based peer mentor program for postpartum
WLHIV into a clinical setting and pilot test it among postpartum WLHIV who
attend infant visits. For this proposal, Dr. Adeline Koay at HIV Prevention
and Treatment Services (HPTS) at Children’s National Hospital in
Washington, DC and Ms. Martha Cameron with International Community of Women
Living with HIV (ICW-NA) have partnered to develop a comprehensive wellness
package for postpartum WLHIV that integrates clinical and community
partnerships and expand the community support network. The UK-based program
(Mentor Mothers) trains WLHIV who have been through pregnancy to be peer
mentors to WLHIV of childbearing age who are considering getting pregnant,
are pregnant or are postpartum. Through focus group discussions, this
project will engage clinical staff at HPTS, postpartum WLHIV and peer
mentors to delineate the process of adapting the “Mentor Mothers” program
into a US-based clinical setting (Aim 1).

IC-WNA will conduct “Mentor Mothers” training of candidate peer mentors,
all of whom are WLHIV who are experienced community health workers. This
type of peer mentorship helps the pregnant or postpartum WLHIV better
navigate the challenges of the healthcare system and increase their ability
to self-advocate. The adapted peer mentor program will be pilot tested
among postpartum WLHIV (n=20) who attend infant visits at HPTS (Aim 2). Its
impact on postpartum depression will be assessed by comparing postpartum
depression scores between participants who enroll in the peer mentor
program and controls who have not enrolled in the peer mentor program.
Acceptability of the peer mentor program will be determined through
stakeholder surveys and focus group discussions. IC-WNA intends to partner
with exiting partners such as PWN and The Well Project to insure our
project is community driven and successful.


MORE GREAT NEWS!

ICWNA celebrates the launch of new breast/chest feeding guidelines for
Individuals with HIV in the United States (link below).

We continue to be committed to fighting for justice for black families
navigating sexual and reproductive health. ICW-NA envisions a world where
all women living with HIV live free of gender oppression, realizing and
claiming our full rights inclusive of sexual, reproductive, legal, social,
economic and health rights.
Click here to see the Updated PERINATAL HIV CLINICAL GUIDELINES
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See the Expert Consensus Statement on Breastfeeding and HIV in the United
States and Canada (Submitted on Dec 1, 2020)
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 Above: Dr. Mati Hlatshwayo Davis, Director of Health for the City of St.
Louis & Kneeshe Parkinson , Co- Chair of ICW-NA presenting at Healing
Together STL in-person session. 12.6.22
Healing Together in 2023

A total of 20 women graduated from two in-person Healing Together
Interventions:

St.Louis M0 (May 21-27, 2022)

Dallas TX (August 12-18, 2022).

A total 80 women through in person Abstract workshop presentations and
Community

meetings for women living with HIV at the International AIDS Conference in
Montreal

Canada and Unites States Conference on HIV AIDS in Puerto Rico, USA. We
interacted with over 500 people through an E-Poster Presentation and Global
Village Exhibit Booth, at the International

Conference on AIDS in Montreal, Canada (physical) abstract poster,
presentations, 2 Conference workshops and exhibit booth In Puerto Rico.
Fill out the Healing Together GENERAL Interest Form
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SAVE THE DATE Celebrate National Women and Girls HIV Awareness day with
ICWNA March 10th, 2023 2pm-3pm (EST)

Topic: Thriving at Every Stage: Pregnancy, Breast + Chest Feeding & Mental
Health

This National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, join ICWNA for a real
& relaxed conversation by and about Women Living with HIV: Pregnancy,
Breast + Chest Feeding and

Mental Health.

The discussion will also include New Perinatal Guidelines by Dr. Natella
Rakhmanina and the Academic Community Partnership Award for Postpartum
Mothers and Mental Health by

Dr. Adeline Koay.

Get together with us via ZOOM or Facebook LIVE!


To register SCAN the QR code or CLICK the link below


Registration  Link
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Thank you for being a part of the ICW Family !

A warm welcome to all the new members who have joined us through the
various platforms & programs including IAS , USCHA, Milky Moovement &
Healing Together. We appreciate your support and sisterhood during these
times AND we continue to strive together!




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