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World AIDS Day Music Promotes Positive Living, Fights Stigma DECEMBER 2007 — FHI promoted and sponsored the performance at the Dec. 1 World AIDS Day event in Port Morseby of a band called Positive Living, whose songs deal with HIV prevention, stigma and discrimination, and care and support. Two outreach volunteers with FHI programs who are also members of the national organization of people living with AIDS are in the band.
US Ambassador Visits Central Province Intervention Sites
FHI Partners with Faith-based Organizations JULY 2007—A range of faith-based organizations in Papua New Guinea (PNG) collaborate with FHI in concerted efforts to bring down the country's estimated 1.7 percent HIV prevalence. These partnerships complement work being done with other important FHI partners in the country, including the PNG Institute of Medical Research, Save the Children in PNG, and the PNG Red Cross Society.
FHI, AusAID Develop BCC Program MARCH 2005 — FHI has joined forces with the AusAid-funded National HIV/AIDS Support Project to assist with a High-Risk Setting Strategy (HRSS) focusing on raising awareness of HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea. In May FHI will support the HRSS by providing behavior change communication training to members of the HRSS groups.
AusAID Supports Behavior Change in Papua New Guinea MARCH 2005 — The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) awarded FHI US$250,000 to develop and implement behavior change trainings in Papua New Guinea as part of the National HIV/AIDS Support Project. The trainings, scheduled for May, are designed to build the skills of 50 participants, including members of the National Department of Health, faith-based organizations, mining and fishing companies, uniformed services and people in high-risk settings. Participants will learn how to create high-impact, strategic and sustainable communications targeted to high risk populations with behavior changes messages to prevent the spread of HIV. Australia is playing a leadership role in combating the spread of HIV throughout Asia. Last year, Australia's Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, announced a significant funding boost of $350M over six years to prevent HIV/AIDS, bringing the government's commitment to a total of $600M by 2010.
FHI and Papua New Guinea Sign Service Agreement FEBRUARY 2005 — FHI and the Papua New Guinea National Department of Health signed a memorandum of agreement on Jan. 27 to offer services to prevent the spread of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI). The agreement offers a framework for cooperation in the provision of HIV/AIDS and STI prevention, education and treatment services. These services will be consistent with the priorities and goals of the National AIDS Council and shall be provided in partnership with local nongovernmental and community-based organizations. FHI Country Director Nayer Kaviani said the USAID/FHI financial and technical assistance will help strengthen the multilateral response to HIV/AIDS prevention and care and support in Papua New Guinea.
Outreach Volunteers Graduate from FHI, Poro Sapot Project DECEMBER 2004 — Sixteen outreach volunteers graduated from an exciting new behavior change communication (BCC) program targeting female sex workers in Papua New Guinea last month. The ceremony marked the end of a three-week intensive training course based on a new curriculum designed especially for this target group, with technical support from FHI, the staff of the Poro Sapot Project and Save Children. Representatives from government, nongovernmental organizations and other stakeholders attended the ceremony. The BCC program is part of the World AIDS Campaign, which aims to reduce the vulnerability of women and young girls to HIV/AIDS. |
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AUGUST 2007 — The US Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, accompanied by the FHI/PNG country director, visited a Sirus Naraqi Project intervention site in the Central Province on Aug. 1. They met with peer educators and tutors and discussed the community response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic with beneficiaries, village leaders, and local school and health officials. 