Projects and Issues
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Background reading:
Effective
communication is essential to prevent HIV, to ensure people can access anti-retro
viral treatment, to challenge the stigma and discrimination associated with
HIV and AIDS and to learn from the courageous responses of people who are
living with HIV and AIDS.
The knowledge and action of people most affected by HIV and AIDS will have the most impact on halting the pandemic. So principles of participation and inclusion underpin our HIV and AIDS communication work, whatever level it is at - from running a learning workshop to advising on an organisational communication strategy to implementing a cross-regional communication approach.
More on our position on HIV and AIDS and other background reading
Find out more about our projects and activities below:
Healthlink Worldwide are working in partnership with CHAIN in China to produce AIDS Action in Chinese.
Memory work provides the tool to break through the barriers of discrimination and stigma caused by HIV and AIDS by building strong bridges of communication among children, family members and the wider community.
Interview
with a clownIn Guatemala, Asociacion Payasos, Atz'anem k'oj's (The Clowns) use street thearte, clowning techniques and workshops to communicate with indigenous people about HIV and AIDS. Read an interview with Bopolop the clown.
Someone
to talk to: orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV and AIDS -
Lunchtime discussion, 11 October 2007The discussion focused 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 2007What 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.
Breaking
barriers - Lunchtime discussion, November 27 2006 Robin Vincent, Senior policy advisor on HIV and AIDS, Panos Institute London presents key communication challenges to realising universal access and some lessons learned.
HIV and AIDS - Positive Action: Empowering communities The HIV epidemic is continuing to have a devastating impact on communities across sub-Saharan Africa. Traditional coping mechanisms and community structures can become weakened, making it increasingly important to find sustainable and innovative responses to the epidemic...
Mothers'
Welfare Group, Nigeria - Bringing issues into
the openThe Mothers' Welfare Group (MWG), an independent NGO in Nigeria, runs schools, health outposts and in-patients clinics to support vulnerable children. It raises awareness of AIDS in innovative ways, including drama...
HIV
and AIDS communication in sub-Saharan Africa This project supports organisations and groups who are active in HIV and AIDS communication in sub-Saharan Africa, enabling them to share their practical knowledge about what works and what doesn't.
Supporting
nine African National AIDS Councils, we created an innovative documentation
and learning programme for the Support to International Partnership against
AIDS in Africa (SIPAA).
HIV and AIDS travelling circus - Clowning
around breaks taboos Atz’anem K’oj, work with local communities to promote safe sex and communicate HIV and AIDS information. They use an innovative brand of street theatre to perform to young people within marginalised communities.
Child
Centred Approaches to HIV and AIDS - Putting Children
FirstThis project places children at the centre of communication about HIV and AIDS in order to help them cope with the extremely difficult situations they face due to the effects of HIV and AIDS on their families and communities.
Communicating
about HIV and AIDS in Peru and Brazil - spreading the word Accurate information is vital for health workers and policy makers who work to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS. Since 2002, we have worked with with two organisations in Latin America to improve HIV and AIDS communication.
China HIV/AIDS Information Network - our latest
HIV and AIDS partner In 2005 Healthlink Worldwide and CHAIN formalised a four-year working relationship and set up a China country officer to promote communication, information management and dissemination, and learning.
Positive
women: Voices and Choices projectThe sexual and reproductive rights of women living with HIV are often routinely
disregarded and violated. The International Community of Women living with
HIV (ICW) developed the Positive Women: Voices and Choices project in response
to this concern.
Healthlink Worldwide helped the authors with writing,
editing and producing the project report.