SAHAYA INTERNATIONAL
CARTOON-BASED EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
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Myths and Facts about HIV/AIDS, Part I (HIV Prevention) and Part II (Care & Support)
Myths and Facts about HIV/AIDS (Parts I and II) , for use in South-East Asia, was developed by Sahaya International (www.sahaya.org) in collaboration with READ , I-TECH (International Training and Education Center on HIV/AIDS) (www.go2itech.com) (Univ. of Washington) and Global Strategies for HIV Prevention .
These materials were developed as a practical guide to prevention, health and life.
These materials are provided free of charge for the education of the whole community. They cannot be used for commercial purposes without written permission of the copyright holder. These materials may not be modified in any manner without our prior permission. They must be presented as is. It is not necessary to present all the cartoons in a set. You are free to pick and choose and add to your collection from other sources. But any adaptation of an individual page without our consent constitutes an infringement of copyright. Copyright of the cartoons is held by Sahaya International/READ and I-TECH.
We are very grateful for the many useful suggestions provided by many individuals and groups in India and the USA. We welcome the comments of health care workers, community leaders and other individuals.
There are different sets of these cartoons available for free downloading:
A detailed set of cartoons with Tamil and English text : they can be printed out and used as double-sided flipcharts (92 pages), with cartoons on the front, and Tamil and English text for the educators on the back-side. They can also be shown as a slide show. These sets can be downloaded for free as 4 separate pdf files .
HIV Prevention part 1 (approx. 15 MB) (click here to open or download)
HIV Prevention part 2 (approx. 22 MB) (click here to open or download)
HIV Care and Support part 1 (approx. 20 MB) (click here to open or download)
HIV Care and Support part 2 (approx. 17 MB) (click here to open or download)
An older (but less complete) summary powerpoint file with 42 slides dealing with HIV prevention and care; file size is approximately 5.6 MB; (click here to download the powerpoint file) . A smaller pdf format (~ 2.6 MB) with lower resolution, however) can also be downloaded (click here to open or download the pdf file) .
The older (less complete) summary ppt file (42 slides) is also avaiable in 2 other translations:
Marathi (approx. 6.1 MB) (click here to open or download the marathi ppt file) , translation thanks to Dr. Atul Kanikar.
Telugu (approx. 7.5 MB) (click here to open or download the telugu ppt file) , translation thanks to Thamatam Narsiha Swamy.
For other translations, please check here again or contact us.
We are very interested to make more translations...so we can use your volunteer efforts! You can make a big difference by translating these materials, and we will post them on this web site. Please e-mail us at kkvanrompay@ucdavis.edu .
Myths and Facts about HIV/AIDS, Part III: Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT)
A high-resolution pdf file (approx. 25 MB) (click here to open or download)
A low resolution pdf file (approx. 2.5 MB) (click here to open or download)
Both pdf formats have cartoons on the front and only English text on the back. We are currently seeking funding and volunteers to translate these PMTCT flipcharts into Indian languages.
Myths and Facts about HIV/AIDS (African and South/Central-American version)
Cartoons with text (approx. 3 MB) (click here to open or download)
Cartoons without text (approx. 3 MB) (click here to open or download)
Basic facts of human sexual anatomy and reproduction (Preliminary set)
This is only a preliminary set of cartoons, with English text, which was developed thanks to the assistance of several of Sahaya's volunteers and experts in reproductive health (click here) . As funding becomes available, we plan to develop additional cartoons to cover the remaining topics in human reproduction and sexual health.
Sahaya International encourages others to use these cartoons to meet your local needs, e.g. for slide presentations, in printed materials (such as pamphlets, brochures), provided the materials that have been reproduced are distributed free or at cost (not for profit) , and that Sahaya International is acknowledged as a source of these cartoons. We appreciate receiving a copy of any materials in which these cartoons have been used.
Any organization or person who wishes to copy or reproduce these cartoons of human reproduction for commercial purposes (with profit) must first obtain permission from Sahaya International.
The cartoons on sexual health are available in high- and low-resolution format:
A high-resolution pdf file (approx. 8.2 MB) (click here to open or download)
A low resolution pdf file (approx. 1.1 MB) (click here to open or download)
A low resolution pdf file of only cartoons without the explanatory text (approx. 0.9 MB) (click here to open or download)
We encourage translation of these materials in other languages. If you are interested in using the original cartoons without the English words, then please contact us.
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