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Submissions are now being accepted for Skills Building Workshop proposals to the XV International AIDS Conference which will be held 11 - 16 July 2004 in Bangkok, Thailand.

There will be 180 workshop hours offered to the conference delegates to help them develop skills, strengthen and build partnerships, and share their experiences in the Skills Building component of the Conference.

Application information and the submission form for facilitation of workshops is included in the "Call for Submissions" which can be downloaded from the AIDS 2004 website. Submissions are preferred as email attachments. Alternatively, they can be submitted by post. Deadline for receipt of submissions is 2 February 2004.

Click on the link below to view and download the MS WORD-version of the "Call for Submissions":
- You can fill it out on the screen and return as an email attachment www.ias.se

Click on the link below for general information on the AIDS 2004 Skills Building component:
www.ias.se

Tuition Scholarships are being offered for a workshop on Community Based Prevention, Management and Treatment of HIV/AIDS to be held in Galillee College, Israel from 11 - 29 2004.

The intensive workshop will address the capacity-building requirements of community health workers entrusted with preventing, managing and treating the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The epidemiological, socio-economic and political aspects of the disease will be explored, and the need for special community services stressed. Special focus will be placed on the planning and implementation of financially viable programmes to cope with the epidemic. The Israeli model for preventing, managing and treating HIV/AIDS will be shared.

The program is designed for governmental and NGO professionals responsible for community health projects. These professionals include policy-makers; community-health and social-work supervisors; and workers and activists in the field.

Scholarships, which will cover the tuition expenses of the programme, will be granted to qualified applicants who hold a university degree (or have vast experience in the field of HIV/AIDS) and are fluent in English. Employers will be responsible only for the airfare and a local living expense fee of EUR 2,865, which covers the participant's living expenses while in Israel.

For more information contact:

Mark Street - Programme Administrator
Galillee College, PO Box 1070, Tivon - ISRAEL
Fax: 972-4-983-0227
Phone: 972-4-983-7444
Website: www.galilcol.ac.il
Email:

"Developing Materials on HIV/AIDS/STIs for Low-Literate Audiences," a new manual produced by Family Health International and the Program for Appropriate Technology and Health (PATH) recognises that many HIV/AIDS concepts are difficult to convey to low-literate audiences. To help reach these audiences, FHI and PATH collaborated on this 153-page manual. It relies heavily on illustrations, is printed in a larger-than-usual typeface, and features simple, clear explanations. The resource is available online at:
www.fhi.org

As part of its Country AIDS Policy Analysis Project, the AIDS Policy Research Centre at the University of California San Francisco has published a multidisciplinary, fully referenced, peer-reviewed analysis of HIV/AIDS in Uganda. The paper includes sections on epidemiology, political economy, sociobehavioral context, impact, and response - at household, sectoral, and macro levels. It is accompanied by a comparative table of 70 key HIV/AIDS and socio-economic indicators. The analysis is available in Word, PDF, and Text Only formats.
http://ari.ucsf.edu/.