UN Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
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SEA-AIDSFLASH
The bi-weekly electronic news digest
on HIV and AIDS
for the South East Asia Region
Number One - 1 February 1996
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CONTENTS
- About SEA-AIDSFlash and the South East Asia HIV/AIDS Project
- HIV/AIDS media coverage from October 1995 to February 1996
- New information and materials available from AIDSFiles
- New HIV/AIDS e-mail and Internet services
- Forthcoming events
- Instructions for retrieving materials from AIDSFiles
ABOUT SEA-AIDSFLASH AND THE SOUTH EAST ASIA HIV/AIDS PROJECT (SEAHAP)
Welcome to the first issue of SEA-AIDSFlash - your update on the response to
HIV/AIDS in South East Asia. It contains sections on media coverage of
HIV/AIDS, new information and materials recently added to SEA-AIDSFiles, new
services available through e-mail and the Internet, and a calendar of
forthcoming events in the region.
The South East Asia HIV/AIDS Project (SEAHAP), based in Bangkok, has been
established to help countries in the region identify and address the major
causes and consequences of HIV and AIDS. SEAHAP's main aims are to promote
regional HIV/AIDS-related policy analysis and dialogue, and to support the
implementation of priority strategies, particularly through support to
regional and/or multisectoral approaches.
SEAHAP was established as a World Bank/WHO project, and is now the
responsibility of the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS). As of
1 January 1996, when the SEAHAP team began its activities, the project was
working with the following countries: Cambodia; China (Yunnan Province);
Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; the Philippines; Thailand; and Viet Nam.
For more information about the SEAHAP team and its activities, send an
e-mail to majordomo@lists.inet.co.th with
get sea-aids seahap.idx
in the text of the message.
HIV/AIDS MEDIA COVERAGE FROM THE REGION
Report of the Chiang Mai Conference September 1995 (from ICASO Update
November 1995) (12.8Kb; news6.txt)
Interdisciplinary International Conference on AIDS-law Humanity December
6-10, 1995 (8.4Kb; news5.txt)
Regionally-relevant clippings from: January 1996 (8.8Kb; news4.txt) including:
Ho Chi Minh City becomes Vietnam's AIDS capital BC-Vietnam-Abuse
Risk Factors for HIV Among Young Men in Northern Thailand Indian Supreme
Court Demands Cleaner Blood Supply
AIDS Epidemic, Late to Arrive, Now Explodes in Populous Asia AIDS Wanes in
West, Grows in Africa and Asia
Anti-Drug Bill Approved in Cambodia
Prostitutes Spread AIDS in China
Also regionally-relevant clippings from: December 1995 (3.7Kb; news3.txt);
November 1995 (4.9Kb; news2.txt) and October 1995 (14.8Kb; news1.txt)
NEW INFORMATION AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN SEA-AIDSFILES
The following information/materials have recently been added to the
SEA-AIDSFiles archives (see below for retrieval instructions):
New Life Friends
This document describes the process through which the New Life Friends
Association in Chiang Mai, Thailand, was formed (20kb; plcbo1.txt)
Women and AIDS: Agenda for action
This report was prepared as one of the background documents for the Fourth
World Conference on Women by the WHO Global Programme on AIDS, in
collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme and the United
Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (32kb; stdis2.txt)
The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Thailand: Addressing the impact on children This
report takes a critical look at the current situation, estimates the
magnitude of future problems, and recommends policy responses. It was
compiled by the Program on AIDS of the Thai Red Cross Society and the
East-West Center's Program on Population (18kb; stdis1.txt)
Is this punishment for some past action? (20Kb; expe1.txt) So long as I
breathe I shall dream (16.9Kb; expe2.txt)
Why me? - A question without an answer (8.8Kb; expe3.txt)
These three articles are short first-hand accounts from Northern Thailand of
people's own experiences with AIDS, and the impact it has on them and those
they love. They have been compiled by Dr. Seri Phongphit and translated
into English by L.J. Maund; the series was supported by the Thai-Australia
Northern AIDS Prevention & Care Program. Further articles from the series
will appear in future issues of AIDSFlash.
NEW HIV/AIDS ELECTRONIC MAIL RESOURCES AND INTERNET SERVICES
HIV-LAW: The AIDS/HIV Legal Advocacy Discussion List
HIV-LAW is an Internet discussion list for attorneys and other advocates.
The purpose of this list is to exchange information of interest to persons
involved in HIV client services and HIV law and public policy advocacy. To
subscribe: send a message to HIV-Law-Approval@Web-Depot.COM
Your message should explain who you are, the nature of the legal or advocacy
services you provide, and your location.
The Asian Centre for Migration at the Institute for Asian Studies,
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, now provide electronic services through
their Internet World Wide Web site. The information already available
through the site are data on migratory work patterns within the SE Asia
region. The centre plans to make a database of books, reports, journals and
other materials on migration and related issues available in the near
future. For more information send an e-mail to: fiassct@chulkn.chula.ac.th
or siasakm@chulkn.chula.ac.th
FORTHCOMING EVENTS, MEETINGS AND TRAINING IN THE SE ASIA REGION
The Asian Centre for Population and Community Development will conduct a
three-week course entitled "Community-based HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care
Strategies" between 13 and 31 May, 1996. Tuition fees, including
instructional costs, training materials, in-country transportation,
certificate awards, general medical care and administrative costs will be
US$1,900. For further information contact ACPD, 8 Sukhumvit Soi 12, Bangkok
10110, Thailand. Telephone: (66 2) 229 4611; Facsimile: (66 2) 229 4632;
PDA@mozart.inet.co.th
The East-West Center's Program on Population, in its 27th Summer Seminar, is
accepting applications to take part in a workshop on Design and Measurement
in Youth Sexuality Research (Honolulu: May 30-June 29, 1996). Full details
can be obtained from Peter Xenos, Seminar Coordinator: xenosp@hawaii.edu
The 7th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug-related Harm,
organised by the Australian Drug Foundation, will take place from 3 to 7th
March 1996 in Hobart, Australia. For further details send an e-mail to:
n308150@slim.slnsw.gov.au
Mobilization Against AIDS, would like you to join over 250 local community
groups throughout the world by participating as a local coordinator of the
13th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial and Mobilization in your city
or town. The Candlelight will be held on May 19th. If your organization
wishes to coordinate a local event this year, contact Mobilization Against
AIDS before Feb. 20th. Send an e-mail to: aidsmem96@aol.com
INSTRUCTIONS FOR RETRIEVING FILES
The materials mentioned above are stored in a computer. The computer is
like an electronic filing cabinet - it has drawers and files. You have to
tell it which drawer to open and which file to select. Following each of
the document descriptions above there is a number and a file name given in
brackets e.g., (8.8Kb; news4.txt). The number shows the size of the file
(8.8 kilobytes in this case), and the filename first shows the name of the
drawer (in this instance 'news') and then gives the file number (for this
file it is 4). To obtain a copy of this document you send an e-mail to:
ftpmail@inet.co.th with the following in the text of the message:
open
cd /pub/sea-aids/news
get file news4.txt
Other files can be retrieved using the same general format for your message.
For example:
open
cd /pub/sea-aids/drawername
get file filename
Because these requests are answered automatically by computer, you must be
very careful to copy the format of the message carefully (including spaces
and slashes). If you would like further instructions for retrieving files
in this way, send an e-mail to:
majordomo@lists.inet.co.th
with the following in the text of the message: get sea-aids retrev.idx
FEEDBACK PLEASE!
Do not hesitate to tell us what you want from sea-aids, or to get in touch
if you need any help using these services.
AIDSFlash is produced as part of the sea-aids information support services
by: South East Asia HIV/AIDS Project/UNAIDS, UNESCAP Building (B359)
Rajadamnoen Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200 Tel: (66 2) 288 2498 Fax: (66 2) 288
1092 Direct E-mail: tfran@mozart.inet.co.th