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Meeting Minutes and Project Update

The final stages of our project are currently underway! Our group will be presenting our progress report to our INDV 410 class tomorrow afternoon. Earlier this weekend, our group met to discuss our presentation, and we will each be talking about a specific aspect of the project tomorrow. We met this evening to put some finishing touches on the presentation, and will be meeting again this week to continue working on the final paper. We are still putting together our final website critique for the Fund, and will include our list of questions in the paper, which we will turn in to our professors on Tuesday, December 11. Continue looking for more updates on our progress!

UN Secretary General Call for Ugandan Arrests

Today, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon announced for everyone "to do everything in their power" to capture the five suspected Ugandan generals accused of crimes against humanity in the developing nation. Though the International Criminal Court has issued warrants for their arrest, Uganda has no intention of turning over members Lord's Resistance Army rebels who have signed peace agreements.

This matter has potential to spur unrest once again in Uganda, especially in those who have devastatingly tramatized by the ongoing civil conflict. Because the ICC can only prosecute offenders when the host consents, the five accused will remain free . Until the government of Uganda complies with the courts decision, the ICC has no jurisdiction to proceed with the charges. However, the men with outstanding warrants will not be forgotten, and the case shall remain open.

Source: The International Herald Tribune

ICTs To Fight HIV/AIDS

Yesterday, people around the globe honored December 1 as World AIDS Day. This year in 2007, approximately 33.2 million people are living with HIV and 2 million people died from the virus. With such devastating numbers, organizations such as USAID are increasinly turning to ICTs as a tool for both prevention of HIV/AIDS and care of person with AIDS.

USAID ICT activities in HIV/AIDS currently include:

-Strengthening HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention campaigns

-Using GIS to support disease surveillance

-Communicating guidelines and training materials for doctors, nurses and midwives for proper treatment of persons with AIDS

-Providing access to the latest medical information to the medical community and the general population

-Supporting diagnostic tools to disseminate and track test results

Also, one major program worth looking at is UNESCO's project "ICTs Helping to Fight HIV/AIDS" More really good information about this can be found at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001414/141417e.pdf