National workshop on HIV/AIDS related Stigma and Discrimination

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Dear friends,

This is an invitation to all members and friends of e-

forum to participate in the National workshop on HIV/AIDS related

Stigma and Discrimination to be held on 5 April 2003 from 9.30 am to

4 pm at Institute of Social Sciences, 8 Mandela Road, New

Delhi-70.

As part of the Situational Analysis of HIV/AIDS related Stigma and

Discrimination in the Asia Pacific initiated by Deakin University

Melbourne with support from the Ford Foundation, six countries are

studied, by using the UNAIDS (200) protocol for the identification of

discrimination aganist people living with HIV/AIDS to explore the

institutional factors that support stigma and discrimination. Using

the UNAIDS protocol, the study has been conducted in ities/districts,

one each from China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and

Vietnam.

Kerala Health Studies and Research Centre (KHSRC) have completed the

Indian part of the study in Kerala with the technical support from

INP+ and CPK+.

The proposed National workshop is organised to finalise the report on

the HIV/AIDS related Stigma and Discrimination and is part of a

series of workshops being held in the countries studied. It will also

have presentations on the prevailing situation in the Asia-Pacific

region.

All of you are invited to the workshop.

For details please contact the Country coordinator of the project at

the following address:

Executive Director,

Kerala Health Studies and Research Centre,

AN-318, Adarsh Nagar,

Pattom Palace P.O., Trivandrum, Kerala, INDIA.

E mail: khsrc@...

Phone: 91-471-2552094 Fax: 91-471-2552883