Japan AIDS Prevention Awareness Network

In the News: Scientists Trace The Origin Of AIDS Virus http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081001/full/news.2008.1143.html. Another article at The Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/01/scientists-trace-the-orig_n_131056.html

AND... read the story of Mukassa and Yulia (page 2 of the pdf file). Find the file at: http://www.microcreditsummit.org/pdfs/AppendixD.pdf

JAPANetwork is proud to announce a new section to our web site:

Student Writing

Read more of their works by clicking on the link at the left under "For Students".

Surveillance figures announced by the Japanese Foundation for AIDS Prevention reveal the following:

Between June 30 and September 28 2008 there were a total of 294 new HIV cases and 119 new AIDS cases, of which 1 case had been previously reported in the HIV statistics.
The total number of HIV cases now reported is 10,247
the total number of AIDS cases now reported is 4,790, and
the total number of cases due to unheated blood products (in the 1980s) is 1,438.

WORKSHEETS by Kathy Riley

Jigsaw reading passages
Public Speaking: A Persuasive Speech

HIV/AIDS Seminar Worksheets
developed by Louise Haynes, director of JAPANetwork and AIDS educator in Japan since 1995.

This 12-week course covers many aspects of the AIDS pandemic, including AIDS in Japan: June 2006, History (World); History (Japan); Discrimination; War, conflicts, rape and HIV; Women, Power and HIV; HIV/AIDS - What is it?; Testing, Treatment, Statistics; STDs & Talking with Your Partner; Sex trafficking;- Poverty, Education, Orphans; Government spending and AIDS

For more information select this link.

Here's a quick teaching idea from Marc Helgesen

Toward the end of class, we have our students make their own ribbons (we bring cloth, scissors and safety pins). We encourage them to wear the homemade ribbon which encourages conversations -- including stuff they have learned!

HIV/AIDS figures as of October 1, 2006 from the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare Web Site at http://api-net.jfap.or.jp/mhw/survey/mhw_survey.htm.
HIV/AIDS Statistics for the period of July - September 2006

Download as Word document

2005 Pairwork Quiz
Download this 1-page worksheet. Have your students practice asking questions about HIV/AIDS info worldwide and in Japan.

What You Should Know: The HIV/AIDS Workbook for the Japanese EFL Classroom
by Louise Haynes

This workbook has PHOTOCOPIABLE worksheets, activity ideas, a teacher's guide for each worksheet, listening activities, and a list of recourses for teachers. The workbook (without listening activites) is available for download FREE at http://www.japanetwork.org/whatyoushouldknow.pdf
Note: If you downloaded or received a copy prior to Dec. 1st, 2004, a corrected copy of "Listening Activity: Masako and Tomomi: Part 1" is available at http://www.japanetwork.org/wysk24.pdf, and updated Teacher's Guide is available at http://www.japanetwork.org/wysk_updates_12_04.pdf. The latest version of the workbook has been updated.

Put it on your calendar...

13th Annual World AIDS Day Parade and Candlelight Memorial

Date: Friday, December 1st, 2008
Quicktime videos of the parade and memorial

Need testing information? Call the Japan HIV Center AIDS Hotline for AIDS information and test center information in your area:

When teaching about AIDS in your classroom, does homophobia rear its head amongst your students? How to deal with homophobia in class? Check out the Rainbow Educators' Network web site for help in how to address gay, lesbian and bisexual issues in the EFL classroom.

The Japan AIDS Prevention Awareness Network site is hosted by Global OnLine Japan. Check the GOL site for information about the variety of services GOL provides.