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The International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine: Promising Approaches to Combination HIV Prevention Programming in Concentrated Epidemics

Submitted by kdevries on March 25, 2011 - 11:10am
Author: 
Heather Bergmann
Sharon Stash
May 1, 2010

This case study describes a comprehensive HIV prevention programme implemented by the International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine (Alliance-Ukraine) to meet the changing needs of most-at-risk populatio

Web link: 
Click here to access the 14-page report in English in PDF format.
Contact Information: 
Sharon Stash - AIDSTAR-One/JSI
Source: 

AIDSTAR-One website, January 21 2011.

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Vaccine Refusals Spur Outbreak Fears

Submitted by kdevries on March 21, 2011 - 1:57pm
Author: 
Maria Danilova
March 25, 2009
Affiliation: 

Associated Press

Web link: 
Click here to access the full article online.
Source: 

Global Health Council Weekly Update, March 30 2009.

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Interpersonal Communication and Counseling for Clients on Tuberculosis and HIV and AIDS

Submitted by jlevy on December 29, 2010 - 11:48am
Publication Date: 

September 2009

This training curriculum for tuberculosis (TB) health care workers in Ukraine introduces principles of interpersonal communication and counselling of clients on TB and HIV. It provides a framework for the development of experience in TB and HIV counselling skills in a three-day workshop.

Click here to access these documents online.
Publisher: 
PATH
Contact Information: 
Kateryna Gamazina - PATH
PATH Publications
Source: 

Stop TB Partnership website, December 28 2010.

Press Prizes for Russia and Eastern Europe

Submitted by jlevy on September 9, 2010 - 1:48pm

The Norwegian Fritt Ord Foundation and the German ZEIT Foundation are cooperatively announcing a competition for press prizes to journalists and media in Russia and Eastern Europe.

Deadline Date: 
October 17, 2010

Civil Society Forum Contest

Submitted by jlevy on May 18, 2009 - 2:43pm
Deadline Date: 
July 12, 2009

CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism

Submitted by jlevy on May 15, 2009 - 11:04am

The Central European Initiative (CEI), in cooperation with the South East European Media Organisation (SEEMO), invites applications for the CEI Award for Outstanding Merits in Journalism, with a foc

Deadline Date: 
May 31, 2010

A Communication Approach on the Ukrainian Forest

Submitted by jlevy on April 9, 2009 - 9:08am
Author: 
Lars Tallert
Petter Bolme
January 1, 2005
Affiliation: 

Sida

This study analyses the communications aspects of Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)-financed Urban Forest Strategic Management Plan (UFSMP) project in the Ukrainian forest se

Contact Information: 
Lars Tallert
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
Source: 

Sida Communication for Development report A Communication Approach to the Ukrainian Forest, January 2005.

Lessons Learned from SIAs: Magnification of the Opportunities and Risks to Routine Immunization Programmes

Submitted by kdevries on March 2, 2009 - 3:07pm
Author: 
Rebecca Martin
February 19, 2009
Affiliation: 

Communicable Diseases Unit, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe

Contact Information: 
Rebecca Martin - WHO
Source: 

Emails from Ellyn Ogden and Rebecca Fields to The Communication Initiative on February 25 2009 and March 2 2009, respectively.

Search for Common Ground

Submitted by CI Contributor on September 16, 2008 - 4:49pm

Search for Common Ground (SFCG), founded in 1982, is an international non-governmental organisation that promotes peaceful resolution of conflict. With headquarters in Washington, DC and a European office in Brussels, Belgium, SFCG's mission is to transform how individuals, organisations, and governments deal with conflict - away from adversarial approaches and toward cooperative solutions.

Civil Society Perspectives on TB/HIV

Submitted by jlevy on June 23, 2008 - 1:10pm
Subtitle: 
Highlights from a Joint Initiative to Promote Community-Led Advocacy
August 1, 2006
2006
August
Web link: 
Click here to download this document in PDF format.
Contact Information: 
Open Society Institute
Source: 

Open Society Institute of the Soros Foundations website.

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This educational package includes an 18-minute special episode of Sexto Sentido, a Nicaraguan TV programme produced by Puntos de Encuentro that provides sexual and reproductive health education in the accessible format of a soap opera. This episode...

COMMUNICATIONS X-CHANGE

The COMMUNICATIONS X-CHANGE is an online library of materials contributed by organisations and individuals around the world who are working to end violence against women and children. Contents of the searchable database highlight the effectiveness of using communication to stimulate change in attitudes and beliefs, influence social norms, and...

Library on Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Adolescents

Multimedia Library on Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Adolescents

The organisation Puntos de Encuentro compiled this multimedia library on the issue of the commercial sexual exploitation of adolescents as an internationally recognised act of violence. "It affects the integral development of children and teens, causing them physical and psychological damage, acting against their dignity, their integrity, and...

Multimedia Library on Reproductive Rights

Multimedia Library on Reproductive Rights

The organisation Puntos de Encuentro compiled this multimedia library on the issue of reproductive rights. The multimedia library is a compilation of 78 documents in audio, video and text including theoretical analysis, investigations, tools and methodologies for training, legislation, statistical data, systematisations of actions by the women'...

Multimedia Library on Sexuality, HIV, and Violence

Multimedia Library on Sexuality, HIV, and Violence - Biblioteca Multimedia sobre Sexualidad, VIH y Violencia

The organisation Puntos de Encuentro compiled this multi-media library on the issue of sexuality, HIV, and violence because "sexuality is an essential part of one’s wellbeing and development..., yet in the 21st Century violence against women, adolescent pregnancy, HIV and other sexually transmitted illnesses are on the rise and threatening...

Multimedia Library on Sexual and Reproductive Rights

Multimedia Library on Sexual and Reproductive Rights - Biblioteca Multimedia sobre Derechos Sexuales y Derechos Reproductivos

The organisation Puntos de Encuentro compiled this multi-media library on the issue of sexual and reproductive rights because of an increase in adolescent pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV/AIDS, and other sexual and reproductive health issues that are threats to people's development, health, and lives. "In the majority of...

Multimedia Library on Sexual Abuse - Biblioteca Multimedia sobre Abuso Sexual

The organisation Puntos de Encuentro compiled this multi-media library on the issue of sexual abuse because "sexual abuse is one of the worst human rights violations committed against women and children, a type of aggression against the integrity of their bodies, minds and spirits. As an information centre, we believe that citizens should have...

The Global Investigative Journalism Casebook

"At a time when media landscapes are rapidly changing, journalism today needs to clearly show its added value for public interest."