Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund

RETA 6247: HIV/AIDS Vulnerability and Risk Reduction among Ethnic Minority Groups through Communication Strategies in the GMS – Subregional
Financed by Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund

Project Summary

This RETA will contribute to the ongoing GMS efforts to halt and reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS by year 2015, through communication strategies among ethnic minorities living in the cross-border areas of the GMS, specifically Thailand, Yunnan Province (PRC), Lao PDR and Cambodia.

This RETA shall use communication strategies to inform vulnerable and high risk populations about HIV/AIDS prevention. This will cover three activities:

1. Reducing risk of and vulnerability to HIV/AIDS by using communication strategies, including pilot broadcasting in low-resource settings;
2. Expanding ICT activities to include GIS (geographic information system) vulnerability mapping for the Lao PDR and Cambodia and possibly, digital radio broadcasts via satellite; and
3. Performance monitoring and evaluation of the adopted HIV/AIDS communication strategies.

• Article: Radio Dramas Help in HIV/AIDS Fight
• Case Study [ PDF: 115kb | 3 pages ]
• TA Final Report [ PDF: 1,553kb | 105 pages ]
• TA Report [ PDF: 144kb | 15 pages ]
• TACR [ PDF: 48kb | 2 pages ]
• UNESCO, Bangkok website*