FYI. Apoligies if you have already recieved this info.
Frank HB
Announcement
Judith Heumann, Advisor on Disability and Development, The World Bank
Debrework Zewdie, Director, The Global HIV/AIDS Program, The World Bank
A Global Survey on HIV/AIDS and Disability: Please Help
The Office of the Advisor on Disability and Development and The Global
HIV/AIDS Program of the World Bank are sponsoring a Global Survey on
HIV/AIDS and Disability in conjunction with the Yale University School of
Public Health. We are anxious to learn how the HIV/AIDS epidemic is
effecting the global disabled population and we ask for help from you and
your organizations to do this.
Today, little is known about HIV/AIDS among people with disability. The
general public often assumes that people with disability are not sexually
active, unlikely to use drugs or alcohol and at less risk of violence or
rape than their non-disabled peers. Yet those who live and work within
the Disability community are keenly aware of the fact that those with
disability are at increased risk of being exposed to all these known risk
factors for HIV/AIDS. Moreover, most HIV/AIDS prevention efforts overlook
those with disability and are unaware of the unique limitations often posed
in providing them with information, (i.e. HIV/AIDS radio campaigns which
are inaccessible to those with hearing impairments, newspaper ads which
assume literacy in countries where few disabled children are allowed to go
to school). Finally, if infected, those who are disabled are less likely
than their non-disabled peers to receive counseling, support, or medical
care when they begin to show symptoms of the disease.
We are starting by undertaking a Global Survey on HIV/AIDS and
Disability. Over the next few months, Dr. Nora Groce of the Yale School of
Public Health will be contacting you and other disability organizations and
advocates by e-mail or regular mail, asking for assistance. We will be
looking for information about programs that provide HIV/AIDS education,
interventions and services to Disability communities. We would also
welcome accounts from Disability advocates about attempts to seek help for
HIV/AIDS in one's community, examples about not being able to get help for
one's community, stories about governments and HIV/AIDS voluntary
organizations that have tried to reach disabled people and so forth.
A web site is being established where we will post examples of innovative
programs that are shared with us by you and your organizations. We will
also share information being collected, relevant papers, publications and
notices of research, training sessions and conferences.
If you already have information about HIV/AIDS and Disability from your own
organization or if you know of a program or project that you think we
should learn more about, please let us know. Finally, if you know of other
Disability organizations or advocates who might have information about
HIV/AIDS and Disability, we would appreciate it if you would forward this
announcement on to them.
Please contact: Dr. Nora Groce
Global Health Division,
Yale School of Public Health,
60 College Street
New Haven, Connecticut
USA. 06520.
Phone: +1-203-785-2866; FAX: +1-203-785-6193,
E-mail: mailto:[log in to unmask]
If you would like future correspondence to be in Spanish, French, Chinese
or Arabic, please let Dr. Groce know when contacting her.
(We apologize if you receive more than one copy of this e-mail - please let
us know if you receive multiple copies so we can adjust our lists
accordingly).
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