Call for proposals: The Pfizer Foundation is launching the International HIV/AIDS Health Literacy grants initiative. The Pfizer Foundation will award a total of up to US $1,000,000 in 2002 to support five to eight organisations with one year grants. Final decisions will be made in July 2002. The goal of the Pfizer Foundation International HIV/AIDS Health Literacy grants initiative is to strengthen existing health promotion programmes and develop new programmes to improve patients’ and communities’ understanding of their health, self management of health, treatment adherence, health outcomes and quality of life. The Foundation will support programmes that use creative approaches to effectively convey key messages regarding HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment. This year the grants programme is targeted at the 20 countries where Pfizer Inc’s Diflucan Partnership Programme is operating and expanding this year: Botswana, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Swaziland, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Applications are due June 3, 2002. For more information: e-mail to Grantinfo.AIDS@pfizer.com Organisations selected for grants will be invited to a workshop on health literacy to assist them in implementing their programmes.