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The Public Health Program works closely with individual Soros foundations to implement policies and support local organizations. Find out more about Soros foundations.

Amplifying Voices: A Series of Digital Stories
 VIDEO  
This OSI-sponsored collection of videos gives voice to the concerns of people marginalized by HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa.

About OSI & Health Media
OSI’s Public Health Program launched the Health Media Initiative to facilitate interaction between the media and public health organizations. The initiative aims to increase public awareness of stigmatized health issues involving marginalized populations.

SMS Pill Check Survey Finds Medicine Stock-Outs Still Plague Africa
August 2009
As part of the OSI-supported Stop Stock-Outs campaign, research teams used SMS technology to document shortages in 10 essential medicines in Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

OSI Launches Updated Health and Human Rights Website
August 2009
As the health and human rights movement continues to grow, the Open Society Institute has launched a new and improved online resource guide for practitioners and advocates.

Communication Through Media: Training for Roma NGOs in Bulgaria
Veliko Turnovo and Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
June 25, 2008
Twenty-five representatives of Roma grassroots organizations from Bulgaria took part in two training workshops supported by the Health Media Initiative and the Roma Health Project.

Twin Epidemics: The Struggle Against Tuberculosis and HIV
December 2008
 VIDEO    SLIDESHOW  
A series of multimedia pieces spotlighting OSI-supported efforts to address the needs of people dually infected with drug-resistant TB and HIV in Africa.

A Light in the Dark: Health Services for Drug Users in St. Petersburg
August 2008
 VIDEO  
This multimedia piece documents the work of an OSI grantee fighting to save the lives of injecting drug users.

OSI-Supported Disability Rights Video Screened at UN
May 12, 2008
 VIDEO  
In recognition of the enforcement of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, WITNESS and the UN screened an OSI-supported video documenting the rights of people with mental disabilities to live as part of the community in Croatia.

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