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The latest edition of Perspectives in Health is on the Web
Click here http://www.paho.org/English/DPI/Number11_index.htm to check
out the magazine of the Pan American Health Organization. Volume 6, Number
1 includes the following stories:
- El Salvador After the Earthquake: A Photo Story - The human dimension of
the disaster seen through the camera lens.
- Confronting AIDS in the Caribbean - A series of efforts aimed at controlling AIDS
in the region, which has the highest prevalence of HIV infection outside
sub-Saharan Africa.
- Kissing the Assassin Bug Goodbye - The Bolivian government wants to
eliminate Chagas' Disease, spread by the bite of the "vinchuva", or
"assassin bug."
- Plus: Diary of a Relief Mission in India, Pairing Up Saves Mothers in
Central America, The First Public Health Vaccination Campaign in South
America, A Cold Nose and a Warm Heart.
For your information and for story leads. If you have any questions please
contact Daniel Epstein at PAHO, (202) 974-3459, mailto:[log in to unmask]
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CSIH report on United Nations Special Session on HIV/AIDS - 25-27 June,
2001, New York
This report was prepared by Paulette Schatz, director of CSIH's Youth for
Health Ukraine-Canada project and coordinator of CSIH's Central and Eastern
European Program. Paulette attended the session on behalf of CSIH.
The General Assembly approved a declaration that outlines how the world
should proceed in its fight against HIV/AIDS. Despite the frightening
nature of AIDS and some countries' denial of its presence and threat, this
statement from the majority of countries shows that there is a sense of
solidarity in fighting the disease. Secretary-General Kofi Annan reminded
everyone that AIDS to date has left nearly 22 million people dead, more
than 36 million living with AIDS or HIV, and 13 million children orphaned.
And every day another 15,000 people are infected with HIV.
More: http://www.csih.org/Synergy/UNGASS2.htm
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Reproductive Health and Gender Publications from World Neighbors
Now available in English and Spanish! Available in French in September
2001! (see descriptions below)
Responding to Reproductive Health Needs: A Participatory Approach for
Analysis and Action (Lessons From the Field, 2001) by Denise Caudill
This updated and re-formatted edition of a 1998 publication outlines two
World Neighbors' training of trainers reproductive health workshops held in
Nepal in 1997-98. Workshop activities were designed to enable NGO staff to
understand health from a gender sensitive point of view, to analyze their
current reproductive health activities, to use participatory learning
tools, and to develop realistic action plans.
The 52 page guide is well illustrated with graphics and photos, and
includes 15 participatory training exercises with clear explanations of
procedures for facilitating the workshops. The cost of the guide is
US$10.00 plus shipping. Languages: English, Spanish; 1998, revised edition
2001. (Available in French in September).
Order on-line at http://www.wn.org, or by e-mail to mailto:[log in to unmask]
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Gender and Decision Making: Kenya Case Study (Lessons From the Field, 2000)
This report presents the methods and results of a series of workshops
focused on gender and decision making at the household level. Conducted by
World Neighbors' staff with participants from Makueni District, Kenya, the
workshops helped community members discuss and analyze how decisions about
family resources and childbearing were being made, and what impact these
patterns had on men's and women's well-being.
This 22 page book outlines three participatory exercises: Decision Making
over Assets, Responsibility for Meeting Family Needs and Decision Making on
Childbearing, as well as the results and key lessons learned from the
process. Copies of the book are US$5.00 plus shipping. English only.
Order on-line at http://www.wn.org, or by e-mail to mailto:[log in to unmask]
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Several recent issues of World Neighbors In Action focus on gender and
reproductive health
- Building Organizational Capacity for Integrated Reproductive Health
Programs (vol. 28, no. 1)
- Gender Sensitivity in PRA (vol. 24, no. 2)
- Helping NGOs & Community Groups Analyze Reproductive Health & Gender Issues
(vol. 26, no. 1)
- Gender & Household Decision Making (vol. 27, no. 1)
World Neighbors In Action is a how-to newsletter published twice a year
in English, Spanish, and French. A two-year subscription to developed
countries is $10.00; subscriptions are free to developing countries. Order
on-line at http://www.wn.org, or by e-mail to mailto:[log in to unmask]
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Rapport de la SCSI sur la Session speciale VIH/SIDA aux Nations unies -
25-27 juin 2001, New York
Un rapport a ete prepare par Paulette Schatz, directrice du projet de la
SCSI Jeunes en Sante Ukraine-Canada et coordonnatrice du programme Europe
centrale et de l'Est de la SCSI. Paulette a assiste a cette session au nom
de la Societe canadienne de sante internationale. Publie en anglais
uniquement. Vous pouvez le consulter a l'adresse suivante :
http://www.csih.org/Synergy/UNGASS2.htm
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Repondre aux besoins en Sante de la Reproduction: Une Approche
Participative pour l'Analyse et l'Action (2e Edition)
Cette edition est une mise a jour et une reformulation de l'edition publiee
en 1998. Elle presente les grandes lignes de deux ateliers de formation des
formateurs en Sante de la Reproduction tenus par Voisins Mondiaux au Nepal
en 1997-98. Ces ateliers avaient pour but de permettre au personnel des ONG
de comprendre les questions de sante en tenant compte des sexes,
d'analyser leurs activites actuelles en sante de la reproduction,
d'utiliser les outils de Recherche Action participative et d'elaborer des
plans d'action realistes.
Ce guide, illustre de graphiques et de photographies,
comprend 15 exercices sur la formation suivis d'explications claires sur
les procedures de facilitation d'ateliers. Prix: 10$US; 54 pp; Langue: A,
E; 1998, revise en 2001. Disponible en francais a partir de septembre 2001.
Il peut etre commande a http://www.wn.org, ou par courrier electronique :
mailto:[log in to unmask]
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Plusieurs recents numeros de Voisins mondiaux en action traite de la
sante genesique et reproductive
- Building Organizational Capacity for Integrated Reproductive Health
Programs (vol. 28, no. 1)
- Gender Sensitivity in PRA (vol. 24, no. 2)
- Helping NGOs & Community Groups Analyze Reproductive Health & Gender Issues
(vol. 26, no. 1)
- Gender & Household Decision Making (vol. 27, no. 1)
Voisins mondiaux en action est un bulletin d'information pratique publie
deux fois par an en anglais, espagnol et francais. L'abonnement est de
10$US, mais il est gratuit pour les pays en developpement. Il peut etre
commande a http://www.wn.org, ou par courrier electronique : mailto:[log in to unmask]
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