IREX Observes World AIDS Day 2004
December 1, 2004
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Activities by Country
Annually around December 1, IREX mobilizes its broad array of programs and its overseas presence to focus on HIV/AIDS. With activities as diverse as Internet chats with HIV-positive persons in isolated regions, online forums for local medical personnel, and special seminars on HIV/AIDS for young people and for the educators who teach them, IREX combats HIV/AIDS with many approaches. We invite you to see our plans in each of the countries below.
Armenia | Azerbaijan | Georgia | Kazakhstan | Kyrgyzstan | Moldova | Russia | Tajikistan | Turkmenistan | Ukraine | Uzbekistan
Armenia
Seminar: World AIDS Day
Yerevan Educational Advising Center, December 1
Contemporary Issues Program alumni Gayane Ghukasyan and Zaruhi Mkrtchyan will conduct a presentation on their current project on AIDS prevention through education. In addition, they will introduce AIDS awareness materials produced by the National Center of AIDS Prevention and discuss general AIDS topics such as basic information on AIDS, the AIDS situation in Armenia, HIV transmission, and the means of protection from infection.
Azerbaijan
Seminar: The Situation with AIDS in Azerbaijan
US-Azerbaijan Education Center, Baku, December 1
Community Connections Program alumni who participated in the public health component of the program will conduct a seminar for USG alumni on the current state of AIDS in Azerbaijan.
Seminar for Youth: How to Avoid AIDS Risk
IATP centers in Baku, Quba, Imishli, and Ali-Bayramli
With guests from the NGO AIDS Struggle, IATP staff at four sites will facilitate a seminar for youth on avoiding AIDS risks.
Seminar for Medical Professionals: Public Health and Medical Assistance
IATP centers in Baku, Ganja, Naxchivan, and Lankaran
With Community Connections program alumni and AIDS specialists, IATP staff at four sites will facilitate a seminar for medical professionals.
Georgia
Seminar: HIV Infection Poti
IATP access site, November 30
The IATP site staff will conduct an informational seminar on HIV infection for students of Poti Engineering-Economical Institute.
Seminar: AIDS and the Internet
Khashuri Central Library IATP access site, December 1
The IATP site administrator will introduce online materials about AIDS to the students of Khashuri University and students of secondary schools, and a physician from Khashuri Hospital will talk about AIDS problems, how to guard against AIDS, preventive measures, and prophylactic activities.
Seminar: We Want to Live Tomorrow
Telavi Public Library IATP access site, December 1
IATP staff and Community Connections alumni will conduct an informational seminar on HIV/AIDS for students of Telavi State University.
Seminar: Healthy Ways of Life—AIDS Prophylaxis
Kutaisi IATP access site, December 1
Access site staff and the head of the Kutaisi Medical Department will conduct a seminar on AIDS prevention for students of Kutaisi State University and IATP users.
Seminar: Online Resources About AIDS
Gori IATP site, December 1
The IATP access site in Gori will offer an informative seminar to the students of Gori State University.
Seminar: AIDS—the Plague of the 21st Century
IATP site at Scientific Universal Library, December 1
Guest presenter David Fruidze, the head of Kutaisi Immunology Center, will share facts and a professional perspective on the AIDS epidemic.
World AIDS Day: Discussion and Movie Night
IATP Tbilisi, December 9
The movie "Philadelphia" will be shown for ECA alumni and will be followed by a discussion conducted by AIDS specialist Kakha Akhvlediani of the HIV/AIDS NGO Tanadgoma.
Kazakhstan
Online Discussion: Raising AIDS Awareness among School Students
IATP sites nationwide, December 1
Lyudmila Ryazanova, the author of a distance learning course entitled "HIV/AIDS and Human Rights," will participate as a featured gues in an IATP-sponsored online discussion on raising awareness of AIDS among school students.
Seminar: HIV/AIDS and Youth
IATP access sites in Almaty and Uralsk, December 1
IATP administrators and alumni of US government-sponsored exchange programs will conduct specialized seminars on AIDS issues for school students and youth NGOs. World AIDS Day: Movie Night Alumni Resource Center, Almaty, December 1 USG alumni will watch a movie related to the AIDS topic, tentatively "Angels in America," and then discuss the AIDS situation in Kazakhstan and what the alumni community can do to raise awareness amongt their peers.
Art Contest: Best Photoshop Artwork or Best Poster on AIDS
Alumni Resource Center, Almaty, December 1
Alumni throughout Central Asia will attend trainings on Photoshop provided by the Internet Access and Training Program. Then they will search information on the Web about AIDS and create posters or artwork with Photoshop software using the information found on the Internet. The best artwork will be announced on December 1 and posted at www.alumni.kz.
Kyrgyzstan
Poster Contest: Best World AIDS Day Poster
IATP sites throughout Kyrgyzstan, November 15 to 26
Together with IATP trainings in computer and Internet basics throughout the country, IATP will hold a two-week contest on the best poster dedicated to World AIDS Day.
Online Discussion: HIV/AIDS and Drugs
IATP access sites throughout Kyrgyzstan, November 30
IATP will hold an online discussion on AIDS and drug issues with participation of Boris Shapiro, the head of Kyrgyzstan's National AIDS Centre, teachers, students, and health NGOs.
Discussion: HIV/AIDS and Drug Use
IATP access sites nationwide, December 1
Alumni of US government-sponsored exchange programs will hold discussions on AIDS and drug issues for users at IATP access sites. Alumni Lectures for High School Students Local high schools in Bishkek and Osh, December 1 Eurasian Undergraduate Exchange Program alumni from Bishkek and Osh will conduct several lectures about HIV/AIDS among local high school children. IREX will arrange for these alumni to receive advance training with AIDS specialists to ensure that the lectures are conducted professionally.
Internet Chat: The Impact of AIDS in the Life of the Infected
IATP sites nationwide, December 1
USG alumni will meet with HIV/AIDS activists to discuss what it is like to be personally affected by the HIV virus. Alumni trhoughout Kyrgyzstan will have the opportunity to ask questions through a live IATP chat. Return to top
Moldova
Online Forum: Preventing AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Cancer in Moldova
IATP Chisinau, November 21 to December 20
The online forum VIP.iatp.md will host local and foreign experts to draw citizens’ attention to diseases threatening Moldova, such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculoses (TB), and cancer. VIP guests, who will answer questions relating to the forum topics, will include:
Veronica Susu, AIDS Prevention Division of the Center for Preventive Medicine
Viorel Prisacari, (IV 02) Deputy President, University of Medicine of Moldova
Silviu Sofroni, Director of the Institute of Physiology and Pulmonology of Moldova
VIP.iatp.md is an online forum that hosts notable personalities from Moldova and abroad. The topic and guest of the forum change every month. The motto of the online forum is: “Interview people who make a difference!”
Art Therapy Night: "Let's Be Open"
IREX office, Chisinau, December 1
After watching and discussing a film about an HIV-positive Russian family, ECA alumni will have the possibility to express their impressions about the film and AIDS epidemic through art. IREX will provide the necessary utensils for the art therapy session and will later place the drawings online.
Online Chat: Enlightened Hope for HIV-Infected Individuals
IATP sites countrywide, December 1
Veronica Susu of the Center for Preventive Medicine's HIV/AIDS Prevention Division and two anonymous HIV-infected individuals will speak about the ravaging effects of AIDS, discuss education about and tolerance for HIV/AIDS-infected people, and answer online chat participants’ questions.
Seminar: Internet Resources about HIV/AIDS
IATP Causeni, December 2
Ion Ciobanul, president of the Esculap Association of medical doctors, will moderate a discussion in which participants will learn how to acquire online information about HIV/AIDS. The moderator will present some statistical data about the situation of HIV-infected individuals in Moldova.
Seminar: Internet Resources about HIV/AIDS Prevention
IATP Comrat, December 2
IATP Comrat trainer Andrei Bejenari and a guest of the local Center of Family Doctors will moderate a discussion to teach participants about Internet resources about HIV/AIDS prevention.
Russia
Seminar: Combating AIDS Phobias in Samara
Samara, December 3
IREX will facilitate a seminar to bring together participants and host organizations of the US-Russia Volunteer Initiative Program (USRVI), which combats HIV/AIDS, and ECA alumni in Samara. Professional trainers from Population Services International (PSI), a USRVI host organization for two American volunteers working on HIV/AIDS prevention among youth in Samara, will conduct a training on AIDS phobia. PSI will introduce to ECA alumni the current HIV/AIDS statistics in Russia, information on HIV transmission in Russia, issues in HIV prevention and treatment, and what social issues arise in combating this disease, including phobia.
Seminar: HIV/AIDS in Russia
Moscow, December 18
Eurasian Undergraduate Exchange Program alumni from Moscow and Central Russia will come to Moscow for a one-day informational seminar to mark World AIDS Day. Segey Golubev, Contemporary Issues Program 2002 alumnus, will conduct an informational seminar for alumni about the situation with HIV/AIDS today, perspectives for the future, and problems that need to be solved. Golubev will conduct a training about volunteer projects that alumni can conduct in their cities to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS. Alumni will be encouraged by IREX to apply for Project Smile and the ECA Alumni Small Grants Program to realize these volunteer projects.
Tajikistan
Contest: Best World AIDS Day Website and Poster
IATP sites throughout Tajikistan, November 22 to December 3
Together with IATP trainings in computer and Internet basics throughout the country, IATP will hold a two-week nationwide contest on the best website and poster dedicated to AIDS and drugs issues.
Seminar: HIV/AIDS for High School Students
Alumni Resource Center, Dushanbe, November 29
Alumni of US government-sponsored exchange programs will conduct a seminar on AIDS issues for high school students.
Writing Contest: Best Alumni Article on HIV/AIDS
IATP sites nationwide, November 29 to December 4
IATP will hold a week-long contest on the best alumni article about AIDS to be placed on the alumni website.
Online Discussion: Fighting AIDS in Tajikistan
IATP sites nationwide, November 29
IATP will host a two-hour online discussion with UNAIDS National Program Officer Mariya Boltayeva, Chairwoman Matluba Rahmonova of the Republican HIV/AIDS Center, teachers, students, and health NGOs.
IATP Campaign Against AIDS
IATP access sites nationwide, December 1
IATP will host a day-long anti-AIDS campaign, including seminars, presentations, demonstration of Web resources, and production of booklets and posters at IATP access sites throughout the country. This campaign will raise citizens’ awareness of the issue and urge them to take action to keep AIDS from spreading.
Presentation: HIV/AIDS and Drugs
Location TBD, December 1
Alumni of US government-sponsored exchange programs will hold a multimedia presentation about AIDS and drugs issues for faculty and students at Slavonic University in Tajikistan.
Roundtable: HIV/AIDS and Youth in Tajikistan
Alumni Resource Center, Dushanbe, December 10
Contemporary Issues alumna Elnazarova Anjir will present an overview of the HIV/AIDS situation in Tajikistan, and Jason Bohoney, Tajikistan program director of Population Services International (PSI), will discuss HIV/AIDS as it applies to Tajik youth. Opportunities for youth mobilization will be discussed, and IREX will encourage alumni to apply for Project Smile and the ECA Alumni Small Grants Program to design and implement volunteer projects related to HIV/AIDS.
Turkmenistan
Roundtable: HIV/AIDS in Turkmenistan Today
Alumni Resource Center, Ashgabat, December 1
Local experts, USG alumni, and guests will attend a discussion to learn about HIV/AIDS problems and current statistics for Turkmenistan.
Lecture: Preventive Medicine in Treating Drug Addicts
IATP access site in Mary, December 1
Guest lecturer Esenguly Sayatov, the director of Korpe, a local health care organization, will speak to teachers and students about preventive medicine in treating drug addicts.
Seminar: Youth Against AIDS and Drugs
IATP sites nationwide, December 1
IATP will enhance IATP Internet users' knowledge of AIDS issues by exposing them to online resources.
Internet Chat: AIDS and Drugs
IATP sites nationwide, December 1
IATP will bring together alumni of exchange programs, students, and UN AIDS National Program representatives for a two-hour countrywide chat on AIDS and drugs issues. World AIDS Day: Movie Night Alumni Resource Center, Ashgabat, December 3 USG alumni will watch and discuss a movie about HIV/AIDS problems.
Ukraine
Seminar: Youth against HIV/AIDS
IATP Lviv, December 2
Olha Tsar, Future Leaders Exchange Program alumna, will facilitate a seminar for students of local universities.
Roundtable Discussion: HIV/AIDS Prevention Tactics and Education
IATP Luhansk, December 3
The IATP site in Luhansk will host a roundtable discussion for ECA alumni.
Workshop: The Internet as a Tool and Space for Professionals in HIV/AIDS Prevention
IATP Cherkasy, December 3
Community Connections alumna Lyudmyla Melnyk will conduct a workshop for employees of the Cherkasy Center of Drug Addiction and HIV/AIDS Prevention among Teenagers.
Training: How to Educate Young People about HIV/AIDS Kyiv
Alumni Resource Center, December 4
Contemporary Issues alumni Liudmila Melnyk and Valeriy Riabukha will conduct a training on how to educate young people about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Ukraine. The training will be followed by a screening of a UN-sponsored hour-long film "A Closer Walk," about the HIV/AIDS situation in Ukraine.
Seminar: HIV/AIDS Prevention for Schoolchildren
ATP Luhansk, date TBD
Guest physicians and ECA alumni will conduct an HIV/AIDS prevention seminar designed specially for local schoolchildren.
Seminar: The Role of Volunteers in the Campaign to Prevent the Spread of AIDS
IATP Zaporizhia, date TBD
The IATP site in Zaporizhia, in cooperation with the NGO Spodivannia, will conduct a seminar on volunteerism in combating the spread of AIDS.
Internet Chat: Topic TBD
IATP sites countrywide, date TBD
Ihor Matkovsky of Vinnytsia, deputy head physician of the Oblast AIDS Center and Community Connections Program alumnus, will conduct a chat for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Seminar: Youth and HIV/AIDS
IATP Dnipropetrovsk, date TBD
The Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Committee of the Ukrainian Red Cross will hold an informational seminar for local physicians and NGO activists struggling against HIV/AIDS.
Uzbekistan
Online Discussion: HIV/AIDS in Uzbekistan
IATP access sites in Ferghana, Bukhara, Karshi, Urgench, and Namangan, December 1
Local IATP sites will host online discussions initiated by alumni of exchange programs with participation of local physicians and representatives of AIDS centers. Seminar: We Are Stronger Than AIDS IATP access site in Termez, December 1 Red Cross volunteer Bahodir Hojakulov will talk about the organization’s activities in fighting AIDS in Surhandarya region. Movie and Discussion Tashkent, December 1 USG alumni will view the film "Philadelphia," which will be followed by a roundtable discussion of HIV/AIDS-related issues.
