Achievements in HIV/AIDS Control

I have worked on HIV-AIDS control since 1989, in eleven countries: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Namibia, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia. 

I have learned many useful lessons from my HIV/AIDS work and put them into an illustrated report. For your free copy, click on: “Preventing HIV/AIDS with Condoms: Nine Tips You Can Use”. 

Following is a brief summary of my HIV/AIDS control work:

Capacity-building for InterPersonal Health Communication in Zambia. 2009-10 (4 mo). Employed by Overseas Strategic Consulting, Ltd. Funded by USAID.  Assessed InterPersonal Communication (IPC) activities within the PRISM Project, including HIV/AIDS control. Suggested changes to IPC training and deployment of fieldworkers.

HIV/AIDS Risk Reduction Communication Strategy in Pakistan. 2008 (2 months). Employed by Agriteam Canada. Worked with the CIDA-supported HIV-AIDS Surveillance Project (HASP). Based on results of surveillance and other reports plus a planning workshop and interviews of Female Sex Workers, designed Communication Strategy to increase use of STI services, VCT and condoms.  Recommendations included: AIDS Risk Reduction conceptual framework; “push & pull” management cycle; multimedia communication; education-entertainment; IPC training of health providers who counsel Female Sex Workers; six-month field-test of activities prior to scaling-up. 

Start-up of national Contraceptive Social Marketing and HIV/AIDS Prevention Project in Yemen. 2005-2006 (7 months). Employed as Team Leader and Advisor by Marie Stopes International for nine months of the KfW-funded project. Worked with Ministry of Public Health and other stakeholders. Led workshops, designed workplans, supply chains, marketing plan, budgets, test markets, baseline and impact evaluation. Hired and mentored staff. 

Safer sex for HIV/AIDS prevention in Bangladesh. 2005. Employed by UNFPA.  Worked with the National AIDS-STD Programme to produce the National Strategy for Safe Sex. Designed and facilitated workshops. 

HIV/AIDS prevention and care in India. 2004. Employed by CIDA as Team Leader for mid-term evaluation of the India-Canada HIV/AIDS Project (ICHAP). Assessed behavior change communications and gender equality progress. 

Social Marketing of HIV/AIDS prevention in Nepal.  2003.  Employed by Family Health International. Reviewed USAID’s community-based social marketing test market for HIV/AIDS prevention among female sex workers and their clients.  Recommended specific technical and management changes required for expansion to nationwide scale.

Capacity building for Social Marketing of HIV/AIDS prevention in Namibia.  2002. Employed by Marie Stopes Int. (UK) for five months as counterpart to managers of NaSoMa (National Social Marketing Programme) – to develop social marketing, advocacy and behavior change communications. Progressed toward registering NaSoMa as nonprofit business. Produced successful proposal to the German government for expansion of NaSoMa activities.

Social Marketing of HIV/AIDS prevention in Vietnam. 2001. Employed by JSI (UK). Funded by DfID. Examined achievements and recommended human resource development process prior to nationwide expansion. 

Capacity building for Save the Children (US) in Azerbaijan.  2000.  Employed by Save the Children. Supported by UNFPA. Facilitated workshops for staff, donor officials to develop social marketing of Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS prevention. Completed feasibility study and concept paper including training recommendations. 

Social Marketing of HIV/AIDS prevention in Ethiopia. 1999. Employed by Royal Netherlands Embassy. Assessed achievements of DKT International and proposed sustainability initiatives. Proposal led to additional funding for development of products, supply chain, BCC, staff training and additional strategies for Reproductive Health.

HIV/AIDS Communication Plan for Indonesia. 1989.  Employed by Academy for Educational Development as Resident Advisor to the Health Department's Center for Health Communication. Funded by USAID's Child Survival Project. Developed communication component for Indonesia’s first National HIV/AIDS Control Program. 

And to help you plan your HIV/AIDS projects and programmes, you can benefit from the illustrated report based on my experience. Just click here for your free copy: “Preventing HIV/AIDS with Condoms: Nine Tips You Can Use”. 

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Email John Davies: jdavies@alephx.com