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======================================================== SEA-AIDSFLASH Number Fifteen - 15 September 1996 The bi-weekly electronic news digest on HIV and AIDS in the South East Asia Region (Subscriber total today: 510) ________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS - Information on NGOs in SE Asia - Media coverage of HIV/AIDS from the region - New information and resources available in SEA-AIDSFiles - Forthcoming events, meetings and training in the SE Asia region - How to retrieve materials from SEA-AIDSFiles INFORMATION ON NGOs IN SE ASIA Chiang Mai University (CMU)is providing a unique information service for NGOs in the region - at its Internet site, CMU provides a listing of information such as contact details and current project outlines for NGOs working in many areas including HIV/AIDS and general health. This issues of AIDSFlash includes instructions on how lists for three countries can be obtained by e-mail from the sea-aids archives. If you would like to add details of your own organization to this resource, or would like information about the other organizations listed, send an e-mail message to: bruce@cmu.chiangmai.ac.th MEDIA COVERAGE OF HIV/AIDS FROM THE REGION The past two weeks headlines from or concerning the SE Asia region (news 24.txt; 9.1Kb): - China Attacks AIDS Explosion - Saving Children From Sex - U.S. Grant for Population Control to Nepal - Vietnam Launches Anti-AIDS Campaign - AIDS (SIDA) awareness (Vietnam) - Embassy Row: AIDS in Nepal - Kenya Cardinal Burns Condoms - Zambian Sex Workers Reform - Green Cross of Japan Settles AIDS Lawsuits - Vertical Transmission Of HIV-1 Occurs Late In Pregnancy - Extent of HIV Transmission via Breast Milk in Ugandan Women Limited 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): List of nongovernmental organizations in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam - Chiang Mai University has recently made available lists of NGOs in countries of the SE Asia region. These three files provide lists of NGOs and instructions on how to obtain contact details for each NGO listed. NGOs in Cambodia (congo9.txt; 4.7Kb) NGOs in Lao PDR (congo10.txt; 1.4Kb) NGOs in Vietnam (congo11.txt; 5.2Kb) For more info e-mail: bruce@cmu.chiangmai.ac.th RiskAdvisor: A Computer-Based, Interactive Tool for AIDS/STD Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction Counseling. This tool was created (by Path/SCFUK) to help HIV/STD counselors talk with clients about AIDS more effectively (trg2.txt; 11.1 Kb) In the Grip of Ecstasy? - A year ago, Ecstasy was unknown in Asia. Now it is sweeping across the region. These two articles from a recent issue of Asiaweek review what is known about the drug and its use. In the Grip of Ecstasy? (stid2.txt; 12.7Kb) Ecstasy - What It Is and What It Does (stid3.txt; 4.6Kb) Equality for Women - a review of conventions and recommendations about equal opportunities for women - compiled by the International Labour Organization (stdis31.txt; 6.6Kb) Storm brewing over live AIDS vaccine tests - a Panos report from Bombay claiming that details of secret trials of a live AIDS vaccine in India and the United States are now emerging (pvres4.txt; 7.8Kb) Report from the Fifth European Conference on Clinical Aspects and Treatment of HIV Infection (taken from the January, 1996 IAPAC Journal) (care27.txt; 21.4Kb) Malaysian Aids Council Resource Centre (info5.txt; 7.4Kb) Hong Kong AIDS Foundation Library (info6.txt; 1.1Kb) A description of services provided by these two centres centre Increasing Internet Connectivity in Sub-Saharan Africa - a regional report from the World Bank (info4.txt; 62.7Kb - a BIG file) FORTHCOMING EVENTS, MEETINGS AND TRAINING The Asian Centre for Population and Community Development will be holding a special study tour at PDA's Nang Rong Training Centre, Buriram Province, Thailand from December 9-20 1996. The tour is entitled: Community-based Family Planning, Health and Development Programmes. For further information, fax: (66 2) 2294632 or e-mail: pda@mozart.inet.co.th IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY, WHY NOT send sea-aids details of forthcoming events and activities in the region. This might include meetings, seminars, forthcoming study tours, training opportunities or electronic events. Details should be sent to: tfran@mozart.inet.co.th INSTRUCTIONS FOR RETRIEVING FILES [YOU SHOULD PRINT THIS SECTION FOR FUTURE REFERENCE] 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. So for example, if you want to retrieve In the Grip of Ecstasy? (stid2.txt; 12.7Kb) - the number shows the size of the file (12.7 kilobytes in this case), and the filename first shows the name of the drawer (in this instance 'stid') and then gives the file number (for this file it is 2). 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 get /pub/sea-aids/stid/stid2.txt Other files can be retrieved using the same general format for your message. For example: open get /pub/sea-aids/drawername/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 Please let us know if you have any retrieval problems. FEEDBACK PLEASE! 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