[afro-nets] New E-Forum Sponsored by Health Communication Partnership

[MARGARET D'ADAMO <MDADAMO@jhuccp.org>]

New E-Forum Sponsored by Health Communication Partnership
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The Health Communication Partnership (HCP) has launched a new
interactive E-Forum based on HCP's Partners in Action, a series
of case studies about HCP's country-based partners.

Partners in Action documents how those partners became success-
ful and sustainable organizations, as well as the role that
health communication played in their success. Those interested
in participating in this new electronic community can log on
through HCP's website or visit http://www.hcpartnership.org/pia/blog/

Participants can comment on the case studies, suggest ideas for
the organization or additional case studies, or provide general
feedback about the site and series.

The E-Forum's first case study is the Turkish Family Health and
Planning Foundation (TAPF). Written by TAPF's executive director
Yasar Yaser, this case study offers lessons, inspiration, and
ideas for other organizations. TAPF's success is notable because
it began promoting family planning and reproductive health in
the 1980s in largely Muslim Turkey when such issues were consid-
ered taboo.

In the next few weeks, the E-Forum will invite participants to
comment on a new case study focusing on Peru's Movimiento Manual
Ramos, an organization that advocates for women's rights and
gender equity.

Supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development, HCP
is a global communication initiative based at Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Communication
Programs in partnership with the Academy for Educational Devel-
opment, Save the Children, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance,
and Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical
Medicine.

To access the new E-Forum or to find out more about HCP, please
visit http://www.hcpartnership.org. For more information about
the E-Forum or the Partners in Action series, contact
Juan Carlos Negrette
mailto:jnegrett@jhuccp.org


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Peggy D'Adamo - Manager, Networking
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111 Market Place, Suite 310 - Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
Tel: +1-410-659-6256
Fax: +1-410-659-6266
mailto:mdadamo@jhuccp.org