THE SADC Parliamentary Forum through its Sexual Reproductive Health Rights, HIV and AIDS Governance (SRHR, H&AG) programme has commissioned a baseline survey to strengthen the capacity of SADC national parliaments to respond to SRHR, H&AG issues. Funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), the programme aims to build the capacity of SADC female parliamentarians to support initiatives to promote SRHR, H&AG responses.
It will initially be implemented in seven countries: Angola, Lesotho, Mauritius, Seychelles, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe with a view to replicate its successes in other SADC countries. Moses Magadza, public relations officer at SADC PF has said that the regional body has enlisted the services of the Health Economics and HIV-AIDS Research Division (HEARD) based at the University of KwaZulu Natal to conduct baseline studies in the selected countries to appreciate the current levels of knowledge, attitudes, practices and other variables related to SRHR, H&AG issues.
