Update #68: September 30, 2004
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Interactive HIV/AIDS game being developed in UAE
My name is Marwa. I have recently undergone a study on AIDS/HIV and realized that many youngsters in the Middle East know very little about the virus and its causes etc. So a couple of students and myself from the American University of Sharjah have made an interactive game where children and youngsters can learn about more about the virus. This is a very simple and straight forward attempt however still interactive. If you can kindly give me a quick brief on how we can share this game with many other please do contact me via email at g00005235@ausharjah.edu or marwa_abboud@hotmail.com and i will be more than glad to hear from you
Thank you
Marwa A
from the United Arab Emirates
Featured Website: AfricanPuppet.com
http://www.africanpuppet.com
Site details the results of work on the part of Gary Friedman Productions to help Kenyans overcome their prejudices and find ways to connect with each other. Live puppetry performances educate people of all ages about health- and development-related issues such as immunisation, drug abuse, gender issues, refugees, street children, conservation, and corruption. Programmes such as Puppets Against AIDS, African Puppet Television, Puppets Against Abuse, and Puppets in Prison are described.
Source: Soul Beat Africa/The Communications Initiative
Looking For Medical Illustrators
I am looking for illustrators, especially medical illustrators, in Africa (Malawi and vicinity) and South Asia (mainly India and Bangladesh). Are there any other sources of medical illustrators that you are aware of? (Websites, etc)Thanks so much!
Kate Tulenko, MD, MPH, MPhil
Public Health Specialist, The World Bank
Southern and Eastern Africa (AFTH1)
701 18th St. NW, Washington, DC 20433
J 10--028
Tele: 1-202-473-1066
Fax: 1-202-522-2955
Email: ktulenko@worldbank.org
MAGIC - Media Activities and Good Ideas by, with, and for Children
http://www.unicef.org/magic/
All over the world, children and young people are contributing to a range of TV programmes, radio shows, newspapers, websites and other media projects, getting their voices heard and putting their hopes and concerns into the public arena.
The MAGIC website is UNICEF's (United Nations Children's Fund) response to the Oslo Challenge of 1999, which called on media professionals, educators, governments, organizations, parents, children and young people themselves to recognize the enormous potential of media to make the world a better place for children. This site showcases media projects involving children and youth, providing background information, links, and contacts.
Great Expectations: 6 mothers-to-be share their experiences
http://www.who.int/features/2004/great_expectations/en/
In the lead up to World Health Day on 7 April next year, six mothers-to-be living in different countries of the world will share their experiences of pregnancy and childbirth. The first part of this feature series introduces these women at five months into their pregnancies. We will return to their stories again when they are seven months pregnant, at the birth of their babies, at one week after birth, and finally when their babies are six weeks old.
World Health Day 2005, April 7
Theme: Maternal and child health
Related WHO sites:
Maternal health: http://www.who.int/topics/maternal_health/en/
Child health: http://www.who.int/topics/child_health/en/
Pregnancy: http://www.who.int/topics/pregnancy/en/
Reproductive health: http://www.who.int/topics/reproductive_health/en/
Prenatal care: http://www.who.int/topics/prenatal_care/en/
Workplace HIV/AIDS Policy and Program
SMARTWork (Strategically Managing AIDS Responses Together in the Workplace), a program of the Academy for Educational Development (AED), is working in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nigeria, Ukraine, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe to assist organizations to establish effective HIV/AIDS workplace policies and comprehensive programs. The SMARTWork Program conducts national and enterprise level needs assessments, workshops, training seminars, and offers other technical assistance on how to develop and implement workplace programs that reduce HIV transmission, stigma, and discrimination against people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.
AED is pleased to announce the release of its Workplace Guide for Managers and Labor Leaders: HIV/AIDS Policies and Programs. After extensive piloting in the six project countries, the guide is now available on our website: www.smartwork.org (you may also contact us by email to request a CD-Rom). The Workplace Guide provides a thorough, step-by-step approach to help workplaces respond effectively. Although it is currently available only in English, it will soon be available in Spanish, French, Russian, and Vietnamese.
The Workplace Guide is unique: it describes how to create an HIV/AIDS workplace policy and program with the full involvement of both business and labor representatives. Though it can be difficult to bring business and labor representatives to the table, doing so creates the best potential for workplace programs to be comprehensive, credible to workers, and sustained over time.
All workers need tools to do their work, and building an effective workplace HIV/AIDS program is no different.
In addition to the Workplace Guide, there are many other tools and resources available on the SMARTWork website (www.smartwork.org), including sample workplace posters and IEC/BCC educational materials, company policies, and country studies.
You may also contact:
Matthew W Roberts, Ph.D.
Project Director, SMARTWork
Center on AIDS & Community Health (COACH)
Academy for Educational Development
1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009 USA
Email: smartwork@aed.org
Tel. 202/884-8358
Fax. 202/884-8474
Global Health Council Awards and Competitions
The $1 million Gates Award for Global Health
Deadline October 31, 2004
http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=7001743&u=57163
The Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights
Deadline January 31, 2005
http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=7001743&u=57164
Photography Contest
Deadline February 1, 2005
http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=7001743&u=57165
Best Practices in Global Health
Deadline February 28, 2005
http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=7001743&u=57166
Excellence in Media
Deadline February 28, 2005
http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=7001743&u=57167
HIV/AIDS handbook in Malayalam
The Karunikan Magazine published in Malayalam is bringing out its September issue as HIV/AIDS Special.
It is an attempt to comprehensively document latest scientific information on HIV-Aids in simple Malayalam, understandable to common people. It will have an analysis of the social and medical angles, perspective of different religions on the issue, critical analysis of government and NGO strategies followed in India and details of HIV related projects, facilities, and institutions in Kerala.
In the light of the very high stigma problem in Kerala this may be a very useful handbook for healthcare workers and teachers.
Copies may be obtained at discounted price of Rs.15/- per copy against bookstand price of Rs.25/- by sending orders to:
The Circulation Manager,
Karunikan,
Okkal P.O.Kalady 683 550
E-MAIL: naluparayil@sify.com
Five New Publications from Save the Children
Care of the Newborn, Reference Manual
This Manual guides the training of all health care workers in essential newborn care for the health and survival of babies in their first 28 days of life. It provides a comprehensive approach to addressing newborn concerns for both preventative care and recognition and management of life-threatening problems.
http://www.savethechildren.org/publications/snl/00%20-%20Care%20of%20the%20Newborn%20Reference%20Manual
Every Newborn's Health
Every Newborn's Health describes those fundamental measures necessary for all babies during the first month of life - eye care, immunizations, body temperature, cord care, and breastfeeding. It is an excellent resource for health care workers in clinics, in the community, or for those who manage newborn health programs.
http://www.savethechildren.org/publications/EveryNewbornsHealth.pdf
Qualitative Research to Improve Newborn Care Practices
This guide serves as a reference tool for conducting qualitative research in order to effectively design behavior communications strategies to improve newborn care practices. It focuses on evidence-based practices, data collection techniques, data analysis, and BCC planning and programming.
http://www.savethechildren.org/publications/snl/310496_STC.pdf
The Healthy Newborn Partnership: Improving Newborn Survival and Health Through Partnership, Policy, and Action
This policy brief describes ways in which the Healthy Newborn Partnership, formed in 2000, is working to promote newborn health through collaboration and information exchange. Produced in collaboration with Population Reference Bureau
http://www.savethechildren.org/publications/snl/05%20-%20The%20Healthy%20Newborn%20Partneship%20English.pdf
Using Evidence to Save Newborn Lives
This policy brief presents findings from a comprehensive review of evidence on the impact of newborn health interventions in less developed countries and offers a persuasive argument for using research as a tool for identifying the most effective measures for saving newborn lives. Produce in collaboration with Population Reference Bureau
http://www.savethechildren.org/publications/snl/03%20-%20Using%20Evidence%20to%20Save%20Newborn%20Lives%20English.pdf
Nathalie Gamache
Program Associate
Saving Newborn Lives Initiative
Save the Children
2000 M Street, NW Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 530-4364
Fax: (202) 637-9362
e-mail: NGamache@dc.savechildren.org
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Implications for Health Promotion of Health Literacy Developments
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This week in the Ontario Health Promotion Email Bulletin, Dr. Irving Rootman,
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Distinguished Scholar and
Professor, Centre for Community Health Promotion Research, Faculty of Human
and Social Development, University of Victoria writes about the implications for
health promotion of health literacy developments.
He comments: "In OHPE Bulletin 270.1, I discussed the possible relevance of the
concept of health literacy for health promotion (Rootman, 2002). In this issue, I
continue the discussion by drawing on Health Literacy: A Prescription to End
Confusion, a report on health literacy recently released by the U.S. Institute of
Medicine (IOM, 2004) to which I made a contribution as a member of the committee
that produced it. This report is important because Institute of Medicine reports tend
to have a significant impact on policy, practice, and research in the United States,
and often beyond. At a minimum, they give prominence to health issues that are
considered to be important by policymakers, practitioners, and researchers.
Moreover, this particular report has implications for health promotion in Canada
and elsewhere. After presenting the background and summarizing findings and
recommendations, I discuss its implications for health promotion in Canada and
elsewhere."
Read the full article "Health Literacy and Health Promotion: Implications of an
Institute of Medicine Report" in OHPE Bulletin #376.1 online at: http://ohpe.ca/ebulletin/ViewFeatures.cfm?ISSUE_ID=376&ROWNUMBER=1
Read the earlier August 2002 article: "Health Literacy and Health Promotion" in
OHPE Bulletin #270.1 online at: http://ohpe.ca/ebulletin/ViewFeatures.cfm?ISSUE_ID=270&ROWNUMBER=81
"Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion." by Nielsen-Bohlman, L.,
Panzer, A., Kindig, D.A. (eds.). Available from Institute of Medicine.The Report
of the Institute Medicine Committee on Health Literacy. The book can either be
downloaded in part from the website or ordered at http://www.iom.edu/project.asp?id=3827.
Additional resources accompanying the two articles in the OHPE Bulletins can be
found on the OHPE website at:
OHPE #376.2 August 27, 2004: http://ohpe.ca/ebulletin/ViewResources.cfm?ISSUE_ID=376&startrow=1
OHPE #270.2 August 2, 2002: http://ohpe.ca/ebulletin/ViewResources.cfm?ISSUE_ID=270&startrow=101
If you have a resource or point of view to add to this article, let OHPE know by
writing to editor@ohpe.ca. More information on OHPE Bulletin's Letters to the
Editor column can be found in the submission guidelines (http://www.ohpe.ca/ebulletin/submit.html).
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New Members
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Hannington
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Family Planning Association of Uganda (FPAU )
Plot 2 Katego Road, Off Kira Road, Kamwokya
Kampala 256
PO Box 10746
Kampala, Uganda.
Tel: +256(41) 540 658 , (41) 540 665 (ED)
Fax: +256(41) 540 657
Email: fpau@fpau.org
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Victor Joseph Muhanika
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Communication manager
Youths AIDS Program and Health Education
Box 25165, Dar Es Salaam, 255
Tanzania
Phone: 255748426865
Email: vmuhanika@yahoo.com
Interests: Adolescent Health
- To educate youths to be aware of HIV/AIDS and STDs
- To provide reproductive education to youths especially primary school students
in rural areas in Tanzania where there is no excess of information
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Tim Tranchilla
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Program Assistant
Academy for Educational Development
1825 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington DC
20009 US
Email: ttranchilla@aed.org
Interests: General Health, Infectious Diseases
My program, SMARTWork (Strategically Managing AIDS Responses Together in
the Workplace), offers workplace HIV/AIDS interventions in six countries worldwide.
We've also developed materials for distribution to help workplace HIV/AIDS
prevention efforts.
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Robert Austin-Onwordi
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Peer Educators Trainers
NYSC/UNICEF
8 Fadeyi Aladura street
Ikeja, Lagos, 01234
Nigeria
Phone: 234-8034728369
Email: robbyaustin217@yahoo.com
Interests: Reproductive Health, Adolescent Health
In collaboration with NYSC, Nigeria and UNICEF, about 250,000 fresh graduates
serving the country nationwide are trained to educate secondary school students on
adolescent reproductive health and issues related to HIV/AIDS since the alarming rate
of infection among the youths to curb or reduce the rate of risky sexual behaviours
among youths in the society.I am proudly one of the trained youth service corps
trained for the programme. I have completed my training of the young peer educators
who will in turn provide useful and vital information to their peers in school, where I
will be monitoring their progress. I am presently serving in Enugu state of Nigeria.
Thanks to UNICEF/NYSC for this timely and worth programme, for the youths in
the society!
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Ahmed Saleem
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Communication & Advocacy Coordinator
Plan Pakistan, House No 3, Street 33, F-8/1, Islamabad, PAKISTAN
Phone: +92-300-9553355
Email: ahmed.saleem@plan-international.org
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Paloma Martin
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Researcher
European Network For Smoking Prevention
144 chausee D'Ixelles
Brussels, 1050
Belgium (Europe)
Phone: 00322306515
Email: P.martin@ensp.org
Website: www.ensp.org
We work on tobacco control issues. We have over 600 member organizations all
over Europe.
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Rebecca Jordan
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Senior Program Associate
Landmine Survivors Network
1420 K St NW
Washington DC/ 20005/ USA
E-mail: becky@landminesurvivors.org
Phone: 202 250 3916
Fax: 202 464 0011
I have developed materials on adjusting to life with limb loss, and now will be
developing more, this time on peer support. Need ideas and will offer mine.
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EMMANUEL ODOOM
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
LIFE ARK MOVEMENT(NGO)
P.O.BOX 377,
AKIM ODA, EASTERN OD
GHANA
Phone: 233-244507566
Email: LIFEARK@YAHOO.CO.UK
Interests: Reproductive Health, Adolescent Health, Nutrition, Sanitation/Hygiene,
Domestic Violence
We are a non-governmental organisation, based in Ghana. Our core objective is to
fight against HIV/AIDS among the youth, reproductive health, women and child
rights and domestic violence advocacy, agriculture, democracy and tourism. We
do organize reproductive health and HIV/AIDS programs annually, especially
during the yuletide. We do also assist the rural poor women to access loans to start
their own business sand other accounting procedures. The youth are also engaged
in vegetable production which we are sourcing for assistance to start large scale
production for export.
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Dr.AMMAR IBNE ANWAR
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of Indian Red Cross Society
K-78,SAFINA APARTMENT
MEDICAL ROAD,A.M.U
ALIGARH,U.P,202002
INDIA
Email: ammaramu@yahoo.com
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Nirmalya Mukhopadhyay
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Director-Planning & Programming
MANT
Hemantika Apartment, 14 Purbachal Kalitala
Calcutta
West Bengal
700078
India
Phone: +91-33-24841418
Email: mant@vsnl.net
Interests: Reproductive Health, Adolescent Health, Environment,
Gynecology & Obstetrics, Sanitation/Hygiene
It is with profound gratification that I am introducing myself as a trained and
professional Social Work Practitioner working as the Director MANT, an
organization of repute. The organization is implementing various development
programme including RCH, Literacy, Microfinance and HIV/AIDS Prevention
and Control Programmes in 3 districts of West Bengal India. My job is to design
programmes, prepare Plan of Action, monitor and evaluate the RCH and other
development programmes.
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Benjamin Sensasi
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Health Information and Promotion Officer
World Health Organization (WHO)
P.O. Box 24578, Kampala, Uganda
E-mail: sensasib@ug.afro.who.int
Phone: 256-41-335500 Mobile: 256 077507906 Fax: 256 41 335569
I have been working in the area of health communication for the last 12 years. I feel
there is a lot I can share from may experience and also knowledge to acquire through
this net work. I will share best practices in health communication from the field and
also try test or try out new approaches and ideas.
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Maria Daniella Lancini
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Journalist
Pan American Health Organization
Terraza "A" Club Hipico, Mi Reina
Caracas, Miranda, 1080
Venezuela
Phone: 0058-212-9774145
Email: lancinimd@hotmail.com
Interests: General Health, Environment
I have been working on health communication for the past ten years, assisting in
the development of communications strategies, writing and producing
communication materials to promote public and environmental health topics.
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Nkiru Banjoko
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Coordinator
Teen & Child Network,
113, Awolowo Way, OkeAdo, P.M.B.5350
Ibadan, Oyo, 20001
Nigeria
Phone: 234-805-524-9790
Email: tandcnet2003@yahoo.com,
Interests: Nutritition
I'm a journalist and a training manager in a Telecoms company. We basically train
and inform care givers on child right which includes information on nutrition. I've
been trained on Lactation Management by UNICEF/WHO and was working in an
NGO before i picked up employment in a Telecoms company.
Presently we are planning training sessions for care givers in daycare centers and
need resource materials to give the participants.
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Rufus Adeagbo
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Pastor
Adolescent Action Pact
Karu Abuja, Abuja, FCT, 00000
Nigeria
Phone: +234-8036016280
Email: adolescent_action@yahoo.com
Interests: Reproductive Health, Adolescent Health, General Health
Working in the area of Reproductive Health in Nigeria among young people.
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Tara Cassidy
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RN, Healthcare Educator
Newnan Hospital
60 Hospital Road
Newnan, GA
30264, USA
Phone: 770-253-1912 Ext. 1512
Email: tcassidy@newnanhospital.org
Interests: Reproductive Health, Gynecology & Obstetrics
I do perinatal and community education.
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Lorena Lucar Ghilardi
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Coordinator of Materials Production
Apoyo a Programas de Poblacisn (APROPO)
Los Lirios 192 - San Isidro
Lima, L-27, Perz
Phone: 511-4410155 / 442-7440
Email: llucar@apropo.org.pe
Interests: Reproductive Health
APROPO is a NGO that develops Sexual and Reproductive Health Programs, we
have more than 20 years of non interrupted work looking for improve the level of
life of Peruvians, we build a culture in freedom based on the right of everyone has
to be informed and how it act on favor to get a right decision. We develop
educative and communicational strategies in order to promote a behavioral change
using different places and pieces of communication focusing in specific targets
and subjects. I am encharged of the production of every kind of communicational
material, from pamphlets, brochures, merchandising to videos and radio spots.
Coordinate and supervise the production process starting with the concept to apply in
the designing process till getting the final product. I also coordinate and negotiate with
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