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Yesterday I was fortunate enough to attend the ACQUIRE End of Project event this past week...

This past Friday, September 12, 2008 public healthy professionals from organizations through the United States and abroad came together at the George Washington University School of Public Health for the annual USAID Global health Mini-University.  During the day individuals took various ...

Our good friends at the Communication Initiative have written a feature review of the INFO Project’s Elements of Family Planning Success Web project. The review, which details the project from start to finish can be found here. T...

So the time has come to say good bye.  All HIV/AIDS activists, researchers and scientists must say good bye to each other.  This was truly an amazing event and I learned so much and met many interesting individuals.  There has been talk that a future conference may be in the United States, now th...

The last full day of sessions was great.  I was able to sit in on interesting lectures covering everything from male circumcision and HIV prevention to HIV prevention among injection drug users in Iran.  The highlight of the day - respondent driven sampling - a new way to recruit research s...

So I finally ventured out of the Holiday Inn Tlalplan for dinner - not because of lack of wanting to but because of convenience.  The hotel is about an hour and a half away from the conference and with Mexico City traffic, by the time you get back you’re exhausted and just want to eat at the not...

 The day  started with a session entitled “Positive Prevention” which discuss  how highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) can be used as a factor to decrease HIV infections. Resea...

So… first I promised to post some pictures from yesterday.  Here are some: Panel from Monday presentation “Linking Sexual and Reproductive Health”  (L to R) Feliclity Daly, Interact Worldwide, Suni Nanda, International AIDS Alliance, India, Malcolm McNeil, DFID, Fiona Petit, International Communi...

So I first must apologize for the lack of actual photos in this first blog piece.  You see, there were strict security requirements to enter the opening ceremony.  The opening ceremony was in a separate spot from the convention in order to accommodate the 25,000 delegates.  All of my bags had to ...

From guest blogger Vanessa Mitchell, a Program Specialist with the INFO Project, and a Program Officer with CCP/Côte d’Ivoire: On July 17, 2008 in Abidjan, a mini-film called Porteuses de Vie, premiered in front of groups in the fight against HIV/AIDS, as well as the media. Th...

Okay,  so for thos those of that don’t speak Spanish -  Prepárese means get ready! The...

The INFO Project is proud to announce its three latest publications - Population Reports: New Findings on Contraceptives , Population Reports: Vasectomy: Reaching Out to New Users and INFO Reports: Vasectomy: Tools for Providers. ...

Here at the INFO Project, we usually post stories about male circumcision and HIV prevention on the Resources for HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Reproductive Health Integration site.  Recently, our colleagues at Plus News  submitted a video for inclusion on the site. ...

When the leaders of the G8, a group of 8 industrailzed nations (the G8 includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States) meet July 7-9 in Hokkaido for their annual summit  global health will be on the agenda!  Leaders discuss setting targets to tackle the world’s growi...