Regional Workshops

The XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010)

The XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010) will be held in Vienna, Austria from July 18-23, 2010 under the theme Rights Here, Right Now which emphasizes the central importance of protecting and promoting human rights as a prerequisite to a successful response to HIV. The right to dignity and self-determination for key affected populations, to equal access to health care and life-saving prevention and treatment programmes, and the right to interventions based on evidence rather than ideology, are all incorporated in this urgent demand for action.

Rights Here, Right Now emphasizes that concrete human rights measures need to be in place to protect those most vulnerable to and affected by HIV, especially women and girls, people who use drugs, migrants, prisoners, sex workers, men who have sex with men, and transgendered persons. This theme also emphasizes the location of the conference in Vienna, chosen in part for its proximity to Eastern Europe and Central Asia, a region experiencing one of the fastest growing epidemics that is fueled primarily by injecting drug use. It also underscores this critical moment in time for the global epidemic – with the 2010 deadline that world leaders set for providing universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support on the immediate horizon. Rights Here, Right Now is a call for leadership, accountability and action.

The CBMP is offering 8 Fellowships to member journalists to attend this conference.

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Television Programming Workshop on HIV/AIDS Held November 11-12, 2008 in Port au Prince, Haiti

On November 11-12, the Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/AIDS will host a workshop on HIV/AIDS for the CBMP’s new Haitian member broadcasters. Television journalists and producers are welcome to attend this two day workshop that includes sessions on HIV/AIDS in the region, a discussion of news and public affairs programming and a site visit to testing centers. 60 guests are expected to attend, including representatives from local government and local partners Digicel, Scotia, MoH, GF, IFRC, Internews, and Coca-Cola.

XVII International AIDS Conference

The XVII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008) was held in México City, México from 3-8 August 2008. AIDS 2008 was the first International AIDS Conference ever held in Latin America. As the largest international gathering devoted to a global health issue, the conference brought together people around the world responding to the epidemic in order to share lessons and together stake out the road ahead. Recognizing the strategic opportunity presented by the geographic proximity, and the high impact of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean region, the Kaiser Family Foundation, in Partnership with the CBMP, sent twelve (12) CBMP member journalists with fellowships to attend and report on the conference. Prior to the conference, fellows attended a two and a half-day workshop to enhance their HIV/AIDS reporting skills and understand production values for LIVE UP: The Show segments. As part of the workshop, attendees are producing segments for the show.

More information: www.aids2008.org

Recognizing the strategic opportunity presented by the geographic proximity, and the high impact of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean region, the Kaiser Family Foundation, in Partnership with the Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/AIDS, will support twelve (12) CBMP member journalists with fellowships to attend and report on the conference. Prior to the conference, fellows will attend a two and a half-day workshop to enhance their HIV/AIDS reporting skills and understand production values for LIVE UP: The Show segments. They will also spend a day gathering b-roll footage in Mexican settings. Asian, African and other global health journalists are also expected in the workshop.

Caribbean Television Programming Workshop on HIV/AIDS Held May 14-15, 2007 in Montego Bay, Jamaica

On May 14-15, 2007, the Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/AIDS hosted a workshop on HIV/AIDS in Montego Bay, Jamaica for television journalists and producers. Thirty-two television writers and producers, representing 28 companies and 13 different countries across the region, attended the two day workshop which included sessions on HIV/AIDS in the region, personal stories, a discussion of news and public affairs programming and case studies of HIV/AIDS messages in entertainment programming.

Caribbean Radio Programming Workshop on HIV/AIDS Held January 23-24, 2007 in Trinidad

On January 23-24, 2007, the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/AIDS, and the Association of Caribbean Media Workers hosted a workshop on HIV/AIDS in Port of Spain, Trinidad for radio journalists. Twenty-six journalists who work in radio in the region participated in the two day workshop that included sessions on HIV/AIDS in the region, personal stories, a discussion of news and public affairs programming and a case study of HIV/AIDS messages in entertainment programming.