Refugees and HIV/AIDS: Information, Education and Communication Materials

Health, January 2010

The following materials are available upon request from:

Health and Community Development Section
Division of Operational Support
UNHCR
94, rue de Montbrillant
1202 Geneva
Switzerland
Fax: + 41 22 739 7366

I. POSTERS

• World AIDS Day 2007 poster
• Sexually Transmitted Infections, syndromic diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
• ART Management for Displaced Populations
• Talk about nutrition and HIV
• 10 Key Points on HIV/AIDS
• Fighting HIV/AIDS together with refugees
• How can you get HIV/AIDS?
• Eritrea posters
• Ethiopia posters
• Uganda posters

II. PAMPHLETS & BROCHURES

• Responsible Sexuality: Sexually Transmitted Infections and Family Planning
• HIV and AIDS: Human Rights for Everyone
• HIV/AIDS: Stand up for human rights
• Talking with your child about sex: a guide for parents
• Reach out, speak out
• HIV/AIDS awareness package: Repatriation from Namibia to Angola
• Refugees and AIDS: What the humanitarian community should do
• AIDS and HIV infection: Information for United Nations Employees and their families
• Information Leaflet: Voluntary Counselling and Testing

I. POSTERS [pdf format]

• World AIDS Day poster (2007)
  
  
  Read more about the poster.
  Available in English and French
  
  

• Sexually Transmitted Infections, syndromic diagnosis, treatment and follow-up (2007)
  
  
  Available in English and French
  
  

• ART Management for Displaced Populations (2007)
  
  
  Available in English
  
  

• Talk about nutrition and HIV (2006)
  
  
  Available in English and French.
  
  

• 10 Key Points on HIV/AIDS (2006)
  
  Ten key points on HIV/AIDS and the protection of refugees, IDPs and other persons of concern.
  
  Available in English and French.
  
  

• FIGHTING HIV/AIDS TOGETHER WITH REFUGEES
  
  Two UNHCR posters highlighting the importance of fighting HIV/AIDS together with refugees.
  
  
  Fighting HIV/AIDS together with refugees Woman and child
  
  
  Fighting HIV/AIDS together with refugees Elderly man
  
  

• HOW CAN YOU GET HIV/AIDS?
  
  Posters on the modes of HIV/AIDS transmission are available in:
  
  
  Arabic (version 1)
  
  
  Arabic (version 2)
  
  
  English
  
  
  French
  
  
  Portugese
  
  
  Spanish
  
  
  Swahili
  
  

• ERITREA POSTERS
  
  A series of five posters [pdf] on HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention developed by young people in refugee camps and areas of return in Eritrea.
  
  
  Protect your children's future. Speak openly about sex and HIV/AIDS.
  
  
  We love each other. Let's wait till we marry.
  
  
  Drinking too much leads to unsafe sex. Unsafe sex leads to HIV. Protect yourself.
  
  
  Protect your generation. Let's kick HIV/AIDS out of Eritrea.
  
  
  We plan to marry. Let's take the HIV test.
  
  

• ETHIOPIA POSTERS
  
  A series of four posters [pdf] on HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention developed by young people in refugee camps in Ethiopia.
  
  
  Drinking leads to unsafe sex. Unsafe sex leads to HIV. Stop drinking!
  
  
  Stop sharing sharp instruments. It may spread HIV.
  
  
  Having sex with many partners leads to HIV infection. Be faithful to your partner.
  
  
  Be a responsible father. Protect your family from HIV/AIDS.
  
  

• UGANDA POSTERS
  
  A series of six posters [pdf] on HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention developed by young people in refugee settlements in Uganda.
  
  
  Ensure your family's future. Discuss sex and HIV/AIDS with them.
  
  
  Do not regret later. Protect yourself from HIV/AIDS as of today.
  
  
  Rape is a crime that leads to imprisonment. Avoid it!
  
  
  Protect your Family. Discuss HIV/AIDS.It will save lives.
  
  
  Do not accept gifts. It leads to unwanted sexual advances and HIV infection.
  
  
  Pregnancy interferes with your life goal. Get a certificate, not a baby (or HIV).
  
  
  

II. PAMPHLETS & BROCHURES [pdf format]

• Responsible Sexuality: Sexually Transmitted Infections and Family Planning
  
  
  
  Available in Spanish
  
  

• HIV and AIDS: Human Rights for Everyone (2006)
  
  This UNHCR publication deals with the need to ensure a welcoming and discrimination-free environment for refugees and returnees.
  
  
  English
  
  
  French (version 1 Afrique)
  
  
  French (version 2 Moyen-Oient)
  
  
  Arabic
  
  

• HIV/AIDS: Stand up for human rights (2003)
  
  This booklet deals with stigma's and discrimation surrounding HIV/AIDS from a human rights perspective. The booklet is a joint OHCHR, UNAIDS and WHO publication.
  
  
  The brochure is available in English.[lo-res, 1,009 Kb, pdf]
  (Download the hi-res version of this publication here (zipped pdf, 4.8Mb))
  
  

• Talking with your child about sex: a guide for parents (1998)
  
  A brochure providing guidance to parents to talk about sex with their child, developed by the Planned Parenthood Association of South Africa, one of UNHCRs implementing partners in South Africa.
  
  
  The brochure is available in English, French, Portugese and Somali.
  
  

• Reach out, speak out (2003)
  
  This is a story about youth, HIV/AIDS and xenophobia. It is intended to stimulate discussion and to promote tolerance and acceptance of refugees in South Africa. It is a UNHCR publication.
  
  
  Available in English.
  
  

• HIV/AIDS Awareness Package: Repatriation from Namibia to Angola (2004)
  
  An example of the HIV/AIDS awareness package provided to returning refugees from Namibia to Angola.
  
  
  Available in Portugese.
  
  

• Refugees and AIDS: What the humanitarian community should do (2002)
  
  
  Available in English.
  
  

• AIDS and HIV infection: Information for United Nations Employees and their families (2000)
  
  
  Available in English.
  
  

• Information Leaflet: Voluntary Counselling and Testing
  
  
  Available in Karen.