U-Report is a free tool for community participation and reporting. Once a U-Reporter has followed @UReportGlobal on Twitter, polls and alerts are sent via Direct Message and real-time responses are collected and mapped on the site. Results and ideas are shared back with the community. Issues polled include health, education, water, sanitation and hygiene, youth unemployment, HIV/AIDS, disease outbreaks and anything else people want to discuss.

Any person who believes he/she has experienced discrimination on the basis of HIV status, gender identity or sexual orientation may report an incident through the CHRAJ stigma and discrimination reporting portal. They can submit an online form, report in person, or report using SMS (though the limited information carried by SMS requires CHRAJ staff to call, text, or request an in-person interview with the client to process a complaint.)

In the news:

• Using a Reporting System to Protect the Human Rights of People Living with HIV and Key Populations: A Conceptual Framework people
• One year of experience with an online reporting system

In 2010, the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) called all their organisations to celebrate, on each September 4th, World Sexual Health Day in an effort to promote a greater social awareness on sexual health across the globe. The campaign uses social media as a main strategy for engagement and dissemination.

An evaluation tool that drives public accountability. This UNAIDS-supported mobile phone app is being used in the Asia-Pacific region to allow the community to identify HIV prevention and treatment programmes, monitor stocks of ARV, condom and lubricants, needles and syringes, methadone, and to report incidents of stigma and discrimination. The app also enables groups to provide feedback on the equality of those services.

An initiative of the Gauteng Department of Health in South Africa, the PASOP GP android mobile application tackles key focus areas including HIV/AIDS, TB, teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, sexual orientation prejudice and other health related matters by allowing users to LEARN (educational modules), ACT (to report crimes), and TALK (to speak to others on online fora).