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Issues in Focus : HIV/AIDS

U.S. Government HIV/AIDS Assistance Projects

October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2004

  • Broadway Musical RENT, produced by Georg Malvius and written by Jonathan Larson. Rent deals with such issues as AIDS, the value of choice and experimentation, death and loss, communal life, and friendship. A U.S. Embassy grant will partially support the production.

  • National Institute for Health Development

    HIV and Human Rights: Reducing the stigma on three levels – prevention, quality of services and policy

  • NGO Tuberculosis Program

    Project to strengthen the Tuberculosis and Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis control and establish a sustainable link between TB and HIV programs

  • Ida Viru County Government, Social and Health Department

    Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in East-Viru County of Estonia, to expand access to quality services to HIV-positive pregnant women and their infants

  • Narva Youth Center/Center for Risk Group Children

    Project "Next Step II" aimed at working with challenged youth and risk group children to protect them from the influence of drugs, alcohol and violence and promoting a healthy and meaningful crime-free lifestyle

  • AIDS Prevention and Drug Users Consulting Center Tapa

    Research project with the aim of developing an activity plan for HIV/AIDS prevention in Lääne-Viru County

  • Regional Drug Abuse Prevention Center in Kohtla-Järve

    Publication of coloring and comic books for children 5-12 years old to develop an educated and negative attitude towards drugs

  • Convictus Estonia

    Publication of a book of life stories of people who live with HIV/AIDS

  • Costs of Study Tour to St Petersburg

  • Participation of an Estonian HIV specialist in International Visitor's Program for Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS

    October 1, 2002 - September 30, 2003

  • AIDS Information and Support Center

    Publication of the book “Living with Heroin: Identity, Social Exclusion and HIV among the Russian-speaking Minorities in Estonia and Latvia” written By Dr. Paul Downes

  • Estonian Family Planning Association

    Develop effective ways of monitoring and evaluating the 4-year GFATM (Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria) - funded program at three levels - impact, coverage and processes

  • Ministry of Justice of Estonia

    HIV/AIDS Prevention, Control and Harm Reduction in Estonian Prisons with the aim reducing violence in prisons, facilitating coping with life after release of inmates and preventing and decreasing repeated offenses

  • Estonian Society of HIV Positive People

    Travel costs of two Estonian participants in the Third Baltic Regional Conference " Together against AIDS"

  • Tartu Prison

    Travel costs of ten Estonian prison doctors to participate in the Third Baltic Regional Conference “ Together against AIDS”

  • Participation of an Estonian HIV Specialist and a TB Expert in International Visitor's Program for Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS

    October 1, 2001 - September 30, 2002

  • Estonian Society of HIV Positive People

    Positive Outlook: integration of HIV positive people into the society and nurturing a positive outlook in the society regarding HIV positive people

  • Center of Social Rehabilitation

    HIV/AIDS prevention in Estonian prisons

  • Narva Center for Risk Group Children

    Alcohol, drug abuse and crime prevention among risk group children

  • Estonian Association of Anti-AIDS

    AIDS prevention among recruits of Estonian Defense Forces

  • RAAAM

    Theater in Education – an interactive theater performance promoting behaviors that will reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS

  • AIDS INFROMATION AND SUPPORT CENTER

    Rehabilitation of Former Intravenous Drug Abusers

  • Ministry of Justice

    Travel costs of two people attending International HIV/AIDS Conference in Vilnius

  • Estonian Society of HIV Positive People

    Travel costs of ten people attending International HIV/AIDS Conference in Vilnius

  • Participation of an Estonian HIV Expert in International Visitor's Program for Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS