AFRO-NETS> RFI: STD Services for Youths

[Karina Kielmann <karina_kielmann@med.uni-heidelberg.de>]

RFI: STD Services for Youths
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We are a group of researchers (based at the University of Heidelberg De-
partment of Tropical Medicine and Public Health), currently conducting 
a review of existing experiences with different models of STD service 
delivery for adolescents in developing countries for GTZ (German Devel-
opment Co-operation). While there exists a relatively large body of 
literature on STD education and counselling for youth, there appears to 
be much less available on actual services for the diagnosis, treatment 
and care of STDs. We are interested in services that are:

* School-based 
* Health facility-based 
* Based outside of the health and education sectors e.g. in youth cen-
  tres and at workplaces 

We would very much appreciate contacts with actual organisations world-
wide who are working specifically on promoting STD services for adoles-
cents:

Our specific questions are: 

* Does your organisation have specific policies for the promotion of
  STD services for youth? 

* Which types of STD services have been established/are provided with
  your organisation's support? We would appreciate an overview of proj-
  ects that promote STD services for adolescents, as described above.

* What is your organisation's experience with the promotion of STD
  services for youth? What are/were the challenges, the successes and
  limitations of the different service delivery models that your or-
  ganisation has been promoting? 

* What has the impact of targeted service delivery been? 

We'd also be very grateful for any leads others may have on projects / 
organisations that work in this area.

We look forward to hearing from you!

University of Heidelberg Project - Kathmandu
Karina Kielmann 
mailto:karina_kielmann@med.uni-heidelberg.de




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