USAID HIV/AIDS E-Newsletter - May 2005
The Synergy Project, implemented by Social & Scientific Systems, Inc., published this E-Newsletter on behalf of USAID's Office of HIV/AIDS.
This E-Newsletter ended in 2005, but access past editions in the archive section.
The U.S. Agency for International Development’s Office of HIV/AIDS is proud to be a partner in The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. This e-newsletter is a regular update from USAID and its partners on programs that prevent and mitigate HIV/AIDS across the developing world.
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Table of Contents
- A. New Partner Spotlight
- Adventist Development and Relief Agency Encourages Behavior Change for Youth
- B. News
- Radio Programs Focus on HIV/AIDS Education in Nepal and India
- Girls’ Soccer Programs in Guinea Promote Prevention
- Small Grants Support Participation in Anti-Stigma Global Poster Campaign
- New Partners to Implement HIV Livelihood Approaches in Malawi
- GHAIN Launches Antiretroviral Treatment Programs in Nigeria
- Kenyan Radio Station Helps Reverse Dangerous Misperceptions about HIV/AIDS
- C. Recent Events
- Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Integration Working Group Holds Second Meeting
- D. Publications
- Integrated HIV/TB Treatment and AIDS Action Framework Explored
- Paper Evaluates Prevention Campaign Using Global Media to Reach Youth
- Guides on Support to Orphans and Vulnerable Children Adapted in Hindi and Khmer
- Manual and Checklist Make Food Aid Programming More Relevant to HIV/AIDS Context
- Indicator Guides Focus on Food Insecurity and Household Food Access
- Newsletter Focuses on Youth Reproductive Health and HIV Prevention
- Newsletter Highlights Emergency Plan Efforts
- E. Online Resources
- Accessibility of Monitoring and Evaluation Resources Improved
- The Synergy HIV/AIDS Resource Center Highlights What’s New
A. New Partner Spotlight
- Adventist Development and Relief Agency Encourages Behavior Change for Youth
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) provides community development and disaster relief in more than 120 countries worldwide. As part of the Emergency Plan, ADRA’s Abstinence and Behavioral Change for Youth program will expand ADRA’s current activities in Kenya and Tanzania, reaching more than one million youth ages 10-24 with abstinence and be faithful messages by September 2009.
B. News
- Radio Programs Focus on HIV/AIDS Education in Nepal and India
Family Health International/Nepal recently launched two innovative radio programs that integrate entertainment with HIV/AIDS education. “Ek Apas Ka Kura” (“Talking to Each Other”) weaves messages to reduce stigma and discrimination into its scripts, while “Desh Paradesh” (“Country and Abroad”) targets mobile populations in Mumbai, India. Nepal’s National Centre for AIDS and STD Control coordinates the broadcasts.
- Girls’ Soccer Programs in Guinea Promote Prevention
A girls’ soccer program in Upper Guinea promoting prevention of HIV/AIDS and unplanned pregnancies proved so successful that UNICEF and Guinea’s Ministry of Youth decided to replicate the program for young adults in Middle Guinea. Supported by USAID, the project is led by Management Sciences for Health in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs.
- Small Grants Support Participation in Anti-Stigma Global Poster Campaign
With support from the CORE Initiative, Church World Service provided small seed grants to enhance national and community participation in the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance Global Poster Campaign against HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination. The final report outlines the process and successes with seed grants in six countries.
- New Partners to Implement HIV Livelihood Approaches in Malawi
Ten community and faith-based organizations will soon begin implementing new projects in the Lilongwe District of Malawi with funding from the CORE Initiative Small Grants Program. The new partners will implement community projects using locally appropriate livelihood responses to HIV/AIDS. A capacity-building workshop kicked off implementation in April 2005.
- GHAIN Launches Antiretroviral Treatment Programs in Nigeria
In April, the Global HIV/AIDS Initiative Nigeria, a partnership managed by Family Health International, launched the first of several antiretroviral treatment programs based at health facilities throughout Nigeria. The programs, which offer the medications free of charge, will scale up to meet a five-year treatment goal of 30,000 patients by the Emergency Plan.
- Kenyan Radio Station Helps Reverse Dangerous Misperceptions about HIV/AIDS
Internews’ Local Voices project in Kenya, which is funded by USAID, assisted a Kenyan radio station with its reporting on a college incident and managed to help reverse dangerous misperceptions about HIV infection. A law student at Moi University in Eldoret had posted a list on a college notice board with 118 names of people she claimed to have infected with HIV. This triggered a media frenzy of sensational reports that were countered only by solid, effective journalism from Kenyan Broadcasting Corporation’s weekly HIV/AIDS program, “A Stitch in Time.”
C. Recent Events
- Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Integration Working Group Holds Second Meeting
USAID and Family Health International co-hosted the second biannual meeting of the Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Integration Working Group on April 6-7, in Washington, D.C. Attended by representatives of 36 organizations, the meeting aimed to increase understanding of how integration is being operationalized in the field and to identify opportunities for collaboration among working group members. The group also discussed key issues such as fertility desires of HIV-infected women, benefits and costs of integration from the perspectives of both family planning and HIV/AIDS advocates, and reproductive rights of women receiving antiretroviral therapy. For more information, write to Abigail Haydon, Family Health International, 2224 E NC Hwy. 54, Durham, NC 27713 USA.
D. Publications
- Integrated HIV/TB Treatment and AIDS Action Framework Explored
The Implementing AIDS Prevention and Care (IMPACT) Project, managed by Family Health International, recently released two new issues in its “Snapshots from the Field” series:
- Paper Evaluates Prevention Campaign Using Global Media to Reach Youth
Youth Issues Paper 5 presents results of the Family Health International/YouthNet evaluation of “Staying Alive,” the 2002 global HIV-prevention campaign that reached 800 million households. Using a social diffusion model and population-based analysis, researchers found the campaign had significant impact on interpersonal communications about HIV/AIDS and in some cases affected social norms.
- Guides on Support to Orphans and Vulnerable Children Adapted in Hindi and Khmer
Together with partners in Cambodia and India, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance has produced resource tools in Khmer and Hindi which aim to increase the effectiveness of communities and local organizations in assisting orphans and other children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS.
- Manual and Checklist Make Food Aid Programming More Relevant to HIV/AIDS Context
“Food for Assets through an HIV/AIDS Lens” guides users through a checklist of questions designed to assist the practitioners to adapt Food for Assets (or Food for Work) programming to an HIV/AIDS context. The checklist prompts the reader to utilize Food for Assets programming as an integral part of a multisectoral response to HIV/AIDS and to include those most affected by HIV/AIDS in the process. C-SAFE is funded by USAID’s Office of Food For Peace.
- Indicator Guides Focus on Food Insecurity and Household Food Access
The FANTA Project, implemented by Academy for Educational Development, has published new indicator guides on food insecurity and household food access. The publications are available for download at www.fantaproject.org. Print copies can be requested from fanta@aed.org.
- Newsletter Focuses on Youth Reproductive Health and HIV Prevention
Produced by Family Health International/YouthNet, Youth InfoNet is a one-stop electronic source for new publications and information on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention. This latest issue includes links to information on projects aimed at young men, a resource compendium, a summary of best projects, and a report on a four-country study of African youth. Summaries of research articles feature findings from Chile, Kenya, Latin America, Lesotho, Mongolia, and South Africa. Topics include sex education, abstinence-only prevention approaches, virginity pledges, parental attitudes, and more.
- Newsletter Highlights Emergency Plan Efforts [PDF, 903KB]
The CORE Initiative’s latest newsletter highlights programming in the focus countries of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, as well as community organization, capacity building, and other experiences from the field.
E. Online Resources
- Accessibility of Monitoring and Evaluation Resources Improved
The MEASURE Evaluation website features an improved search engine for navigating nearly 300 publications, 70 of which relate to monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS in countries served by USAID. Most of the publications are available as downloadable PDF files. The website also sports an enhanced system for ordering print copies of many publications and allows users to make customized CD-ROMs.
- The Synergy HIV/AIDS Resource Center Highlights What’s New
The Synergy HIV/AIDS Resource Center, implemented by Social & Scientific Systems, Inc., currently contains more than 3,700 documents on HIV/AIDS project management, research, and reproductive health issues, most of which are available for download. Users can refer to “What’s New in the Synergy Resource Center,” which provides links to new publications, or search the entire online database.
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