Theme
New developments in peer support for people living with HIV in the Netherlands.
Target audience
HIV healthcare professionals, peer supporters & National HIV Alliance partners
General
Program Make peer support for people living with HIV the norm!
16:00 Walk-in
16:30 Welcome by chairman Febe Deug
16:35 Developments in peer support in the Netherlands.
- Research and new materials. Maarten Bedert, researcher Amsterdam UMC
- Peer support by the National HIV Alliance in the Netherlands. Reina Foppen, president Hiv Association
- Public questions
17:05 Peer support in practice
- Case stories of peer support projects by MARA Foundation (Karlijn Bunnig & Arline), ShivA Foundation (Edmund Owusu) and HIV Association (Freddy Oude Rikmanspoel & Sally Adjodhia).
- Peersupport in Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Linda Scheiberlich (HIV counselor) and Jorgos Even (peer counselor).
- Peersupport in Amsterdam UMC, Mirjam Schulpen (peer counsellor) and Marc van der Valk (HIV counsellor)
17:50 Peersupport as standard of care?
- In conversation with the audience about opportunities and barriers to embedding peer support.
18:20 Summary and closing by the chairman of the day.
18:30 Soup and sandwiches
19:30 End
Date and Location
Time
From 16:00 to 19:00
Start date
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Location
De Witte Vosch, Oudegracht 46, 3511 AG Utrecht
Costs and registration
Sign up: events@soaaids.nl with mention of Peersupport