86
PORTUGAL
» INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
CONTACT DETAILS
» NATIONAL PROJECTS
» COMMUNICATION AND EVENTS
» Médicos do Mundo Portugal Av. de Ceuta, Sul Lote 4, Loja 1 1300-125 Lisbon Tel: + 351 213 619 520 + 351 213 619 521 Fax: + 351 213 619 529 www.medicosdomundo.pt mdmp-lisboa@medicosdo mundo.pt
Lisbon: Noite Saudável (‘healthy night’) project The project aims to reduce the prevalence of STIs, HIV and opportunistic infections for people living on the streets. During 2009, 1,150 people benefited from this project which works directly with people living on the streets. Maintaining quality in the confidentiality, professionalism and integrity of outreach activities and follow-up of the cases, is essential to the teams.
MdM Portugal organised Corrida Solidária for the second year running. Thanks to this project, 740 schools were involved in supporting MdM in Portugal and Timor-Leste. In November 2009, Portugal Radio Television (RTP in its Portuguese acronym) galvanised the support of its viewers in aid of MdM. The broadcast of the RTP programme generated 50,000 calls to the number dedicated to MdM's work.
CONTACT
» joaoblasques@medicos domundo.pt J. Blasques (Director of Operations) EMPLOYEES
» International Projects Department: P. Fernandes, A. Oliveira, S. de Deus National Projects Department: C. Fernandes Marketing, Communication and Events Department: S. Peres, R. Pereira, S. Castilho Adminstration and Finance Department: V. Domingos, M. Tavares, D. Mameri Human Resources and Volunteer Department: F. Cordeiro BOARD OF DIRECTORS
» President: A. Antunes » Vice-president: A. Andrade » Vice-president: P. C. Seixas » Treasurer: M.-M. Santa Maria » Other Board Members: C.-V. Velho, C. Palma, F. Luís
Alentejo: HIV/AIDS prevention programme This programme aims to decrease HIV/AIDS infection rate in Alentejo, through promotion of safe sex.
» INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS Timor-Leste: Comunidade Saudável (healthy community) The project aims to support access to care for rural Timorese communities by implementing an integrated community health programme with the Ministry of Health. The intervention focused on three areas: • operational improvement and access to healthcare services for mothers and children; • information campaign to improve access to mother and child health consultations; • development of collaboration between key health workers (private organisations, civil society groups and state health services). Guinea-Bissau: “Protege a tua Vida / Tadja bu Bida“ (Protect your life)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Câmara Municipal de Oeiras, Comissão Europeia, Coordenação Nacional para a Infecção VIH/sida, Direcção Geral de Saúde, French embassy in Mozambique, French embassy in São Tomé and Príncipe, ESSO, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Fundo Global Gebalis, Instituto Português de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento (Ipad), ISS – Instituto de Segurança Social, Plan International, UNDP, Projecto de Apoio ao Sector Social (Pass), Programa Escolhas 3ª Geração, Programa Nacional de Luta Contra a Sida (São Tomé and Príncipe), Secretariado Nacional de Luta contra a Sida (GuineaBissau), Sidaction (São Tomé and Príncipe), UNICEF
This project (which is in its third year) includes four areas of the country (Bissau, Bubaque, Bafatá and Gabú) and aims to reduce prevalence of HIV/AIDS and STIs in Guinea-Bissau.