WHO invites you to

a Pre-Congress
Symposium: HIV research
perspectives in Latin
American women. Sunday
9 July 2017. 09.00 13.30,
Room Liberdade.

WOMEN AT THE CENTRE: DISSEMINATION OF THE WHO CONSOLIDATED GUIDELINE ON THE SEXUAL
AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS OF WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV.

A woman-centred approach to healthcare is one that consciously adopts the perspectives of women, their families and
communities. This means that health services see women as active participants in, as well as beneficiaries of, trusted health
systems that respond to womens needs, rights and preferences in humane and holistic ways. In taking a woman-centred
approach, this new WHO guideline is founded upon the guiding principles of human rights and gender equality.

Chairs and panelists:

Angelica Espinosa Miranda, IUSTI chair

Manjulaa Narasimhan, WHO/HRP

Mariangela Freitas da Silveira, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil

Gina Brown, National Institute of Health, USA

Suzanne Serruya, Centro Latino-Americano de Perinatologia (CLAP), Pan American Health Organization, Uruguay

Maria Luiza Bezerra de Menezes, Universidade de Pernambuco, Brazil

Gracia Violeta Ross Quiroga, REDBOL, Network of women living with HIV, Bolivia

Jennifer Ortiz, Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia, Colombia

Jacky M. Jennings, Johns Hopkins University, USA

Gloria Aguliar, Universidad Nacional de Caaguazu, Paraguay

Freddy Trinajeros, Consultant, Bolivia

Valdir Monteiro Pinto, Centro de Referncia e Treinamento em DST/AIDS de So Paulo, Brazil

Jos M. Zuniga, International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Consolidated guideline on the

sexual and reproductive health and
rights of women living with HIV.