Topic Area: Living with HIV or AIDS

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Zambia “Live long, Live strong” Testimonial Videos

Source: Breakthrough ACTION/Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Year of Publication: 2020

These videos were created as part of the “Life is Precious, Take Care of It” campaign supported by Breakthrough ACTION Zambia. The videos feature three HIV positive men who tell their stories and explain how they live in good health and strength due to carefully adhereing to their ART regimens. They also remind men to get tested for HIV so that they know their status and to use condoms every time they have sex.

Frances Kalonga, Farmer

Sudden Sinkamba, Footballer

Christopher Dzozi, Dancer

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Rhythm of Life Music and Health Festival – Zambia

Source: Johns Hopkins University CCP, MoH Zambia and partners with support from the United States Agency for International Development

Year of Publication:

2009

“Rhythm of Life” is Zambia’s first music festival and health fair developed under the Health Communication Partnership, a six-year project funded by USAID, which provided family planning, reproductive health and maternal and child health service, HIV counseling and testing, counseling and referral for male circumcision, malaria testing, and other health counseling services.

Bringing together the top musicians in Zambia in a training to be Health Ambassadors, this effort also led up to a “We are the World”-style music video and performance that included all the artists in a wildly popular song called “Rhythm of Life” featuring the legendary Oliver Mtukudzi. The lyrics of the song are about taking responsibility for your own health.

Links to the songs are as follows:

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HIV in Our Lives

Source: Treatment Action Campaign Zambia

Year of Publication:

2014

This comprehensive booklet outlines many aspects of HIV. It begins with explaining how the body defends itself against illness, and then goes on to explain how HIV works in the body. In addition to the basic information, several HIV positive individuals are profiled throughout the booklet.

The contents include:

  • What is HIV? What is AIDS
  • Monitoring and managing HIV
  • The WHO stages of HIV
  • Blood tests
  • Diet and nutrition
  • HIV treatment
  • Taking effective treatment
  • Antiretroviral medicines
  • When to start ARVs
  • Adherence
  • Drug resistance
  • Drug side effects
  • Tuberculosis
  • Diagnosing TB
  • Treating TB
  • Preventing TB
  • HIV complications
  • Pregnancy and HIV
  • Infant feeding
  • Sexually transmitted infections
  • Risks of unprotected sex
  • Symptoms of STIs
  • Taking ARVs to prevent HIV
  • Safer sex

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Fact Sheets on Adolescent HIV Trends

Source: UNAIDS

Year of Publication:

2016

Fact sheets on adolescent HIV trends, distribution of adolescent AIDS-related deaths, HIV treatment for adolescents, and adolescent knowledge, testing and behaviour related to HIV are available for the following countries:

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#EndAdolescentAIDS Fact Sheets

Source: SafAIDS

Year of Publication:

2014

Fact sheets on adolescent HIV trends, distribution of adolescent AIDS-related deaths, HIV treatment for adolescents, and adolescent knowledge, testing and behaviour related to HIV are available for the following countries:

  • Zambia
  • Swaziland
  • South Africa
  • Malawi
  • Lesotho
  • Zimbabwe

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ARV Posters, Zambia

Source: Breakthrough ACTION/Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Year of Publication:

2020

These posters, part of the Breakthrough ACTION project in Zambia, show healthy, strong men who have been on ARV medications for years, performing hard work, and looking well. They are part of the “Know Your Status. Get Tested. Get Treated!” campaign.

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