MAP, HIV and AIDS policies
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The Media Action Plan (MAP) on HIV and AIDS and Gender Policy roll out ended in 2009t. The MAP on HIV/AIDS and Gender was a collaborative effort by the Southern African Editors Forum (SAEF) and NGO partners to improve coverage of HIV/AIDS and gender, as well as mitigate the effects of the pandemic on the media industry.Gender Links, GEMSA and the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) coordinated the policy sub-sector of MAP. Building on the pilot projects to develop gender policies in media houses and an audit of gender, HIV and AIDS policies in Southern African newsrooms the policy wing aimed to ensure that 80 percent of media houses across Southern Africa have HIV/AIDS and gender policies by 2008 and to extend the work of MAP to three French speaking countries of SADC.
The policy roll out process had a target of 204 media houses in the 14 countries. Below is a breakdown of progress made on gender aware HIV and AIDS policies per country. The next phase of the project was focused on gender policies and it began with a target of 60 policies by 2009.Click on each country to view and download the policies.
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Country (Click on each country)
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Target
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Policies
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1
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1
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17
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17
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13
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13
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17
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8
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24
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21
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11
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9
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26
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19
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13
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6
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7
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2
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7
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2
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6
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6
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30
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30
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20
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14
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12
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0
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Total
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204
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148
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Click here to read the 2007, 2008 and 2009 MAP Policy Annual Sector Reviews - March 2009.
Click here for the compendium of policies developed across the region.
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HIV and AIDS Gender Baseline Study: Lesotho
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Regional relevance: Lesotho
Lesotho finding of the HIV and AIDS and Gender Baseline Study [read more]
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01 May 06
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About the Media Action Plan on HIV & AIDS and Gender
01 December 05 | (1) Comment
The MAP on HIV/AIDS and Gender is a collaborative effort by the Southern African Editors Forum (SAEF) and NGO partners to improve coverage of HIV/AIDS and gender, as well as mitigate the effects of the pandemic on the media industry. [read more]
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31 January 02
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AIDS and men:Taking risks of taking responsibility
31 January 99
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Boys Do It More Than Girls - Sowetan
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Growing Weaker Daily - Sowetan
28 March 08
Regional relevance: South Africa
Seven years have passed since Vincent Jacobs was diagnosed HIV positive and he is getting weaker by the day. But Helen Joseph Hospital, where he is an outpatient, says he is yet to qualify for life-saving antiretroviral medication. [read more]
Give the Youth a Sense of Hope - The Star
13 March 08
Regional relevance: South Africa
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Infection Rate Rising Despite HIV Awareness - The Sunday Independent
05 March 06
Regional relevance: South Africa
Despite increased spending by the public and private sectors on HIV & AIDS awareness programmes, more people are getting infected, says a government progress report released this week. [read more]
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