Language: English
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Life Skills Education Toolkit for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in India
October 2007 – This Life Skills Education Toolkit for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in India presents activities, modules and guides intended to help children and adolescents develop essential life skills to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections and HIV, manage HIV/AIDS, and identify and cope with difficult circumstances, including care and loss. The toolkit…
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Out of School Children: Data Challenges in Measuring Access to Education
June 2013 — Large-scale estimates of out of school children are often taken at face value, without sensitivity to the extent of missing and incomplete information for a large number of countries, which affects the precision of regional and global aggregates. In addition, grey areas surrounding the definitions of primary school, non-formal education, and the target…
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Social and Behavior Change Tools for People Living With HIV
2011 – These social and behavior change tools were designed by the Strengthening HIV/AIDS Response Partnership and Evidenced-Based Results (SHARPER) project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, to help reduce HIV transmission among people living with HIV. A sample of tools produced under SHARPER includes: Introduction: Overview of My Life: Positive Living Toolkit…
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Surveying Success To Help The Children of Bangladesh
2013 — Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) is a serious concern for children in Bangladesh. This brief explains how the End Neglected Tropical Diseases in Asia (END in Asia) project helped the Government of Bangladesh complete a series of surveys to determine whether the national Filariasis Elimination and STH Control program, which includes deworming activities through schools, has…
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Supporting The Power Of Partnerships In The Philippines
2013 – This brief details how the End Neglected Tropical Diseases in Asia (END in Asia) project is helping the Department of Health in the Philippines foster new public–private partnerships that will strengthen and expand health services to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases in this country.
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Technical Brief: Assessing Progress in Fighting STHs in Bangladesh
2013 — This technical brief describes how the End Neglected Tropical Diseases in Asia (END in Asia) project is helping to strengthen and expand national efforts to control soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and improve the coverage and quality of the national STH program in Bangladesh. END in Asia is funded by the U.S. Agency for International and…
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I Choose to Know: HIV, AIDS and STI Fact Sheets
2012 — This booklet provides basic information on a variety of health topics, including HIV and AIDS, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), male circumcision and condoms and includes tips on risk reduction techniques.
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One-on-One Communication for Risk Reduction: A Tool for Working with Girls and Boys 12–17 Years Old
2012 — This communication tool is designed to be used in one-on-one communication sessions with youth ages 12–17 to raise their awareness of HIV risks and to promote the adoption of risk reduction behaviors to avoid HIV, sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy. This tool provides a step-by-step process for behavior change and was developed to be…
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Aunties and Uncles: A Home-Based Adult Mentoring Program for Orphans and Vulnerable Children
2012 — The Aunties and Uncles program in Botswana was established under the Basha Lesedi project to help vulnerable children and youth, including orphans, live happier and healthier lives by supporting adults within their communities to act as mentors. FHI 360’s Star Model of Service and Support — which adopts a holistic and integrated approach to…
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Basha Lesedi Project, Radio Drama Listener Discussion Group: Facilitators Guide (PDFs in English and Setswana)
2012 — The Basha Lesedi radio program was one of the key interventions under the Basha Lesedi project. The radio program and this listener discussion group guide strive to generate and sustain dialogue among youths and adults on issues, including HIV, that are considered sensitive in most of Botswana. Project experts intend this guide to help…