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Uzbekistan: “Edu-tainment”
Improves HIV Awareness to Support Governmental “Year of Social Protection”
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, June 22, 2007 — The President of Uzbekistan dubbed
2007 as the Year of Social Protection, and PSI/Uzbekistan, with more
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50 staff and over 100 volunteers, is actively supporting this government-driven
effort to improve the health and welfare of the people of Uzbekistan.
Work began in November 2006 when PSI partnered with the Social Initiatives
Support Fund, a local NGO founded to support local initiatives in the
areas of healthcare, education, social support, social infrastructure
and environment. PSI and SISF pooled their resources to plan out a
series of public youth-oriented “edu-tainment” events targeting vulnerable
youth in Uzbekistan, all under a project entitled “HIV/AIDS and Drug
Use Prevention for Youth.” The joint SISF/PSI actions to educate
youth about HIV prevention represent a strong civil society response
to the government’s call for improved social protection in Uzbekistan.
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A PSI peer-educator plays "edu-tainment" games
with Tashkent youth to improve awareness on HIV prevention.
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