National Dissemination of three Piolt Projects by EngenderHealth

[Guest guest]

EngenderHealth India, had organized a national dissemination of the key learning

and recommendations from three innovative pilot projects

supported by DFID on 28th March, 2007, India International Centre, New

Delhi. Ms. Sujatha Rao, Director General, National AIDS Control

Organisation was the Chief Guest and she launched training materials,

films, and digital stories produced among the course of the three

one-year projects. Ms. Silke Seco Health Advisor, DFID delivered the key note

address. The project partners from Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, kerala, Karnataka and

Andhra Pradesh participated along with members from State AIDS Control

Societies, bilateral organizations, International and national NGOs, people

living with HIV and members of the media.

a. Reducing HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination in Health Care Settings

in Kerala: A rights-based Approach. The project partnered with Kerala

State AIDS Control Society( KSACS) and Networks of people living with

HIV.

b. Making a Difference in Women's Lives by Engaging Men Living with

HIV As Partners In Positive Prevention in Gujarat & Uttar Pradesh. The

project partners are Gujarat State Network for People Living with HIV(

GSNP+)), Gujarat State AIDS Control Society(GSACS), Uttar Pradesh

Welfare for People living with HIV Society( UPNP+) and the Uttar Pradesh State

AIDS Control Society(UPSACS).

c. A right to care: Rights-Based Approach to Sexual and Reproductive

Health for Women

Living with HIV/AIDS in India in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The

project partners are Mediciti , Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM),

Positive Women Network(PWN+) , Karnataka state AIDS Control

Society(KSACS) and Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society(APSACS).

The following training and advocacy materials produced through these

projects were disseminated at the meeting.

* Men As Partners® in Positive Prevention -Training tool for

training Men Living with HIV as MAP advocates available in English,

Gujarati and Hindi

* `The Positive Way' – life stories of six men - digital stories from Uttar

Pradesh and Gujarat

* `Men Today, Men Tomorrow' – a short film

* Sexual and Reproductive Health for HIV positive women and

adolescent girls – A training manual available in English, Kannada

and Telugu

* Reducing Stigma and Discrimination in Health Care Settings- A

Trainers Guide for training health service providers, English

* `The Act of the Second God' – a film on reducing stigma discrimination

* `It is my life' –a film produced by Positive Women Network

We will post the key learning and recommendation from each of the three pilot

projects shortly.

Please contact us for these materials

Geetha Venugopal

Program Associate

EngenderHealth

India Country Office

F6/8 Poorvi Marg

Vasant Vihar, New Delhi -110057

Tel 91-11-26147123

e-mail: <geethavenugopal1@...>