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World AIDS Day 2008Supporting Local Leadership, Keeping the Promise
DECEMBER 2008 — Family Health International keeps its promise every day to help stop AIDS. We do this by helping build local leadership worldwide to support individuals, communities, and countries who want to take charge of their own response to the problem. As in years past, FHI's 40 country offices are participating in events to commemorate World AIDS Day: parades, awareness campaigns, media events, and volunteer support to local anti-AIDS efforts. Collectively, FHI and its staff and partners play a leading role in raising awareness about the epidemic and harnessing the resources needed to end it. This year, we'd like to commemorate World AIDS Day online with four stories of local leadership that have emerged from our programs in China, India, and Tanzania. |
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Addressing Stigma through Television
Empowering Local Healthcare Leaders
Supporting Locally Based, Family-Centered Care
Developing Youth Leadership through Sports
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DECEMBER 2008 — Television programs airing in China on World AIDS Day provide insight into the health and social challenges faced by men who have sex with other men. These programs help reduce stigma and discrimination by challenging viewers' assumptions and inspiring positive change. 
DECEMBER 2008 — Wei Luo, director of the STI Clinic at the Kunming Center for Disease Prevention and Control in China, was uncomfortable around men who have sex with other men. But with training and support from FHI, he is using new skills to provide quality health services to this community.
DECEMBER 2008 — The Balasahyoga program in Andhra Pradesh supports 40,000 HIV-affected households with comprehensive services to children and their families across five care domains: health, psychosocial support, education, nutrition, and food security. 
