South Africans get 100 Free Condoms after HIV Test
May 18, 2010 at 11:39 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Condom, HIV
South African citizens who took a test in the country’s largest HIV/AIDS campaign have been given 100 free condoms each, a media report said. Responding to President Jacob Zuma’s call for everyone to know their HIV status, South African citizens came out in thousands to get tested for HIV at the launch of the HIV, Counselling and Testing (HCT) Campaign Sunday, BuaNews reported. The campaign will conduct tests on patients at the entry points in all health institutions and hopes to get up to 15 million people tested by June 2011.
Source: Sify News
Distributing Female Condoms in Washington DC
March 31, 2010 at 1:45 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Female Condom, HIV
In March, health officials announced to promote the use of and distribute Female Condoms in Washington DC. As HIV rates in the area are high, the MAC AIDS Fund donated $500,000 to provide the Female Condoms in a public private partnership. The partnership consists of the Fund, the District of Columbia, the CVS Drugstores, which are distributing the female Condoms, and the Female Health Company, the manufacturer of the Female Condom.
Read the full article at Newsweek.com
A Knowledge Sharing Conversation
March 31, 2010 at 1:43 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Global Fund, HIV, Integration, IPPF, PAI, SRHR
A workshop entitled ‘Momentum for Integration in South Asia: A Knowledge Sharing Conversation’ was held by Population Action International (PAI) in Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop focused on increasing regional capacity on sexual and reproductive health and HIV integration within the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM). The workshop was attended by member associations of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and government and private sector representatives of the Country Coordinating Mechanisms from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. During the workshop, PAI, with assistance from partner organizations Friends of the Global Fund Africa (Nigeria) and the Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (Ghana), shared best practices and lessons learned from the Mobilizing for RH/HIV Integration Initiative.
Read the full report on the PAI website.
Family Planning and HIV Services Integration
March 17, 2010 at 11:50 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: family planning, HIV, Integration, K4Health, toolkit
K4Health released a new toolkit on Family Planning and HIV Services Integration. The toolkit provides evidence-based knowledge and promising practices to support the successful integration of family planning (FP) and HIV services. It summarizes the latest evidence and provides links to guidelines and tools to help to plan, manage, deliver, evaluate, and support integrated services. K4Health invites to contribute by suggesting resources to include in the toolkit and by posting comments and feedback on the discussion board. K4Health expects and hopes that the toolkit will evolve over time to meet the needs of health policy makers, program managers, and service providers.
Get the toolkit from the K4Health website
42 Million Condoms for South Africa
March 12, 2010 at 4:39 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Condom, HIV, South Africa
The British government announced to send 42 million condoms to South Africa in response to a request for an extra billion as part of an HIV prevention drive before the 2010 Soccer World Cup. During his recent visit to the UK, President Jacob Zuma requested help in stockpiling sufficient condoms for the expected influx of thousands of football supporters.
The South African government estimates that up to half a million visitors could travel to the country, raising fears of a rise in prostitution and sex trafficking from neighbouring countries and eastern Europe, and creating a potential HIV time bomb.
Source: The Guardian (UK), 9 March 2010
Condom Distribution in the Philippines
February 28, 2010 at 4:12 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | 1 CommentTags: AIDS, Asia, Condom, Funding, HIV, philippines
In spite of conservative opposition, especially from the Catholic Church, the Philippines’ Department of Health (DoH) continues giving away condoms, or prophylactics to “people who need them” to help prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. Other DoH strategies include education of the youth, workers, Filipinos overseas, as well as tourists and transients who visit the country. The DoH head said they would tap stand-by funds provided by international agencies, as in the 2010 DOH budget, no funds were appropriated by Congress for the procurement of condoms.
Read the full article at the Philippine News’ website.
Female Condoms: Now More than Ever
December 3, 2009 at 7:10 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Female Condom, HIV, microbicides, STI, unintended pregnancies
In the WomenWON’Twait blog Kimberley Whipkey states that Female Condoms are the only exisiting prevention method “designed for women to initiate that protects against HIV, STIs, and unintended pregnancies” and that the Female Condom is a solution to put the power of prevention in women’s hands.
Kimberley also emphasizes the importance of Female Condoms while other female-controlled methods of prevention like microbicides are not yet available and asks the reader to join the Prevention Now campaign, which demands increased access to Female Condoms worldwide.
34 Million Dollars to Help Prevent AIDS
November 4, 2009 at 1:23 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: AIDS, Germany, HIV, kfw, OCEAC
The news agency AFP released an article regarding the second phase of a social marketing program which is locally coordinated by Endémies en Afrique Centrale (OCEAC) and financed by Germany’s KfW:
BRAZZAVILLE (AFP) – Germany has provided 23 million euros (34 million dollars) to help prevent AIDS in central Africa, the Organisation for the Coordination of the Struggle Against Epidemics in Central Africa (OCEAC) said Tuesday.
This aid, which covers the period 2009-2012, was given to OCEAC and follows a first grant of 10 million euros in 2007.
The Germany-backed project has three objectives: to ensure that condoms and female safe sex aids are available throughout the region; to educate people in order to change risky behaviour patterns; and to reduce the harm caused by the stigma and the discrimination practised against people living with HIV/AIDS.
OCEAC consists of the five nations in the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea).
In the region, the incidence of AIDS varies between four percent and 12 percent of the population, according to different countries and sources.
Advocacy for Comprehensive Condom Programming
September 24, 2009 at 9:39 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: advocacy, africa, AIDS, CEDPA, CHANGE, HIV, Malawi, Swaziland, UNFPA, workshop, Zambia, Zimbabwe
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Southern Africa Region Workshop: Advocacy for Comprehensive Condom Programming
Accepting applications from advocates in Swaziland, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia
Deadline: October 12, 2009
The Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) and Centre for Population and Development Activities (CEDPA) in partnership with UNFPA is holding an advocacy training to build the advocacy and technical expertise of women and men who are working on the frontlines in the fight against HIV and AIDS in Southern Africa. The training is being held in Swaziland, December 15 – 19, 2009. There is space for 20 participants, 5 participants from each of the four focus countries: Swaziland, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia.
For more information please contact Mary Beth Hastings at CHANGE.
Forum on HIV, Human Rights and Men Who Have Sex with Men
September 18, 2009 at 12:25 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: AIDS, HIV, Human Rights, MSM
The forum took place September 16th 2009 in Washington D.C. and was organized by UNAIDS in collaboration with the HIV Policy Working Group on Men Who Have Sex with Men and Other Sexual Minorities, and in cooperation with congressman Howard Berman and congresswoman Barbara Lee.
The Forum was held to raise attention to the human rights issues that affect men who have sex with men (MSM) and other sexual minorities, as well as the policy and structural barriers that prevent MSM and other sexual minorities from accessing HIV services, including prevention, treatment, care and support.
The meeting also facilitated a conversation on how US policy makers and AIDS organizations could support PEPFAR countries in national AIDS responses that are relevant to men who have sex with men.
To read the full report please visit the UNAIDS website.
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