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Run for and by HIV-positive women, ICW seeks to empower HIV-positive women worldwide by promoting their voices, working to effect changes that improve their lives, and bolstering their influence and input on policy development.

Overall, the findings analysed and discussed in this October 2009 report support the need for technical guidance and tools on pandemic flu communications at the community and household level. The study, which was initiated and contracted by UNICEF, also confirms the existing divide in terms of levels of pandemic flu communications preparedness between developing and industrialised countries.

This February 2010 document proposes a communications plan that countries can use to inform the public and at-risk groups about the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza vaccine. It was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO)/H1N1 Communications Team and Societal and Individual Measures Team.