ABSTRACT
Joost Hoppenbrouwer (1963) is a public health specialist, who has been working in several areas of health promotion and education for the last few years. He is currently the co-ordinator of the Dutch AIDS Co-ordination Bureau, in which six Dutch international development organizations work together in the field of HIV/AIDS and sexual health. He is also executive editor of the Sexual Health Exchange, an international quarterly newsletter on HIV/AIDS and sexual health issues. From 1996-98 he worked for the World Health Organization in the Zambian National AIDS/STD/TB & Leprosy Programme (NASTLP), where he was involved in policy development, intersectoral collaboration and programme implementation. From 1992-96 he worked as a Health Promotion adviser at the National University of El Salvador (UES) in curriculum development, research and community health programmes. Joost can be contacted at the following address: Joost Hoppenbrouwer, Executive Editor, Sexual Health Exchange, AIDS Co-ordination Bureau (ACB), c/o Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), P.O. Box 95001, 1090 HA Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
