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In an international city with people moving fluidly to and from their home countries, prevention work must be done on both sides of the border. APLA has partnered with several organizations across the globe to prevent HIV both at home and abroad.
Within these collaborations, APLA contributes 25 years of experience working with vulnerable populations through capacity building, media, advocacy, community-based research and program evaluation.
While APLA International supports and implements projects all over the world, we have deepened our focus on three regions in particular for strategic programming.
Fact Sheets
Current Activities and Partnerships
India: In India, six states (among them Tamil Nadu) account for 80 percent of all AIDS cases reported in the country. Disturbingly, women in India are at risk of cultural isolation, poverty and lack of treatment and care. They are further stigmatized if affected by HIV/AIDS. In response, AIDS Project Los Angeles and YRG CARE (located in Tamil Nadu) have developed an integrated approach to treating and preventing HIV among women in India.
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China: Recent data indicates that the prevalence of HIV among MSM in China has shot up from 0.4 percent in 2005 to 4.9 percent in 2008, with prevalence rates in some cities spiking at 15 percent. Through a combination of innovative programming, targeted research and information exchange with domestic MSM organizations, APLA is leveraging its 25 years of experience to help reverse these alarming trends.
Fact sheet
Latin America: HIV rates in Latin America are centralized among MSM, who are the main focus of APLA’s work in the region. APLA works closely with regional HIV experts in Latin America through collaborations focused on prevention, research, training and advocacy efforts for this population. In addition to MSM, APLA is also focused on other highly vulnerable populations in the region, such as migrants and women.
Fact sheet
South Africa: Ikamva Labantu (Future of Our Nation) is 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 (MSMGF), 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 MSMGF's Secretariat.
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.
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.
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| 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. |
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CONTACTS
Evelyn Gonzalez, Ph.D., MPH
Associate Director, International
213.201.1318
egonzalez@apla.org
Dr. Evelyn Gonzalez-Figueroa has been a practitioner in the area of human development and public health since 1986. Her work in HIV/AIDS traces back to the mid 1980s. She has worked with various Los Angeles communities in several roles, has consulted for national and international organizations (including serving as manager of the UCLA Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program), and was a member of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Prevention Planning Committee from 1995-2000.
Over the past 10 years, Dr. Gonzalez has focused on community-based research with an emphasis on program development, evaluation and analyzing cultural gaps in HIV/AIDS prevention. Her research and other publications include ethnic/cultural identity, risk-behavior among Latino youth and HIV/AIDS Prevention among MSM. She has taken lead roles in curriculum development and evaluation in Los Angeles and has worked on integrating community-based participatory research in social and behavioral issues in India. She is fluent in English and Spanish.
Jack Beck
Manager of Program Development, China
213.201.1362
jbeck@apla.org
Jack Beck is the Manager of Program Development, China. Before joining APLA, Jack lived in Beijing, working with local groups serving men who have sex with men (MSM) on issues of culture and HIV prevention. He speaks Mandarin Chinese and spent his academic career studying the role of non-government organizations in providing HIV-related services in China.
Jack also coordinates all communications for the Global Forum on MSM and HIV and manages the organization’s website.
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