My Island, My Community: Radio Call-In Guide

This guide was designed for radio station personnel involved in hosting a three part series of radio call-in shows designed to raise awareness around HIV/AIDS prevention in the Caribbean.

Three one-hour long magazines are hosted in each of the participating countries in the Caribbean with each magazine focused on a result area:

  • Preventing HIV/AIDS infection and the role of consistent condom use
  • Improving perceptions of HIV positive people and reducing stigma
  • Improving attitudes about acceptability of seeking sexual health care and using contraceptives and sexual lubricants, amongst listeners.

The guide describes the intended audience, provides information that might come up in the course of the calls, provides key messages to convey to the audience, interesting facts, and questions for the audience, along with suggestions of whom the radio host might choose to interview.

Source: PCI Media Imapct

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

National Comprehensive Guidelines for HIV Testing and Counselling

The 2012 National Guidelines for HIV Testing and Counselling (HTC) are meant to provide a comprehensive guidance that covers all testing and counselling approaches.

The guidelines set out to provide practical guidance on key technical and policy issues related to all approaches of counselling and testing in health care facilities and in community settings. The guidelines define the HTC service package as well as the key population that will benefit the services. Guidance is also provided on promotional issues related to uptake of HTC services. Issues of human resources related to HTC, laboratory issues as well as Quality Assurance and Improvement issues are given a special emphasis. In order to ensure uninterrupted supply of all HTC commodities, practical logistical guidance at all levels of health facilities are also provided.

Source: Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Tanzania

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Nigeria Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization Guide

On January 23, 2015 members of Nigeria’s National Malaria Elimination Program (NMEP) and its Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation Committee (ACSM) met with partners to collectively finalize a harmonized malaria social and behavior change communication (SBCC) strategy.

The workshop was part of the NMEP’s efforts to standardize malaria SBCC programming and messaging. From this meeting came a final, harmonized National SBCC strategy that had been under development since June 2014.

Source: JHUCCP, Nigeria NMEP, Nigeria ACSM

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019