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Executive Executive Director: Director: Hannelore Hannelore Knittel Knittel
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June June 2002 2002
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Editors: Editors: Christin Christinee H Assistant Dirkk Hetzel Assistant Editors: Editors: Dir Hetze
Produced Produced by: by: Deutsche Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe AIDS-Hilfe e.v. e.V.
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1 6 Epidemiological Data for Germany ............................................. 16
5 Network of Families and Friends of People Living with AIDS... 115
Network "Women and and AIDS". AIDS" 1...... .. ............ ... ......... .. ...... .. ..... 14 4
1 3 JES Network Network........ .... .... ...................................................... 13
HIV+Network 1 3 HIV+ Network.............................................................. ....... 13
Networks 1 2 The Networks............................ .. ... .. .... ........ ....... ....... .... .... ..... 12
DE AHA Company of the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe... AIDS-Hilfe 1 .............. ....... 111
General Information 1 .. ..................... ................... .............. 111 General Information...
Intercultural Work I/ Immigrants Immigrants.................................................... 10 1 0
1 0 Nursing ............. .............................................................. 10
Psychosocial Issue Issuess & Development............... ............ 9 & Quality Development 9
...... ... .. .... ..... ........ ......... 9 Medicine .................................... 9
Self-Help.......... ..... .............. ............................................ 9 Self-Help 9
in Prison............................................................... 8 People in Prison 8
Drug Users Users...................................................................... 8 8
....... .............................................. 8 Women Women...................... 8
........................... ..... 7 Gay Me Menn and and Male Sexworkers........... Sexworkers 7
........ 7 Office of the the Executive Executive Director.................................... Director 7
Work/Areass of Service.................... .... .............. ..... 7 Fields Fields of ofWork/Area Service 7
The National Office 6 The Office..................................... ............ .... .......... ... 6
Mission Statement...... Statement 4 .......................................... ................... 4 Mission
General General Description...... Description 3 ............................ ............................... 3
Contents Contents
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The following following tasks tasks are are perfor perfo
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In In Germany Germany the the AIDS AIDS preventio preventio Federal Centerr for Healt Healthh Educ Federal Cente sibility betweenn the sibility betwee the government information information for the the general general publi publ materials specificallyy for groups groups materials specificall at-risk at-risk women, women, and and immigrants). immigrants)
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dignity •• Promote Promotess human dignity • Fight Fightss against marginalization,, an andd exclusion against discrimination, discrimination, marginalization exclusion societyy which which promot promotee extremis extremism threatenn • Protect Protectss agains againstt element elementss ooff societ m or o r threate Community community • Maintain Maintainss aa fundamentally stancee which andd polifundamentally oppositional stanc which is is both both socially an policritical of of the current order tically critical
political organization the As a political the DAH: DAH:
Organization The The DAH DAH is is aa Political Organizatio n The DA DAH represents the interest interestss ooff peopl people withh HIV/AID HIV/AIDS andd ooff thos those riskk fo forr H represents e wit S an e aatt ris infection Givenn the social and the DA DAH infection.. Give the current social and political political structures, the H must define itself in terms ooff the need needss o off th the mostt powerles powerlesss Segment segmentss of constituency;; namely namely,, in terms e mos of ititss constituency experiencing discrimination discrimination and and legal persecution. Therefore those experiencing Therefore,, the the groups most thee wor workk ooff th the DAH aree ga gayy men men,, dru drugg users users,, at-ris at-riskk women women,, an andd im im-central central ttoo th e DA H ar migrants.
over isolation isolation •• Unit Unityy over over ignorance ignoranc e •• Informatio Informationn over •• AAnn active active instead instead of aa passive passive role role on on the the part part of of those those affected affected development of of uniqueness uniqueness an diversity instead instea d of of conformity conformity andd diversity •• Th Thee development articulation of of one's one's own own needs needs instead instead of of the the intervention Intervention of of others others •• ThThee articulation
Central prevention workk iiss empowerment of the the individual individual and and his/her Community community Central to preventio n wor or subculture. Thi Thiss is is accomplished bbyy promoting:
Structurall Prevention The The Foundation Foundation for for the the Work Work of the the DAH: DAH : Structura Prevention In thee WHO WHO Ottaw Ottawaa Charte Charterr of 1986,, w wee recognize tha thatt health In accordance accordance with with th of 1986 healt h and and health promotingg behavior behaviorss ar aree no nott only thee result butt health promotin only th result of individual individua l decision-making, decision-making , bu are thee produc productt o off political, political, social, social, an andd cultural cultural factors. Preventionn strategie strategiess whic whichh are th factors. Preventio concentrate concentrate solely solely on on the the illness illness itself, thereby ignoring ignoring these these other factors, factors, are are destidestined Preventingg risk behaviors ned to to fail. fall. Preventin behavior s cannot cannot be be separated separated from from strategies ttoo address address thesee behaviors German:: VerhaltensVerhaltens- un undd VerVerthe largerr contex contextt in the large in which which thes behavior s occur (i(inn German haltnispravention). Therefore,, a focus hältnisprävention). Therefore focus on on the the person person and and the the realities realities of his/her daily life life is is imperative. imperative.
Guiding Principless Guiding Principle The principless ar aree guideline guideliness fo forr the officee an andd for th thee membe memberr orThe following following principle the national national Offic orDAH,, regardless o off the foundd within ganizations ganizations of the the DAH the various various differences difference s foun within the the memmembee operationalized planning andd implebership. Thesee principles principles ar aree to bership. Thes to b operationalized through through the the plannin g an Implementation programss and mentation of appropriate program and campaigns.
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Mission Mission Statement Statement of the the Deutsche Deutsch e AIDS-Hilfe AIDS-Hilfe e.V. e.V .
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The The DAH DA H is is aa Professional ProfessionalO As As a professional Professiona l organizatio organizatio levels levels of of service service (prevention, (prevention , the basiss ooff researc researchh finding the basi competencies competencies are ar e combined combined w
The The DAH DA H sees sees as äs its its task: task: •• Th Theebuilding building of of commu Comm •• Th Theeprotection, protection, promoti promoti
The The DAH DAH is is aa Self-Help Self-Help Orga Org All All services Services and and activities activities are are they needd to livee openly. they nee to liv openly, to to a establishing establishing ooff networks network s and and be be supported supported ideologically, ideologically , fin ding andd othe ding these thes e networks networks an be be taken taken into into account. account .
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