30 Years of Healthlink Worldwide
For 30 years, Healthlink Worldwide has acted as a catalyst for social change,
encouraging and stimulating the sharing and use of knowledge – both local
understanding and research evidence – and supporting people to find innovative,
practical and sustainable ways to apply knowledge to improve health in developing
countries.
In the past 30 years, Healthlink Worldwide has raised more than £34 million from 160 institutional donors and over 2000 individual contributors. It has used those resources to work in partnership with more than 110 organisations and networks in 40 countries around the world. At the height of their circulation, more than 650,000 of Healthlink’s newsletters were reaching regularly an estimated 3 million readers in 165 countries worldwide.
Read about the history of Healthlink Worldwide...
Join us to celebrate:
The Beloved Ones
Tuesday 16 October
The Beloved Ones is an animated documentary directed by renowned animator Samantha Moore and produced by Joshka Wessels. The film tells the stories of two African women living with the repercussions of HIV/AIDS in a compelling and intimate portrait.
7-9pm AOP Gallery, 81 Leonard St, London. EC2A 4QS
30th Anniversary
Friday 19 October
Celebrating Healthlink Worldwide's 30th anniversary. Bringing together partners from every region, current and previous Healthlink Worldwide staff and those who support our work. There will also be an exhibition of Healthlink's work.
7.30-9.30pm at Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH
Someone
to talk to: orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV and AIDS
The next 'Spark' lunchtime discussion is on Thursday 11 October. The discussion will focus on orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV and AIDS and the role of communication in tackling stigma and discrimination. Speakers include Kate Harrison, Senior Technical Adviser for Children, at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance; Annet Biryetega, National Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, Uganda and MacBain Mkandawire, Youth Net & Counselling, Malawi. The discussion will focus on how memory work can help families affected by the HIV epidemic.
Moved to Act
- Lunchtime discussion, September 17 2007
What can we learn from HIV social movement communication? The last Spark discussion explored the powerful role communication can play in building and supporting social movements. Speakers included Fiona Pettitt from the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS spoke about communication and gender aspects of social movements amd Alessandra Nilo from Gestos, a Brazilian gender and human rights NGO, who shared learnings around communication and how they work with local and national media.