CoBaSys

Community based system in HIV treatment

Unibo Team Leader: Dott. Mario Zamponi e Dott. Arrigo Pallotti, Dipartimento di Politica, Istituzioni, Storia- DPIS

The overall objective of the project proposal CoBaSys is to strengthen the integration of the involved countries into the European science and technology (S&T) framework, focusing specifically on programmes for quality health care with special attention to community-based and patient-centred approaches to HIV treatment.
The main specific objective of the CoBaSys project is the development of stable cooperative networks promoting quality health care system in the field of HIV treatment. The project focuses mainly on community approach and participatory methods using these methodologies both at community level and at a wider regional level.
With regard to this, the project specific objectives are:

  • to empower local communities in their fight against HIV/AIDS through participatory research and action programme (PRA) within the identified target areas;
  • to generate evidence from target areas with high rates of HIV infection supporting learning on community-based and patient-centred approaches to HIV treatment from target areas with high endemic HIV infection;
  • to set up a stable regional network where the feedbacks coming from the target areas will be discussed;
  • to share pre-existing knowledge as well as knowledge generated by the projects via conferences and workshops and presenting the state of the art and the perspectives for international cooperation in the field of quality health care policies concerning HIV/AIDS treatment. This will enhance the ‘collective responsibility’ and ownership of interventions by all stakeholders.
  • to favour local stakeholders advocacy towards national health policies concerning HIV/AIDS treatment;
  • to generate shared learning on HIV/AIDS treatment at the level of national policies;
  • to demonstrate mutual interest and benefit in scientific cooperation on HIV/AIDS at Euro-African level


Coordinator
UNIVERSITA’ DI MODENA E REGGIO EMILIA (Italy)
Other participants
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
-Dipartimento di Politica, Istituzioni, Storia- DPIS
-Resp. Scientifici : Dott. Mario Zamponi e Dott. Arrigo Pallotti
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (UK)
UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI (Finland)
UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI (Malawi)
RESEARCH FOR EQUITY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH TRUST (Malawi)
UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE (Zimbabwe)
TRAINING AND RESEARCH SUPPORT CENTRE (Zimbabwe)
UNIVERSITY "EDUARDO MONDLANE" (Mozambique)
UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM (Tanzania)
UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA (Botswana)
UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA (Namibia)
EATG – EUROPEAN AIDS TREATMENT GROUP (Belgium)

Start date 21/10/2009

End date 20/10/2012

Duration 36 months

Project cost 1.170.453 Euro

Project Funding 994.903 Euro

A programme of the ACP Group of States with the financial assistance of the European Union. ACP S&T Grant Contract N° FED/2009/217058

Subprogramme Area
9th European Development Fund (Lot 1)