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============================================================= SEA-AIDSFLASH Number Three - 2 March 1996 The bi-weekly electronic news digest on HIV and AIDS for the South East Asia Region (Subscriber total today: 253) ______________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS ---------------- - Using SEA-AIDSFiles - HIV/AIDS media coverage from the region - New information and resources available in SEA-AIDSFiles - New HIV/AIDS electronic mail resources and Internet services - Forthcoming events, meetings and training in the SE Asia region - How to retrieve materials from SEA-AIDSFiles Using SEA-AIDSFiles Each issue of AIDSFlash provides a detailed update of the information and materials added to the AIDSFiles archives in the previous two weeks. The AIDSFiles computer archive is organised according to the following main subject categories: Country data for the region; HIV/AIDS policy and strategies; HIV/AIDS situation analysis; HIV/AIDS epidemiology; Consequences of HIV/AIDS; National responses to HIV/AIDS; HIV/AIDS Care; Coordination and networking of HIV/AIDS-related activities;and General HIV/AIDS information. To obtain a list of specific subject areas used within each of these categories, send an e-mail to majordomo@lists.inet.co.th containing the following in the text: get sea-aids categ.idx You will also receive instructions for obtaining lists and descriptions of materials available in specific subject areas. If you would like to receive the complete list of materials available (currently 11.0Kb in size), send an e-mail to: majordomo@lists.inet.co.th containing the text: get sea-aids listing.idx Instructions for retrieving individual documents from AIDSFiles are given at the end of every issue of AIDSFlash - (if you already know how to retrieve files you will notice that the procedure has been simplified during the past two weeks). HIV/AIDS MEDIA COVERAGE FROM THE REGION Regionally-relevant clippings from: February 15 to March 2 1996 (26Kb; news9.txt) including: - Japan Tobacco to Start Japan HIV Drug Test (14 Feb) - Japan Minister Pledges to Resolve HIV Issue (14 Feb) - Tokyo Nears Pact With HIV Victims (27 Feb) - Green Cross May Pay Patients with HIV up to $190.8 Million (27 Feb) - Support Group Helps Physicians Cope with AIDS (26 Feb) - Border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand (26 Feb) - Thai Supreme Commander to Visit Cambodia (15 Feb) - Singapore HIV Infection Rises 29 Percent in 1995 (22 Feb) - Health and Welfare Ministry in Japan Knew of Risk of AIDS in 1983 (22 Feb) - Urine Therapy Devotees Flock to India (23 Feb) - Trinity Biotech Announces Initial Sales Of Salivacard HIV And Serocard HIV In India And China (20 Feb) - Up in Asia (10 Feb) - UN AIDS Chief: HIV Vaccine Risks are "Ethically Valid" (2 Mar) - Vaccine Seen As Only Answer To AIDS Epidemic (2 Mar) - Why Heterosexual Sex May Spread Some HIV More Easily (1 Mar) - Japan Ministry Report Fails to Answer AIDS Issue (28 Feb) - Money laundering curbs key to stop drug trade-UN (28 Feb) - Some of donated blood tainted with HIV [Thailand] (23 Feb) 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): Information regarding Population Movements and HIV/AIDS affecting Thailand and its neighboring countries (Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Southern China). An executive summary of the technical consultation organized by The Asian Research Center for Migration (ARCM), Chulalongkorn Univaersity, Bangkok on 24-26 May, 1995 - (4.6Kb; stmob3.txt). The economic impact of HIV/AIDS mortality on households in Thailand - an executive summary. (Joint study by Chulalongkorn University and the Royal Thai Ministry of Public Health - first reported October 1994) - (8.8Kb; imeco1.txt). The following files are chapters from the Harvard AIDS Institute publication "AIDS in Asia", originally published in Spring 1994: Are Governments of Asia and the Pacific Responding to the HIV/AID Pandemic? (11.7Kb; plpub3.txt) India Confronts the Epidemic (18.9Kb; plpub2.txt) The Social and Economic Impact of HIV in Thailand (12.6Kb; imeco2.txt) Keeping the Epidemic Visible in Myanmar (11.2Kb; stdis5.txt) Thailand's Biomedical Research Agenda for HIV (5.9Kb; pvres1.txt) The following files are extracts from a new report entitled: Effective approaches for the prevention of HIV/AIDS in women - the report comes from a meeting of the same name organized by WHO in February 1995: Executive summary of report (7.6Kb; stdis6.txt) Background information (17Kb; stdis7.txt) Educational interventions for AIDS prevention among single migratory female factory workers in Thailand -Presented by Ms Bupa Anasuchatkul, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand (7.1Kb; plbus2.txt) National programme for training urban and rural women on STD/HIV and health in Myanmar - Presented by Dr Nyo Nyo, Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association (6.2Kb; plpub4.txt) Income generation and reduction of women entering sex work in Thailand - Presented by Dr Chrunrurtai Kanchanachitra, Health Programmes and Project Sector, National Economic and Social Development Board (7.4Kb; plpub5.txt) NEW HIV/AIDS ELECTRONIC MAIL RESOURCES AND INTERNET SERVICES REPRO-HLTH-L is an electronic-mail list designed for discussion of reproductive health issues. Topics to be discussed will be limited to the following: Family planning; STDs/HIV/AIDS; Breastfeeding; Safe Pregnancy; Adolescents; Nutrition; Female Genital Mutilation. To subscribe send an e-mail to: listproc@info.usaid.gov containing the following in the message text: subscribe repro-hlth-l <your name> (e.g., subscribe repro-hlth-l jane doe) The Asian AIDS IEC Resource Collection Center was recently establised by the Population and Community Development Association of Thailand (PDA). The objective of the center is to promote sharing of experiences and effective approaches to IEC-based HIV interventions, by increasing awareness of IEC materials relevant to the Asia region. If your organization would like to know more about the services available, or include your own IEC materials in the collection, the center can now be contacted by electronic mail at: iecpda@mozart.inet.co.th A detailed announcement of the center's services will be posted to SEA-AIDS soon. The center is funded by the Asia Regional Office of the AIDS Control and Prevention Project (AIDSCAP). FORTHCOMING EVENTS, MEETINGS AND TRAINING IN THE SE ASIA REGION With support from the European Commission's DGV "Europe Against AIDS" Programme, the International Media Centre at the University of Salford (UK) is hosting a major international conference on HIV/AIDS and the Media. The 3 day conference will consider ways in which understanding of HIV/AIDS has entered contemporary thought, paying particular attention to the role of the media industries. Issues addressed will include: how much does the public actually know about HIV/AIDS? How effective have public information campaigns been in affecting sexual behaviour? How have HIV/AIDS been treated in cinema, theatre,visual arts, photography, literature and radio and television drama? How has modern consciousness been impacted by HIV/AIDS? Proposals for papers and requests for further information should be sent to: Professor Michael Tracey International Media Centre, Adelphi House, The Crescent, Salford, Manchester M3 6EN, UK; E-Mail: trans96@usalf.ac.uk; Tel: (44)0161 839 2312; Fax: (44)0161 839 6312. Award for Excellence -- Women and HIV/AIDS Family Health International/AIDS Control and Prevention Project (AIDSCAP) and the United Nations AIDS Programme (UNAIDS) announce an international award for excellence in writing on women and HIV/AIDS. The award, as one of several actions launched at the Fourth UN World Conference on Women in Beijing to highlight women and HIV/AIDS, will recognize the journalist who writes the most compelling article about women's issues related to the epidemic. Submissions must be received by April 15, 1996. Further information can be obtained from: AIDSCAP Women's Initiative/UNAIDS Journalist's Award; Tel: (703)516-9779, Fax: (703)516-9781. HIV Prevention Works - An Official Symposium of the XI International Conference on AIDS Plan to come one day early to the XI International Conference on AIDS (Vancouver) and take in this world-wide gathering of HIV/AIDS prevention experts on Saturday, July 6, 1996. Registration forms are available by fax from CPHA at (613) 725-9826 or by writing to: HIV Prevention Works, Conference Department, Canadian Public Health Association, 400-1565 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1Z 8R1. Coordinated by the Canadian Public Health Association AIDS Program in collaboration with the National AIDS Strategy - Health Canada, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US National Institutes of Health (NIH), and The Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS). As part of their 1996 International Programme Schedule, the ASEAN Institute for Health Development at Mahidol University, Bangkok, is organizing a two-week training course for HIV/AIDS managers from May 8 to 17 1996. The course "Management of Community-based Prevention, Control and Care for HIV/AIDS" will provide an update on recent advances in the field. Registartion for the course costs $1000. For more information, contact AIHD by fax: (662) 441 9044 or tel: (662) 441 9040-3. 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 get /pub/sea-aids/news/news4.txt close Other files can be retrieved using the same general format for your message. For example: open cd /pub/sea-aids/drawername/filename close 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! 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