This paper briefly introduces GIZ’s Regional Programme Health in Central Asia including country backgrounds, partners and key areas of commitment.

This manual is aimed at promoting a healthy lifestyle of schoolchildren. The concept of healthy lifestyle includes the lack of bad habits, the maintenance of good health, the ability to resist a potentially negative influence of the social environment, and general hygienic literacy, to name just a few. Taking into account the age and psychological characteristics of children, the manual presents consecutive exercises for teachers to adequately address health and healthy lifestyle.

The guidelines for facilitators of the Join-in-Circuit (JiC) Tajikistan contain recommendations for planning and implementing the effective work with young people, The goal is to provide young people with knowledge and skills on the issues of HIV prevention through innovative models. The manual contains the principles of the JiC, a technical description and instructions for installing the JiC; a detailed specification of the different stations as well as tools for monitoring and evaluation.