For our mutual benefit
Grose, B.
Aids Action 7: 1-2
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0953-0096 PMID: 12282912 Document Number: 367564
The most valuable resource that NGOs can bring to the AIDS programs is experience in community level work. The 3 basic goals of WHO are to prevent HIV infections and AIDS, to limit the personal and social impact of AIDS, and to unify national and international efforts. NGOs share the first 2 goals and can respond to local needs more quickly than governments. At the national level, 3-5 year plans are created and coordinated with NGOs to avoid duplication of work and to send unified messages. WHO can distribute updated scientific information to NGOs and can receive information on evaluation, planning and project operations from them. The WHO Global Program on AIDS (WHO/GPA) works with AIDS service organizations, NGOs with experience in primary health care, as well as hemophilia societies, ethnic organizations, and labor unions, that are involved in AIDS problems. WHO/GPA is involved in encouraging NGO participation in international meetings, the creation and exchange of information between WHO and NGO groups, and developing a directory of national and international NGOs involved in AIDS prevention. At the national level, they promote coordination of NGOs and national AIDS programs in areas such as the promotion of educational materials.