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Voice of America, in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), launched an interactive CD-ROM on HIV in October 2004. The purpose of this initiative is to help promote public health by educating journalists on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of HIV and other infectious diseases. The first of a larger series focusing on health journalism, this CD-ROM is designed to be a tool for reporters and journalism students to improve their reporting on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS, as well as on other issues critical to the health and well-being of global audiences. It generates a virtual newsroom and provides the user with step-by-step instructions, guidance and exercises on writing effective health-related news and feature stories on HIV/AIDS.
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The Regional AIDS Training Network will be holding a training course on gender, policy and HIV/AIDS in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in June/July 2005. The exact dates are to be confirmed.

This course focuses on enhancing the capacities of senior-level actors, policy-makers and managers working with HIV/AIDS issues regarding gender and policy issues. It consists of familiarising participants with key gender policy concepts and the sharing of information and experiences on HIV issues.

The course seeks to develop strategies for addressing gender gaps in policy programmes for more effective gender-progressive interventions. The course is divided into 8 modules.

Course Outline

Module 1: Introductions: Getting to Know Each Other
- Self and Organisational Introduction
- Participants' expectations

Module 2: Conceptual Building on Gender as It Relates to Policy and HIV/AIDS Issues
- Rationale for key gender concepts in policy
- Key Gender concepts

Module 3: Gender Conceptual Frameworks and Participatory Animation Methodologies - Characteristics of
Participatory/Animation methodologies
- Application to HIV/AIDS intervention
- Animation/Participatory methodologies

Module 4: HIV/ AIDS Interventions with a Gender Perspective - Gender Analysis Framework
- Rationale for Gender analysis
- Life Cycle Framework
- The Harvard Analytical Framework
- The Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Framework (GEWEF)
- Capacity and Vulnerability Framework

Module 5: Policy Analysis and Development with a Gender Perspective
- Conceptual clarifications of gender and policy
- Rationale for mainstreaming gender approaches to HIV/AIDS policy and Approaches

Module 6: Putting Gender and HIV on the Agenda: From analysis to action
- Rationale for HIV/AIDS Programming
- Gender Within
- Gender Without
- Breaking the silence on gender in HIV/AIDS
- Programming for HIV/AIDS and Gender

Module 7: Strategising For the Future
- Conceptual understanding of the principles of advocacy coalition building and organising for activities

Module 8: Evaluation
- Follow up and evaluation
- Conclusions

For more information:
Regional AIDS Training Network (RATN)
Beatrice Hezekiel
P.O Box 8921
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: +255-22-2443205, 2443450
Fax: +255-22-2443244
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The World Health Organisation's (WHO) Monthly Intelligence Reports are compiled from a regular survey of publications related to the prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. They also cover abstracts presented at international conferences. They include a brief summary and comments prepared by the Bordeaux Working Group.

The Intelligence Reports are commissioned by UNAIDS and WHO, and are made available to policy makers, public health officials, advocates and scientists as an information service.

Access the reports:
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