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2 Indonesia

3 Israel World AIDS Day 2010

Dear IPSFers,

4 Croatia First of all, I want to thank every one of you who worked
with me to make World AIDS Day 2010 a global success. I
hope every one of you is satisfied with how your event
went. A special thanks goes to all of you who have already
shared their campaigns and ideas with us via activity
5 Serbia reports. It was a great pleasure for me to read over all your
reports and to get new ideas from your campaigns. This is
why we want to highlight some of your activity reports in
this post-campaign newsletter.
6 Egypt
If you and your local executive committee were not able to
put together a campaign on the first of December, please
remember that HIV and AIDS are not only an issue on this
day, but throughout the whole year. It is very important to
9 Portugal support the campaign during the whole year.

If you have material of activity reports that you would like

to contribute to the database, please e-mail me at
10 Malta hivaids@ipsf.org.

Thank you for your great collaboration!

Yours in IPSF
12 Special
Mentions
Johanna Wa
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IDS coordinator 2010-2
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 World AIDS Day in Indonesia
"Break the chain and express yourself"

Organizing association: BEM KMFA UGM

Activity Chairperson: Suven

The Indonesian organization of pharmacy students BEM KMFA UGM organized a two-day event
on the 30th of November and the 1st of December 2010. During those two days they had several
different activities going on to raise awareness among students and to show their solidarity.

Those activities included building a human ribbon - this years’ global project.

Another activity that was done in

Indonesia was spreading, filling and
displaying the Lembar Xpresi. Lembar
Xpresi is a sheet which participants
filled with their handprints, aspirations,
and words of support as a form of their
care for AIDS sufferers. The members
of IPSF distributed the Lembar Xpresi
to the participants, and then those filled
papers were hung in strategic locations
at pharmacy UGM so other people
there could read their inspiration.

In addition to those activities, the red ribbons that are the worldwide symbol for AIDS were distributed
as a symbol of support and care for AIDS prevention. These red ribbons were distributed to everyone
in the faculty of pharmacy UGM and they were displayed on their chests. Along with the red ribbons
World AIDS Day 2010 stickers were also distributed to all the participants of the Lembar Xpresi
activity.

Another project that was organized was the “Red Ribbon Mosaic” that was made out of multicoloured
papers (especially red), glue and markers.

Some classes also had a presentation at UGM. These presentations explained World AIDS Day
and introduced IPSF.
 World AIDS Day in Israel
"Growing up with HIV, what does that mean for those children?"

Organizing association: ASRN

Activity Chairperson: Lina Heled

The campaign in Israel was a four-day event that

started on the 29th of November with volunteer
training. A speaker from The Committee for the
Struggle Against AIDS talked about HIV and
AIDS in Israel.

The next day people could watch a movie

called Angels in America. If you are
interested, you can find the trailer here:

htttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTDcbJcCGTE

The day after that, official World AIDS Day, people were invited to wear red to
school. There was also a discussion on pediatric HIV held at the school: growing up with HIV,
what does that mean for those children?

Throughout the whole week the volunteers distributed

condoms and information on HIV/AIDS as well as testing
in the city of Beer Sheva. Additionally, anonymous HIV
testing was available.

The last day of the campaign took place on December

14th. Volunteers came to a center for at-risk youths in
Beer Sheva. The theme was sexual education.
 World AIDS Day in Croatia
“Positive Concert”

Organising Association: Croatian Pharmacy and Medical Biochemistry Students’ Association (CPSA)
Activity Chairperson: Eugen Javor

The aim of their campaign was to raise the awareness about this disease
among students. They also educated about other STDs, including gonorrhea,
chlamydia, hepatitis, HPV, genital herpes and syphilis. They promoted the
“Positive Concert”, whose aim is to raise funds for fighting HIV and help
affected persons, as well as to promote tolerance and help them to avoid
discrimination.

The materials used in the campaign were informational leaflets, brochures,

posters and booklets, which the students acquired from CAHIV and IPSF.
They also distributed condoms and tickets for the above mentioned concert.
The organizers had a stand at the Student’s Center where they distributed
the materials and reminded their colleagues about World AIDS/HIV Day and
invited them to get more informed about these diseases.

Overall, it was a successful campaign in which they encountered a lot of interest from the students.
A lot of them asked for more condoms but due to the crisis in Croatia the organizers were only able
to get a small number of them. As for feedback it was difficult to
run a questionnaire but they did see that the students were
thoroughly reading the booklets given to them.
 World AIDS Day in Serbia
"Stranger in the night, AIDS in the morning"

Organizing association: NAPSer- Serbia

Activity Chairperson: Nina Bukumirovic

To mark World AIDS Day there was a public event in

the country. The event took place in several locations,
such as the student campus, Medical Faculty hall,
Dormitory C and the clinical center. Stands were set
up with questionnaires and surveys to give to citizens
and medical workers. The students also delivered
ribbons, promotional materials and condoms. Stands
were also set up at the college downtown campus and
clinical center. Pictures were posted and later
broadcast on LCD display as well. The photos covered
the ways in which HIV can and cannot be transferred.
World AIDS Day
Egypt
 World Aids Day in Egypt "Leave Your Print!"

Organizing association: Alexandria Scientific Pharmaceutical Students' Association (ASPSA)

Committee: Public Health Committee Assisting Committees: Public Relations and Publication
Committees

The students from Alexandria decided to organize an event in

collaboration with ASSA (Alexandria Scientific Students’
Association) and Caritas (a huge Egyptian charity NGO) to increase
the public’s awareness about AIDS.
The campaign was divided into several stations. Two volunteers
explained to people the different aspects of the disease. The first
station (Know More) explained methods of transmission, that the
virus can be transmitted from one person to another through
syringes, blood transfusion and sexual intercourse. All of this was
explained through interactive games. There was a huge number of
people interested in joining the games and hearing the
explanations. The second station (Promise Tree) encourage the
public to write the word “cure” on a piece of paper and contribute
their writing to the tree of hope. Its aim was to give HIV positive
people a hope for the cure.
The third station (See the HIV patient) contains a mirror covered
with a piece of cloth hung over it. Different people would stand in from of the mirror and when the
cloth was removed people wouldn’t see just their reflection, but would also see the reflection of
many people around them. One of those people could be infected with HIV and that illustrated that
there could be someone who is an HIV carrier and you wouldn’t have a clue.
The last station had a big piece of cloth and paint. If the person
agreed with the team that HIV should be eradicated, that carriers
shouldn’t be shut out of the society and that they would protect
themselves, then they would leave their HANDPRINT!
During the campaign, a press conference was held to explain to
the press why the campaign was organized. The head of Caritas
talked about the importance of media in raising awareness about
HIV. Members of the press decided that there should be more
focus on HIV from the NGOs, governments and the media to
help eradicate HIV.

The campaign was held in the open air. The day was full of
colors, people dancing and there were several bands that
performed onstage to attract people to our campaign.
 World Aids Day in Portugal "The Street Campaign"

Organising Association: Associação dos Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade

de Lisboa (AEFFUL)
Activity Chairperson: Information, Promotion and Education for Health Cabinet (GIPES)

For World AIDS Day the students in Portugal organized a course on the formation of mediators for
the education in health of AIDS, STDs and addiction as well as a street campaign. This year marks
the 15th year for the course. It is one of their biggest activities and definitely their biggest street
campaign.

The organizers started the promotion two weeks in advance when they sent out e-mails to all the e-
groups and put up posters around the University.

Two members of GIPES went to the TV show Curto-Circuito to promote the street campaign as well
as the prevention of HIV/AIDS.

At the Shopping Centre Colombo posters were put up and flyers were distributed.

This activity was very important for the organizing team. As in previous years the team counted on
the collaboration of PhD Professor Odette Ferreira who is very important in assuring a good,
structured program.

The course had openings for 60 students and filled 56 places. All of the participants were at the
street campaign, which took place inside a shopping center where it’s easier to approach people.
They proved to be prepared to advise people and bring their attention to the matter.
At the end of the activity the organizing team administered a quiz to all of the participants to get
their feedback on the organization, the structure of the program, lecturers and the campaign
preparation; the results were positive.
 World AIDS Day in Malta
"The Red Ribbon"

Organizing association: Malta Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (MPSA)

Activity Chairperson: Sara Jo Cassar

As part of the yearly observance of World AIDS Day, an

awareness campaign was held to raise awareness and break
down the stigma still surrounding HIV/AIDS. A packet was
compiled comprising of informative material and red ribbons and
was distributed to leading pharmacies in Malta and Gozo.

On the day of the event, a live re-creation of the red ribbon was
created by students who participated in the event by wearing a
red shirt. Additionally, the MPSA Health Campaign also organized
a non-profit party called Play Safe. Tickets to the party were sold
for a donation of three euros, with all proceedings going to the
Caritas Malta service Xefaq, a local non-profit association that is
actively involved in helping people deal with AIDS.

The events organized were highly successful and the public

responded well to the events held during the above-mentioned
days. It is unfortunately a reality that young people, despite
having easily accessible information, are still unaware of the
seriousness accompanying this disease. Therefore, the
educational role at the base of this campaign remains of
paramount importance to increase public health awareness.

The fundraising aspect was a novel feature in the events

organized. None of the collected money was used to offset expenses of running the events- correct
planning and strategic techniques were used to minimize costs at all stages. Members of the
organization strived to lower costs by contributing personally by making the red ribbons used to
collect money. Teaming up with other associations, such as a PR team, ensured adequate
participation rate by the respondents. The inclusion of community pharmacists in the program served
to encourage pharmacists to participate in the dissemination of information to the public in order to
target people outside the university setting. Therefore, we would recommend for future activities
using the strategic contact of community pharmacists with the public to reach a different target
audience.
World AIDS Day in Malta
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