Welcome to Asia Catalyst’s monthly media roundup.
Public awareness is key to understanding and promoting human rights. Here is this last month’s news reflecting developments for some of the key affected populations that we work with. (more…)
Partner Spotlight: Kid’s Sun Group
Kid’s Sun Group is a community-based organization (CBO), based in Hanoi, of people living with HIV and key affected populations in Viet Nam.
Founded on January 15, 2008, the group has been designing programs to respond to their communities’ needs for over seven years. Staffed and led by people living with HIV (PLHIV) and key affected populations, the organization focuses on HIV prevention for youth at high risk of contracting HIV, and on reducing the levels of stigma and discrimination experienced by PLHIV and KPs–such as Viet Nam’s LGBT communities, sex workers, and people who use drugs. The organization’s vision is: to become a fully sustainable CBO conducting successful evidence-based advocacy that helps protect the rights of PLHIV and KPs in accessing treatment.
Together with Asia Catalyst, Kid’s Sun Group is quickly realizing this goal. (more…)
Asia Monthly News Round-up: June 2015
Welcome to Asia Catalyst’s monthly media roundup.
Public awareness is key to understanding and promoting human rights. Here is this last month’s news reflecting developments for some of the key affected populations that we work with. (more…)
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Partner Spotlight: Home for Hemophilia
Sun Luqing founded Home for Hemophilia Patients in 2004 alongside a group of his peers living with Hemophilia. As the biggest organization working on Hemophilia issues in Shandong Province, China, Home for Hemophilia has filled a gap in the region for over a decade. The organization has 3 staff and 4 key volunteers, serving more than 400 community members.
After Sun Luqing completed Asia Catalyst’s Yearlong CBO Training Program in 2014, Home for Hemophilia Patients crafted an advocacy plan to respond to changes in Shandong Province’s Rural Cooperative Medical System (RCMC). China began the RCMC in 2002 to strengthen its rural health system, improve access to health care, and reduce the financial burden of medical costs for the rural population. By the start of 2013, the System is said to have reached 805 million rural dwellers (98% of the total rural population). However, certain restrictions to the System–and Province-level policies–left some marginalized groups without appropriate coverage. (more…)
