z Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS
                  v Prevention Programme
                  v Project Strategies
                  v Enabling Environment
                  v Care, Counselling & Support
                  
               
                 


Care, Counselling & Support



This programme support 310 HIV infective groups belong to different thematic areas. These groups provided support in the form of socio-psycho support, regular health checkups, medicine support, nutritional support, address legal issues, link up institutional care and support and ART treatment and also skill building programmes and job placement.

Impact of the care and support programme

? Regular health checkups and prophylaxis and opportunistic infection treatment helped to prolong life expectancy.
? Social empowerment programmes helped them to lead normal life in the society.
? Job opportunities provided to these groups provided economic support and provisions support balanced the act.
? Sensitizing the community lead to gradual acceptance of these groups.
? Counseling services focused on various issues lead to overcome the problems and enable them to lead tension free life.
? Link up institutions facilitation for CD4 count, children boarding ART treatment -helped in great deal to address core issues.

Highlights