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Positive Action around the world
Positive Action works with a number of partners around the world. Examples include:
Accredited HIV education for prisons (+VE): the development and promotion of the CHASE (Community Health Advice Support and Education) information kit for HIV and AIDS education for prisoners and prison staff.
AIDS Action Europe(AAE): strengthening knowledge, expertise and information exchange among AIDS-related organisations in Western, Central and Eastern Europe.
Men can Make a Difference (Movement of Men against AIDS in Kenya MMAAK):
Encouraging men to take more responsibility for the burden of AIDS by providing a range of support services for men such as self-help group counselling about relationships, taking an HIV test, learning about home-based care and getting advice about prevention or HIV treatment.
Positive Action at work (NAT): providing workplace toolkits to encourage peer education to tackle HIV and AIDS stigma for organisations operating in countries of high prevalence.
Supporting Latin American HIV and AIDS information (GIPV): providing the only AIDS-related publications for people living with HIV and AIDS in six countries.
Research and toolkit to tackle stigma (International Center for Research on Women): active research into HIV-related stigma in Africa and Vietnam and the creation of a stigma toolkit for community-based education and training.
Making technical information accessible (NAM): sharing HIV treatment and care learning, materials and best practice in resource-limited countries, in print and on the internet.
Challenging the social exclusion of young people affected by HIV/AIDS (SEYPA): changing responses to stigma by creating an informed network of young people affected by HIV and AIDS that advocate their rights to fair and equal access to services.
Support for AIDS conferences: Positive Action funding for activities at regional and international AIDS conferences enable community-based organisations to interact and share their work with others at the forefront of AIDS research.
