Most recent papers Social Change Communication
A background paper to a UNAIDS technical consultation on Social Change Communication for HIV Prevention. This paper, dated July 2007, brings together a broad range of ideas looking to define a new, more collaborative, phase in health communication.
A background paper to a UNAIDS technical consultation on Social Change Communication for HIV Prevention. This paper, dated July 2007, brings together a broad range of ideas looking to define a new, more collaborative, phase in health communication.
A recent policy paper Universal Access - A Campaigners Roadmap
Commissioned by World AIDS Campaign as a background paper, dated June 2007, for their national campaigners meeting on Universal Access.
Commissioned by World AIDS Campaign as a background paper, dated June 2007, for their national campaigners meeting on Universal Access.
Recent materials
World AIDS Campaign Materials. In the last 12 months I have been managing the communications of the World AIDS Campaign. That entailed producing the World AIDS Day posters for 2006 and 2007 and writing or editing a wide range of newsletters, press releases and other documents.
UNAIDS 2006 Report of the Global Epidemic I was commissioned to write one of the chapters of the 2006 UNAIDS Report of the Global Epidemic
Some of my publications:
Missing the Message. 20 years of learning on HIV
A widely circulated document which was downloaded over 100000 times in the space of just two months. Now translated in four languages.This report focuses on the way in which the response to the pandemic has been shaped, with a particular emphasis on the way in which communication has been used. Often the emphasis is on information dissemination, and the distribution of health messages. While information is vital, past successes in fighting AIDS suggest that approaches need to be far broader than this. A politicised civil society, with communities able to take ownership of the response to HIV/AIDS, can catalyse extraordinary change and mobilisation. Similarly, a media able to support informed, inclusive debate will also be critically important to future successes. 'Missing the message?' is available to download as a PDF file in English, French, Spanish and other languages from the Panos website.
Young Men and HIV: Culture, poverty and sexual risk
This report explains the critical role that young men play in the global AIDS pandemic. It highlights how they have been largely ignored in HIV interventions to date and explains how this exclusion could have devastating results in the long-term. It investigates the challenges young men face and looks at the most effective ways of addressing their needs. (Word Document) - 988KB
Combat AIDS
I supervised the production of many documents, including Combat AIDS. This was produced by Healthlink Worldwide, with funding from HIVOS and ICCO as part of its programme to strengthen HIV/AIDS information in sub- Saharan Africa. Combat AIDS is aimed at policy and decision makers, international, regional and national NGOs working in the areas of HIV/AIDS, the military and/or conflict.
Missing the Message. 20 years of learning on HIVA widely circulated document which was downloaded over 100000 times in the space of just two months. Now translated in four languages.This report focuses on the way in which the response to the pandemic has been shaped, with a particular emphasis on the way in which communication has been used. Often the emphasis is on information dissemination, and the distribution of health messages. While information is vital, past successes in fighting AIDS suggest that approaches need to be far broader than this. A politicised civil society, with communities able to take ownership of the response to HIV/AIDS, can catalyse extraordinary change and mobilisation. Similarly, a media able to support informed, inclusive debate will also be critically important to future successes. 'Missing the message?' is available to download as a PDF file in English, French, Spanish and other languages from the Panos website.
Young Men and HIV: Culture, poverty and sexual risk This report explains the critical role that young men play in the global AIDS pandemic. It highlights how they have been largely ignored in HIV interventions to date and explains how this exclusion could have devastating results in the long-term. It investigates the challenges young men face and looks at the most effective ways of addressing their needs. (Word Document) - 988KB
Combat AIDS I supervised the production of many documents, including Combat AIDS. This was produced by Healthlink Worldwide, with funding from HIVOS and ICCO as part of its programme to strengthen HIV/AIDS information in sub- Saharan Africa. Combat AIDS is aimed at policy and decision makers, international, regional and national NGOs working in the areas of HIV/AIDS, the military and/or conflict.
World AIDS Campaign Strategy 2005: Keeping the promise.
This is a synthesis of a range of contributions to produce a global campaign strategy paper for broad consultation and dissemination (UNAIDS 2005). PDF file - 366KB
Critical Challenges in HIV Communication. This paper argues that the history of the AIDS pandemic provides us with clear guidelines for future action. It also presents findings from a Panos survey which suggests that, particularly in donor terms, we are some way from putting those guidelines into practice. PDF file - 112KB
Men and HIV in Southern Africa (4 booklets) 16 page overviews of the gender dynamics of sexual transmission in four countries in Southern Africa. (Panos/UNAIDS 2000) - PDF files
Democratising HIV Communic-ation, Development Outreach. (World Bank 2004). There remain serious divides and disconnects between those creating AIDS information and agendas and those silently affected. Using parallels with the role of information in broader society, this article makes a start at showing how the media can democratize, illuminate and energize the response to the pandemic.
Time for action on TB communication A briefing for policymakers, programmers and health communicators on contemporary communication opportunities and challenges.
This briefing outlines why communication should be placed centrally on the tuberculosis agenda.
