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Southeast Asia Regional Program/Health Equity
Cambodian Women for Peace and Development, Phnom Penh, Cambodia: $300,000 in support of the final phase of an experimental program to strengthen inter-country health care and social support systems for Cambodian workers migrating to Thailand.
EMPOWER Foundation, Nontaburi, Thailand: $100,000 in continued support of a project to enable cross-border sharing of strategies and approaches to reduce vulnerability and HIV risk among ethnic and mobile women in emerging entertainment settings in Lao PDR and Yunnan Province of China.
Kunming Medical College, Kunming, China: $350,000 for use by its Yunnan Health and Development Research Association in continued support the costs of strengthening its regional presence as a research and training institute focusing on HIV/AIDS and other health challenges in the Greater Mekong Sub-region.
Ministry of Health, Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia: $150,000 for use by its National Institute of Public Health toward the costs of an institutional development process, in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health and other public health institutions, leading to the establishment of the first government-supported Master of Public Health program in Cambodia.
Southeast Asian Ministers of Eduction Organization, Bangkok, Thailand: $250,000 for use by its Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network to continue developing technical and analytic capacity of health professionals in border health issues in order to strengthen regional disease prevention and control programs in the Greater Mekong Sub-region.
Thai Nguyen University, Thai Nguyen City, Vietnam: $100,000 for use by its Medical College to continue upgrading knowledge and skills of local health care personnel in order to address the inequitable health status of ethnic minorities in the mountainous and border provinces of northern Vietnam.
AIDS Network Development Foundation, Thailand: $500,000 in continued support of activities to reduce HIV/AIDS vulnerability in ethnic and migrant populations in northern and northeastern Thailand and in Lao PDR.
IPS Asia Pacific Center Foundation Inc., Philippines: $200,000 in support of a component of Imaging Our Mekong, a joint media fellowship prorgram with the Probe Media Foundation, to strengthen reporting and public communication on avian influenza and other infectious diseases in the Greater Mekong Sub-region.
Mahidol University, Thailand: $285,000 for use by its Institute for Population and Social Research for the final phase of a project to document interventions and strengthen evidence for policy on sexual health and HIV/AIDS in the Greater Mekong Sub-region.
Pattanarak Foundation , Thailand: $150,000 in support of the final phase of a project to develop and disseminate experimental models to improve the health and livelihoods of marginalized cross-border communities in Thailand and Lao PDR.
Philippine Educational Theater Association, Philippines: $400,000 in support of the final phase of its "Mekong Partnership Project" to enhance the capacity of art groups in the Greater Mekong Sub-region to use theater and other art forms for public education on gender, AIDS and sexual health.
Raks Thai Foundation, Thailand: $250,000 for continuation of its network and capacity-building efforts to strengthen sexual health and HIV among organization working with migrants in the GMS.
Center for Community Health and Development, Hanoi, Vietnam: $181,400 in support of the second phase of a project to develop a multisectoral program to reduce HIV/AIDS vulnerability among ethnic and mobile population in Lang Son Province, northern Vietnam.
Empower Foundation, Nonthaburi, Thailand: $99,770 in support of a project to enable cross-border sharing of strategies and approaches to reduce vulnerability and HIV risk among ethnic and mobile women in emerging entertainment settings in Yunnan Province of China and Lao PDR.
Federation of Family Planning Associations, Selangor Darul Ehsan , Malaysia: $100,000 toward the costs of participants from the Greater Mekong Sub-region in, and of other activities in connection with, the Third Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health, to be held in Malaysia, November 2005.
Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia: $100,000 for use by its Population Studies Center for comparative research on male mobility and sexual practices across countries in Southeast Asia.
Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam: $180,300 for use by its Faculty of Public Health to undertake the second phase of research - with the involvement of local communities - to understand and address risk and vulnerability to STIs and HIV along transnational roadway networks in Vietnam.
Kunming Medical College, Kunming, P.R. China: $30,200 for use by its Department of Social Sciences toward the costs of a study to assess equity, efficiency and accountability of the rural health care insurance program, especially as it relates to ethnic populations in Yunnan Province, China.Kunming Medical College, Kunming, P.R. China: $345,000 for use by its Institute for Health Sciences toward the costs of strengthening its regional presence as a research and training institute focusing on HIV/AIDS and other health challenges in the Greater Mekong Sub-region.
Mahidol University, Nakorn Prathom, Thailand: $156,856 for longitudinal analysis of demographic, social and health trends and the impact of comprehensive health and social interventions on ethnic and marginalized communities in western Thailand.
Ministry of Health, Beijing, P.R. China: $200,000 for use by its Foreign Loan Office to conduct an intervention study in Yunnan Province to make rural health services more responsive to the needs of ethnic women.
Ministry of Health, Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam: $60,000 for use by its Health Policy Unit to strengthen surveillance, prevention and control of Avian Flu, in coordination with its Development of Preventive Medicine and the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Network.
National Institute of Public Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia: $78,270 toward the costs of a planning process, in collaboration with public health institutions in Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, that would lead to the establishment of the first public Master of Public Health Program in Cambodia by 2010.National University of Laos, Vientiane, Lao PDR: $242,000 For use by its Faculty of Medical Sciences, in collaboration with leading public health institutions in Thailand and Vietnam, to establish the first-ever Master's of Public Health Program in Lao PDR.
Pattanarak Foundation , Chachoengsao, Thailand: $190,000 for continued support for a project to develop experimental models to improve the health and livelihoods of marginalized cross-border ethnic communities in Kanchanaburi, Thailand.
Prince of Songkla University, Had Yai, Thailand: $148,710 for use by its Epidemiology Unit to develop, in collaboration with national and regional partners, curriculum guidelines for five health care disciplines that are sensitive to the increasing cultural diversity of the Greater Mekong Sub-region.
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization, Bangkok, Thailand: $319,200 for use by its Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network to develop technical and analytic capacity of health professionals in border health issues in order to strengthen regional disease prevention and control programs in the Greater Mekong Sub-region.
STDs/HIV/AIDS Prevention Center, Hanoi, Vietnam: $99,800 in support of phase II of its project to reduce the vulnerability and strengthen the health and social support systems of ethnic minority communities in the Vietnam - Lao PDR border area, especially in relation to HIV/AIDS.
Thai Nguyen University, Thai Nguyen City, Vietnam: $96,900 for use by its Medical College to upgrade the knowledge and skills of local health care personnel in order to address the inequitable health status of ethnic minorities in the mountainous and border provinces of northern Vietnam.
AIDS Society of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines: $85,730 toward the costs of publishing and disseminating at the XV International AIDS Conference, to be held in Bangkok, July 2004, the results of a study on the content, trends and quality of media coverage of sexuality and safe sex in the context of HIV/AIDS prevention and control in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
AIDS Network Development Foundation, Chiang Mai, Thailand: $300,000 to further refine and document comprehensive socio-medical approaches to HIV/AIDS vulnerability among ethnic, minority populations in northern Thailand.
Asia Pacific Council of AIDS Service Organizations, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: $30,000 toward the costs of its Asia Pacific alternative community forum on community access, held in Bangkok in January 2004.
Cambodian Women for Peace and Development Association, Phnom Penh, Cambodia: $300,000 for the continuation of an experimental program to strengthen inter-country health care and social support systems for Cambodian workers migrating to Thailand.Center for Community Health and Development, Hanoi, Vietnam: $98,920 for the costs of a formative research project designed to develop a multisectoral program to reduce HIV/AIDS vulnerability among ethnic groups in Lang Son Province, northern Vietnam.
Creating Resources for Empowerment and Action, New York, United States: $66,000 in support of its project to finalize and publish 15 case studies documenting how organizations in South and Southeast Asia have integrated concepts of gender, sexuality and human rights into AIDS and sexual health interventions, as follow up to a workshop held at the Bellagio Study and Conference Center, September 2003.
Family Care International, New York, United States: $50,000 toward the costs of a publication documenting progress countries have made in achieving the goals set with respect to HIV/AIDS and other reproductive health indicators at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development.Foundation-administered Project, USA: $227,000 toward the costs of developing a Foundation funding strategy for HIV/AIDS prevention in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia.
Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam: $29,400 in support of its efforts to strengthen a recently established Bachelor of Public Health program in Vietnam through study visits to similar programs in the region.
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, London, England: $50,000 toward the costs of an international conference on microbicides, held in London, March 2004, as part of a global effort to find female controlled methods of HIV prevention.
International Organization for Migration, Geneva, Switzerland: $176,150 in support of a project to institutionalize disease control measures in Thai immigration detention centers, thereby increasing access to HIV/AIDS prevention and TB control among detained migrants.
IPS Inter Press Service International Association, Rome, Italy: $46,980 in support of its efforts to highlight issues related to AIDS in Southeast Asia through involvement of local journalists in the production of print and electronic media at the XV International AIDS Conference, to be held in Bangkok, July 2004.Khemara, Phnom Penh, Cambodia: $147,884 to expand an experimental intervention model that integrates gender concerns into the provision of AIDS and sexual health education and services among marginalized communities in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand: $87,400 toward the costs of a research project on the links between quality of life and health outcomes of migrants from Lao PDR working in two provinces of northeast Thailand.
Mahidol University, Nakornprathom, Thailand: $614,000 for use by its Center for Health Policy Studies, serving as secretariat of the Southeast Asian Consortium on Gender, Sexuality and Health, for a project to undertake regional training, research and publication activities contributing to a gender-sensitive approach to sexual health, while building the Consortium’s institutional capacity and sustainability.
Ministry of Information and Culture, Lao, Vientiane, Lao PDR: $151,262 for use by its Institute of Cultural Research to undertake a social impact analysis of increased mobility and its implications for increased HIV transmission and substance abuse in Lao PDR's border areas with China, Myanmar and Thailand.
Pattanarak Foundation, Chachoengsao, Thailand: $81,600 to develop experimental models to improve the health of marginalized cross-border communities in Kongchiam, Thailand, and KongXedone, Lao PDR.
Philippine Educational Theater Association, Quezon City, Philippines: $368,200 in support of its project to enhance the capacity of art groups in the Greater Mekong Sub-region to use theater and other art forms for public education on AIDS and sexual healths.
Population and Community Development Association, Bangkok, Thailand: $100,000 for three activities of its Community Program Committee designed especially for participants living with HIV/AIDS and representing diverse communities who will attend the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, July 2004.
Population Council, New York, United States: $209,592 for use by its Bangkok office toward the costs of a project to assist local organizations in the Greater Mekong Sub-region to document interventions on sexual health and HIV/AIDS and to strengthen their capacity in monitoring and evaluation.Raks Thai Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand: $356,647 toward the costs of expanding its model of comprehensive care for HIV-affected families in four districts in northern Thailand.
Raks Thai Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand: $99,670 to enhance participation of Southeast Asian organizations at the XV International AIDS Conference, to be held in Bangkok, July 2004.
AIDS ACCESS Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand: $100,000 to develop and deliver a regional training institute addressing the prevention, care and support needs of people living with HIV/AIDS in the Greater Mekong Sub-region.
AIDS ACCESS Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand: $82,700 for the production and dissemination of films by young media professionals on sexuality and safe sex in the context of HIV/AIDS prevention in Thailand.
AIDS Network Development Foundation, Chiang Mai, Thailand: $212,836 for use by its Khon Kaen branch to develop and test HIV prevention intervention models for migrants from Lao PDR living in border provinces.Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand: $155,266 for use by its Women's Studies Center for master's degree scholarships in gender studies for students from the Lao People's Democratic Republic through a newly established Lao-Thai Scholarship Program on Gender Equity and Health.
Consultation of Investment in Health Promotion, Hanoi, Vietnam: $259,970 to enhance the capacity of local researchers to analyze, publish and disseminate research findings on gender, sexuality and sexual health in Vietnam.
Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health and Rights Inc., Takoma Park, United States: $50,000 for general support toward the Network's aim of enhancing the quality of work of grantmakers concerned about population, and sexual and reproductive health.Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam: $100,000 for use by its Community Health Research Unit to undertake, in relation to HIV and STIs transmission, a comprehensive socio-medical impact analysis of transnational infrastructural development and resulting increased mobility across Greater Mekong countries.
International Organization for Migration, Regional Mission, Bangkok, Thailand: $55,000 to strengthen disease control measures, increase access to HIV/AIDS prevention and TB control among detained migrants in the Thai Immigration Detention Center.
Kunming Medical College, Kunming, China: $194,050 for use by its Institute for Health Sciences to develop and conduct a training course on gender and sexual health for health professionals from Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam.Kunming Medical College, Kunming, China: $75,860 to develop an intervention model that strengthens health system capacity and community resilience to cope with health problems, primarily HIV/AIDS, and other impacts of regional roadway construction in the Greater Mekong Sub-region.
Mahidol University, Nakornprathom, Thailand: $245,130 for use by its Center for Health Policy Studies to hold, in collaboration with other leading institutions in the region, a regional course on sexuality in Southeast Asia that will address specific regional gender-sensitive issues.
Mahidol University, Nakornprathom, Thailand: $300,000 for use by its Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities to enable fourteen students from Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar to study for a master's degree in a program that focuses on gender, sexuality and reproductive health.Ministry of Public Health Thailand, Nonthaburi, Thailand: $278,180 for use by its Field Epidemiology Training Program to coordinate the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance project.
Ministry of Health, Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia: $71,550 for use by the Municipal Health Department of Phnom Penh to improve sexual and reproductive health services and address gender-based violence in four slum areas, as part of its Health Services for the Urban Poor program.
Ministry of Health, Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia: $74,960 for use by its Municipal Health Department for a model health service delivery program for the urban poor in Phnom Penh.
Ministry of Health, Lao PDR, Vientiane, Lao PDR: $700,000 for use by its Department of Hygiene and Prevention to lead a six-country cross-border project to prevent the spread of communicable disease in the Greater Mekong Sub-region.Ministry of Women's Affairs and Ministry of Veterans' Affairs, Phnom Penh, Cambodia: $49,310 toward the cost of developing and broadcasting radio programs aimed at rural and urban Cambodian women on reproductive, sexual health, and gender-based issues.
Pattanarak Foundation, Chachoengsao, Thailand: $99,700 to develop experimental models to improve the health of marginalized cross-border ethnic communities in Kanchanaburi, Thailand.
Population and Community Development Association, Bangkok, Thailand: $56,575 for use by its Community Program Committee to plan community programs to ensure greater relevance to, and participation by, Greater Mekong Sub-region communities in the 15th International AIDS Conference to be held in 2004 in Bangkok.
National University of Laos, Vientiane, Lao PDR: $48,180 for use by its Faculty of Medical Sciences in collaboration with leading public health institutions in Thailand and Vietnam to develop a community-based curriculum for the first-ever Master's of Public Health program to be undertaken in Lao PDR.
Raks Thai Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand: $249,710 to strengthen capacity in HIV/AIDS, sexual health and gender advocacy and programming among organizations working with migrants in the Greater Mekong Sub-region.
STDs/HIV/AIDS Prevention Center, Hanoi, Vietnam: $120,000 to support its project to reduce the vulnerability and strengthen the health and social support systems of ethnic minority communities inthe Vietnam-Lao PDR border area, especially in relation to HIV/AIDS.
Women's Health Advocacy Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand: $92,120 for a series of forums and publications directed at media professionals to foster gender-sensitive reporting of reproductive and sexual health issues.
AIDS Society of the Philippines, Manila: $95,000 for a study on the content, trends and quality of media coverage of sexuality and safe sex in the context of HIV/AIDS prevention and control, in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Cambodian Women for Peace and Development, Phnom Penh, Cambodia: $99,940 toward the costs of the second phase of an experimental program to strengthen inter-country health care and social support systems, especially for the prevention of HIV and other sexually-transmitted, for Cambodians migrationg to Thailand to find work.
Consultation of Investment in Health Promotion (CIHP), Hanoi, Vietnam: $70,000 to study the links between gender, sexuality and reproductive health in northern Vietnam.
Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action, New Delhi, India: $78,910 for 15 case studies documenting how organizations in South and Southeast Asia have integrated concepts of gender and human rights into their work on sexuality and sexual health, and other expenses related to a workshop to be held in Bellagio, Italy, October 2003.
Family Medicine Research Group, Manila, Philippines: $100,000 to conduct a comparative study of patients’ and family physicians’ perceptions of what constitutes good sexual and reproductive health care for women in Cambodia, the Philippines and Vietnam, and to develop related indicators for equity, access and quality.
Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam: $55,790 to support a joint Vietnamese-Laotian effort to assess the institutional needs of Lao PDR’s public health colleges and formulate recommendations to address them by drawing on the resources of Vietnam’s public health university system.
Khemara, Phnom Penh, Cambodia: $50,000 for the development of an experimental intervention model that integrates gender concerns into the provision of sexual health education and services among marginal communities in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Mahidol University, International Master’s Degree Program in Health Social Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand: $100,000 for use by its Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities to enable five students from Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar to study for a master’s degree in a program that focuses on gender, sexuality and reproductive health, and toward the costs of a national conference on these subjects to be held in Thailand in April 2003.
Mahidol University, Nakornprathom, Thailand: $100,000 for use by its Center for Health Policy Studies toward the costs of travel for participants from the Greater Mekong Sub-region and other activities in connection with the Second Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health, to be held in Bangkok, November 2003.
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada: $20,000 for use by its School of Nursing toward the costs of workshops on the impact of HIV/AIDS, violence and poverty on women and children, as part of an international conference, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, February 2003.
Ministry of Health, P.R. China, Beijing, China: $50,000 for use by its Foreign Loan Office to conduct a study on the incorporation of reproductive health and gender concerns into health sector reforms in Defang County, Guizhou Province, China.
Ministry of Information and Culture, Vientiane, Laos PDR: $43,610 for use by its Institute for Cultural Research to undertake a social impact analysis of increased mobility and its implications for increased HIV transmission and substance abuse in Lao PDR’s border areas with China and Myanmar.
National University of Laos, Vientiane, Laos: $20,012for use by the Faculty of Medical Sciences to undertake a research on youth sexual behavior and attitudes in Vientiane, Lao PDR
Philippines Educational Theater Association, Manila, Philippines: $78,650 to enhance the capacity of women artists from the Greater Mekong Sub-region to use theatre and arts for gender, sexuality, and reproductive health education.
Raks Thai Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand: $80,020 for use by its Chiang Mai chapter to develop a model of comprehensive care for HIV-affected women and children in four communities in Northern Thailand.
Reproductive Health Matters, London, England: $100,000 toward the costs of printing its journal and distributing it free of charge to institutions in South and Southeast Asia, and to support the editing and publication of papers to be presented at a workshop on sexuality, gender, and human rights to be held at the Bellagio Study and Conference Center, October 2003.
University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines: $305,780 for use by its Department of Anthropology for a regional research awards program on gender, sexuality and sexual health in Southeast Asia.
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland: $99,755 for use by its Western Pacific Regional Office, in collaboration with the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance project and the University of the Philippines, to develop an electronic disease reporting system for the Greater Mekong Sub-region.
Yunnan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Yunan, China: $38,200 for use by its Provincial Bureau of Health toward the costs of a cooperative project in Yunnan Province to strengthen cross-border disease surveillance efforts, as part of the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Network.
AIDS Network Development Foundation, Chiang Mai, Thailand: $203,290 to develop, analyze and document appropriate interventions for addressing HIV/AIDS vulnerability among minority/ethnic populations in six provinces in the upper north of Thailand.
AIDS Society of the Philippines, Manila Philippines: $81,570 toward the costs of participation of delegates from the Mekong region to attend the Sixth International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, held in Melbourne, October 2001, as well as toward the costs of a satellite symposium on sexuality and the media.
Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand: $122,600 for use by its Women's Studies Center for a series of forums and publications on gender, sexuality and reproductive health in the Mekong region, and master's degree fellowships in gender studies for two students from the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia: $99,730 for use by its Population Studies Center for comparative research, workshops and the publication of a monograph on sexuality issues in Southeast Asia.
Kunming Medical College, Kunming, China: $97,450 for a series of forums and publications on cross-border sexuality issues in the Mekong region.
Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand: $50,000 for use by its Center for Health Policy Studies for an assessment of existing training programs on gender, sexuality and sexual health, and the development of an integrated regional curriculum in Southeast Asia.
Ministry of Health, Lao PDR, Vientiane, Lao PDR: $10,305 for use by its Department of Hygiene and Prevention in support of its efforts to strengthen in-country dengue survellaince and control programs.
Ministry of Health, Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam: $46,500 to continue to build mechanisms and expertise for survellaince efforts in Vietnam, and to further coordinate activities with the wider Mekong Basin Disease Survellaince network.
Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, Nonthaburi, Thailand: $25,000 toward the costs of a meeting on the epidemiology of dengue in the Mekong Basin countries held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, December 2001.
Population and Community Development Association, Bangkok, Thailand: $76,920 for research to identify community-development approaches to improve the health of marginalized ethnic communities in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, and Nghe An, Vietnam.
Raks Thai Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand: $71,100 to assess existing models of HIV prevention among seafarer populations in Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia.
Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand: $40,000 to enable persons living with HIV/AIDS, media professionals and others from the Mekong region to participate in the Fifth International Conference on Home and Community Care for Persons Living With HIV/AIDS, held in Chiang Mai, December 2001, and toward the costs of visits to organizations in Northern Thailand to Learn firsthand about local responses to HIV/AIDS.
United Nations Development Programme, New York, New York: $27,500 for use by its outh-East Asia HIV and Development Protect for a satellite symposium on responses to mobility-related HIV vulnerability in the greater Mekong region at the Sixth International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, held in Melbourne, October 2001.
