International Programs

Many large U.S. cities hard hit by HIV/AIDS are also international hubs with deep historical and cultural ties to regions of the world that are similarly impacted by the epidemic. As globalization expands, HIV policy and programming in one locality can influence the struggle against HIV in another. In response to these new challenges and opportunities, AIDS Project Los Angeles and several organizations across the globe have forged bilateral and multilateral partnerships that will aid in the effort to prevent HIV both in Los Angeles and abroad.

Within these collaborations, APLA contributes 25 years of experience in its core competency areas of community-based research and evaluation, prevention, media, print, and mobilization, and capacity building services. Partnerships are established consistent with APLA’s mission of “improving the lives of people affected by HIV disease; reducing the incidence of HIV infection and advocating for fair and effective HIV related policy,” and all programs developed through these joint efforts are designed with promotion of self-sufficiency for people at risk and people living with HIV/AIDS as a top priority.

Partnership Principles

• Developing collaborative relationships and establishing kinship with multiple stakeholders
• Identifying and respecting local concerns
• Generating the basis for information and resource exchange
• Formulating recommendations and strategies that are tied to local concerns, offer critical reflexivity, are participatory, and inform future activities
• Managing expectations regarding limited resources.
  

Collaborators and Selected Activities

India: YRG Care, a Chennai-based non-profit organization: offering care, treatment and psychosocial support to women and their families in India

Central America: CONGA, a regional coalition of HIV activists focused on gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM): working to advance HIV/AIDS prevention in the context of human rights for MSM; development of No Más en el Tintero

China: AIDS Relief Fund for China, a San Francisco-based foundation: offering technical assistance and support to grass roots HIV/AIDS efforts in rural and western China

South Africa: Ikamba Labantu (Future of Our Nation), part of a larger nutrition and capacity building initiative spearheaded by the Association of Nutritional Services Agencies (ANSA): working toward establishment of a capacity building initiative

Global Forum on MSM and HIV, an international coalition devoted to global advocacy and information exchange on issues related to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care for gay men and other MSM: APLA International houses and manages the Forum’s Secretariat

Select List of Publications

No Más en el Tintero: The result of an international collaboration of leaders from Central America, this document offers strategies to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS among gay men and other men who have sex with men in Central America. The publication has been distributed in both Central America and in Latin American communities in the U.S.
IMPACTO! Transnacional: A Spanish language publication that provides news, editorials, up-to-date treatment and prevention information and other stories relevant to Latino communities in the U.S. and abroad.

CONTACTS

Evelyn Gonzalez, PhD, MPH
Associate Director, International
213.201.1318
egonzalez@apla.org

Moises Cascante, MPH
Manager of Program Development, Latin America
213.201.1567
mcascante@apla.org

Jack Beck
Manager of Program Development, China
213.201.1362
jbeck@apla.org

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