| Name
| Red Ribbon Centre, Hong Kong SAR, China
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| Founded |
May 1997
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| Contact |
Dr KH Wong (Director of Centre) |
| Telephone |
(852) 2304 6268 |
| Fax |
(852) 2338 0534
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| Email |
rrc@dh.gov.hk
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| Website |
http://www.rrc-hk.com/ |
| Mission |
The mission of the Red Ribbon Centre is to facilitate and enhance the community's response to HIV/AIDS.
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| Focus Countries |
China and neighbouring Asian countries
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| Activities |
Serves as UNAIDS Collaborating Centre for Technical Support; Operates a Red Ribbon Lions Fellowship programme; Conducts population-based awareness programmes such as World AIDS Campaign and Safer Sex Campaign; Supports the community to launch targeted programmes in vulnerable groups such as MSM, sex workers and clients and injecting drug users; Operates a community funding scheme named Red Ribbon In Action (for details please visit our website)
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| Paid Staff |
15
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| Volunteers |
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| Budget |
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| Funders |
The Council of the AIDS Trust Fund (capital cost); Department of Health (recurrent expenditure) |
| Works In |
HIV Prevention and Health Promotion; Targeted Intervention; Capacity Building; Technical Support and Collaboration and Networking
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| Issues |
Coordinate the response to the rising HIV epidemic in MSM in Hong Kong; Provides technical support and capacity building to the local community and the region
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