Posted on February 4, 2011 in Global Projects, Prevention - HIV/AIDS, School Health by Education Development Center : EDCComments Off
Around the world, educators advocate for people living with or affected by HIV and AIDS.

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Posted on June 16, 2010 in Prevention - Alcohol, Tobacco, and other drugs, Prevention - HIV/AIDS by Eric MarshallComments Off
Thirty support group leaders from across Vietnam sat in a circle of chairs at the beginning of the final day of a five-day training, honing their skills to facilitate groups for recovering heroin addicts. Like previous sessions, this one began with a community-building activity. Participants were asked to share one new thing that they would like to do at some point in the future. Many of them spoke about places they would like to visit or things they hoped to accomplish in their work. One woman shared something more personal.

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Posted on June 16, 2010 in Prevention - Alcohol, Tobacco, and other drugs, Prevention - HIV/AIDS by Eric MarshallComments Off
Thirty support group leaders from across Vietnam sat in a circle of chairs at the beginning of the final day of a five-day training, honing their skills to facilitate groups for recovering heroin addicts. Like previous sessions, this one began with a community-building activity. Participants were asked to share one new thing that they would like to do at some point in the future. Many of them spoke about places they would like to visit or things they hoped to accomplish in their work. One woman shared something more personal.
Posted on May 18, 2010 in Community Health, Prevention - HIV/AIDS, Public Health by Eric MarshallComments Off
Innovative program helps young black men address health needs from diabetes and obesity to HIV and AIDS. While African Americans make up only 13 percent of the U.S. population, they represent more than half of the new HIV infections each year. In Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, which has the highest HIV and AIDS rate of any community in New York State, a new program is helping young black men ages 18–30 fight back. Called Keep It Up, the program combines health promotion and HIV prevention to help participants learn to take care of their health.

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