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Update #45: Feb 21, 2003
CONTENTS
- JOB OPENING - COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
- MESSAGE FROM FROM ST. GREGORY'S AID FOUNDATION
- NEW PUBLICATION FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROJECT
- AN EVALUATION OF SOME IEC MATERIALS
- NEW MEMBERS
Daramola Olasupo
Azra Narveen Ahmad
Dr K M Baharul Islam
Phinh Vu
Akinsola A. Akinniran
Mohammad Nagi As Sudi
Rosemary Nana Agyeiwaa Ampofo
Gayle Fields
Alexander Ejikeme Dibia
Carmen Vargas Chavez
Mary Ann Baron
Samantha Earnshaw
Alexander Shabotenko
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JOB OPENING - COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
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Management Sciences for Health has an opening for a Communications Director. A summary of the position is described below. The full job description can be found at: http://www.msh.org/employment/positions/055erd02-rev.html
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES: The Communications Director is responsible for bringing Management Sciences for Health (MSH) to the attention of domestic and international professional, donor, and media audiences. He or she provides leadership for the development and implementation of MSH's marketing and communications strategy, seeks opportunities to promote and advocate on behalf of MSH's work, and ensures that MSH has a unified public image. The Communications Director has overall responsibility for the development and distribution of public relations materials, establishing MSH's brand identity, setting design standards and guidelines for public relations materials, and approving the public relations content in print materials and on the MSH website. He or she is also responsible for staff training related to communications and presentations, MSH representation at relevant meetings and conferences, media cultivation, and daily news monitoring. The Communications Director supervises a communications team of 3-4 professionals, and works in close association with staff from New Business Development, Technical Centers, Regional Offices, projects, and MSH Publications and Electronic Products. The position is full time and based in Boston.
Send cover letter and CV to:
Marcia Herrera, Senior Recruitment Officer
Management Sciences for Health
165 Allandale Road, Boston, MA 02130
(617) 524-2825 fax;
http://www.msh.org
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FROM ST. GREGORY'S AID FOUNDATION
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Dear Esteemed Members,
On behalf of the management and good people of St. Gregory's Aid Foundation, we greet you. We are glad to associate with you as professionals who have staked their sense of professionalism, time, money and might to see that HIV/AID/STD are totally eradicated in the
world.
This is a task that every member of the HCMN must always carry in mind so that we must be free of this deadly disease. The campaign must not only be in the urban areas, but also in rural areas because the people in the rural areas lack information and proper guidance on this deadly disease called HIV/AIDS.
In this respect, on behalf of the entire management of St. Gregory Aid's Foundation, we are flagging up a campaign in the rural areas of the South Eastern part of Nigeria on the need to abstain from unwaranted/casual sex which may result in HIV/AIDS, early pregnancy, plus other deadly diseases. This campaign byline is ABSTAIN FROM UNWARANTED/CASUAL SEX IN RURAL AREAS/NUTRITION GUIDE AMONG THE PEOPLE - March 1-8, 2003.
As a matter of fact, we cannot carry this campaign out successfully alone. We are seeking the support of every NGOs, hospitals, institutions and other corporate organisations. We need help ranging from printed materials, condoms, advice, posters, videos, cash and other things which will help us carry out this campaign well.
The ST.GREGORY AIDS FOUNDATION,here in Nigeria has outlined there programs for the much awaited campaign slated to hold from 1-8 March,2003 in the rural areas
of the eastern part of Nigeria. Our programs for this millenium campaign are as follows:
1. Creating awareness to people especialy the youths on the campaign and why it is necessary.
2. Teaching the people on the need to abstain from unwarrented/casual sex and early pregnancy.
3. Teaching the people that HIV/AIDS/STDS are killer diseases in the world today.
4. Informing the people that Aids is real.
5. Sharring relevant materials to those that has been infected by the disease and those who are still in doubts that there is nothng like AIDS.
6. Intimating the masses on the need to practice family planing and the need to use VASECTOMY as a means to prevent future pregnancy on the families.
7. Visiting the motherless babies and puting smiles on their faces.
8. Visiting hospitals and sharring materials with the sick.
9. Visiting primary and tertiary institutions and sharering condoms,pamphlets,and relaying video clips for more awarenesses.
10. Visiting other local NGO'S and sharring ideas on the possible ways of eradicating HIV/AIDS/STDS in the world generally.
Meanwhile,the project coordinator,PRINCE[ENGR.]PANTELEON U.ANYANWU will hold a press conference on the 27th february,2003 to brief the press and the masses more on the need to stage the campaign. As a matter of fact,we cannot do this a lone,we need the support of every one both national and international bodies,so that our effort will be
achieved. Therefore we humbly appeal to the management of the Johns Hopkins University,HCMN members,Foundations and other NGOS to help us achieve this dream.
Kindly help us also to circulate this letter to all HCMN members for there candid attention. Thank you in anticipation.
Best Regards;
PRINCE PANTELEON U.ANYANWU, PROJECT MANAGER
2ND FLOOR,#17A HAWLEY STREET, OFF IGBOSERE ROAD,OBALENDE 23401,
LAGOS,NIGERIA.
TEL:234-1-2634544.
E-MAIL:
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NEW PUBLICATION FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROJECT
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LESSONS LEARNED FROM COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IN BENIN
Community Management of Environmental Health also known as GESCOME (Gestion
Communautaire de la Sante Environnementale), a multi-year activity
implemented by EHP in Benin, has been completed. Since September 1999, EHP
has been working with USAID/Benin to optimize decentralized decision making
related to diarrheal disease prevention in selected medium-sized towns.
The activity, which engaged citizens and government in local communities,
resulted in the provision, under well-structured management, of much wanted
and needed public latrines. Additionally, participatory community health
communication (PCHC)--an innovative approach to cooperative learning by
community and public health personnel--ensured proper use of latrines,
resulting in reduced open air defecation. PCHC also led to improved hygiene
behaviors such as handwashing after latrine use, covering food, covering
water jars and increased general cleanliness of the environment. There was
also a change in the understanding of causes of diarrhea and an increase in
participatory decision making and solution finding related to health
problems.
The GESCOME approach stresses the importance of decision making at the local
level and coalition building between local government, civil society and
communities to stimulate community changes in health understanding and
health practices.
A report documenting lessons learned from the GESCOME experience is now
available from EHP: http://www.ehproject.org/PDF/Strategic_papers/SR-5.pdf
For a hard copy, please contact
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AN EVAULATION OF SOME IEC MATERIALS
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The Behavior Change Communication (BCC) component of the Family Health and AIDS Prevention (FHA) Project in West Africa conducted an evaluation in 2001 of the use of its "integrated IEC kit" in 1998. The kit had been produced in 1996 to alleviate the lack of materials among service providers and their clients in 4 countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire and Togo). The objectives of this evaluation were: 1) to measure clients' perceptions of the various components of the kit (comprehension and agreement with the messages, level of exposure to the materials, satisfaction); 2) to gauge the use and perception of the kit's components by health workers (level of understanding, exposure to the materials, use of the kit and distribution problems). We thought you might be interested in this evaulation.
Dowload the publication in English at http://db.jhuccp.org/dbtw-wpd/images/imagebas/pdf/plafr177.pdf
or in French at http://db.jhuccp.org/dbtw-wpd/images/imagebas/pdf/plafr177.pdf
Please share your own thoughts on evaluation of communication materials.
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NEW MEMBERS
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NEW MEMBER - Daramola Olasupo
Daramola Olasupo
Organization: stoneweb.com
Email :
Interest: Sanitation/Hygiene
NEW MEMBER - Azra Narveen Ahmad
Title: Programme Officer
Organization: DFID-B
Email:
Interest: Environment
The Department For International Development is involved in working in poverty eradication for Bangladesh at levels of health, education , rural livelihood, economic and gender issues. Other multi-sector issues such as disaster and goverance are also present. DFID aims to bring the reduction of poverty to half through by 2015. Please visit the website http://www.DFID.org
NEW MEMBER - Dr K M Baharul Islam
Title: Associate Professor, DFLL
Organization: University of Addis Ababa.
Email:
Interests:, Environment, Domestic Violence, Women Rights & HIV-AIDS Issues
NEW MEMBER - Phinh Vu
Organization - Boston University School of Public Health,
Email:
Interest: Reproductive Health
NEW MEMBER - Akinsola A. Akinniran
Job Title: Environmental Health Management and Counselling
Organization: Health Information and Life Promotion Services (HILPS)
Email:
HILPS is an organisation working in the field of health information and communication to people infected with sexual transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS. We also promote the operational research aim of improving the campaign against HIV/AIDS for comprehensive management.
NEW MEMBER - Mohammad Nagi As Sudi
Organization: National Center of Health Education & Information
Email :
Interest: General Health
I hope to become a member of HCMN for the following reasons: I seek expertise and want to share experiences. I am health communication specialist and working in National Center of Health Education & Information and need information about health communication materials. And I want to have an exchange of experiences and communication issues with health communication specialists around the world to share ideas, information, and samples of health communication materials . I have health materials related to reproductive health, maternal child health, development and population - for example: photo-posters-video *audio, etc. Thank you
NEW MEMBER - Rosemary Nana Agyeiwaa Ampofo
Title: Doctor
Organization: Ghana Health Services
Email:
Interests: Reproductive Health, General Health
I am a Medical Officer working with National Diabetes Management and Research Center. Presently doing research work in HIV AIDS to find out if community care and support is feasible in Ghana.
NEW MEMBER - Gayle Fields
Title: Communications Consultant
Email:
Interest: General Health
Health communication, psychosocial research and health education.
NEW MEMBER - Alexander Ejikeme Dibia
Organization: J AND SAAJ NIGERIA LIMITED
Email:
Interests: Work for a public enlightenment organisation, importers and exporters of medical equipment
NEW MEMBER - CARMEN VARGAS CHAVEZ
Title: OBSTETRA ASISTENTE
Organization: SERVICIOS DE SALUD
Email:
Interests: Reproductive Health, Adolescent Health, General Health, Environment, Infectious Diseases, Nutritition, Gynecology & Obstetrics, Sanitation/Hygiene, Domestic Violence
capacitación y/o actualización del personal proveedor de atenciones de salud reproductiva.
NEW MEMBER - Mary Ann Baron, RN, BSN
Graduate Student
Organization: State University of New York
Email:
I am currently working as an research assistant exploring options related to cardiovascular health promotion activities and educational materials for women.
NEW MEMBER - Samantha Earnshaw
Title: Associate Director
Organization: The Health Communication Research Institute
Email:
Interests: General Health
HCRI is a 501, c, 3, non-profit corporation committed to communication excellence in healthcare that promotes the partnership of healthcare providers and patients for optimal health outcomes. Our focus is on enhancing the knowledge and skills needed by consumers as well as healthcare providers in order to use the healthcare and social service systems most effectively and efficiently. HCRI designs and implements social marketing and public health campaigns; conducts benchmark studies for behavior change projects; and develops, produces and delivers accredited continuing medical education (CME) on-line courses for physicians and continuing education courses for other healthcare providers.
NEW MEMBER - Alexander Shabotenko
Media Module Manager
Organization: Leadership for Results Project, UNDP-UA
Email:
Leadership for Results is a project aimed at the national leaderhship development to respond to HIV/AIDS epidemic. It is a joint effort by Ukrainian government and UNDP-Ukraine.
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