SRH and HIV/AIDS Linkages at Policies, Programmes and Service ...
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BANGLADESHCAMBODIANEPALPHILIPPINESWork place intervention in garmentfactoriesScaling up prevention str<strong>at</strong>egies foryoung peopleCapacity building <strong>at</strong> n<strong>at</strong>ional <strong>and</strong>district levels, implement<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>and</strong>str<strong>at</strong>egic partnershipsM&E <strong>and</strong> gener<strong>at</strong>ing evidenceRCC Programme (2009-2015) totalamount received US$91 million. Themain aim in this phase is to consolid<strong>at</strong>e<strong>HIV</strong> prevention through the followingactivities:Scaling up prevention str<strong>at</strong>egies foryoung people- media campaigns,advocacy, teacher training, gener<strong>at</strong>inginform<strong>at</strong>ion.Provide Cotimoxazole <strong>at</strong> no chargeConduct ART lab investig<strong>at</strong>ions toassess clinical stage <strong>and</strong> to monitordisease progression of PL<strong>HIV</strong>Ensure hospital care throughInfection Diseases Hospital (IDH)Intervention; efforts <strong>at</strong> n<strong>at</strong>ional<strong>and</strong> district level with IDUs, FWs,MSM; implement<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>and</strong> str<strong>at</strong>egicpartnerships.M&E <strong>and</strong> evidence gener<strong>at</strong>ionfor supporting programmes <strong>and</strong>policiesUNICEFUNICEF has played a significant rolein maintaining the low <strong>HIV</strong> prevalencest<strong>at</strong>us of Bangladesh through itsmanagement of the <strong>HIV</strong>/<strong>AIDS</strong>Prevention Project (HAPP) from 2004to 2007 <strong>and</strong> the <strong>HIV</strong>/<strong>AIDS</strong> TargetedInterventions (HATI) project fromJanuary 2008 until it was h<strong>and</strong>ed overto the government in 2009. UNICEFmanages the procurement of NGOservices to implement preventionactivities among the most <strong>at</strong>-riskpopul<strong>at</strong>ions – injecting drug users,sex workers, mobile popul<strong>at</strong>ions, menwho have sex with men, <strong>and</strong> clients ofsex workers. <strong>Service</strong>s were providedthrough 146 drop-in centres (DICs) in44 districts of Bangladesh. In the DICs,major activities include: medical carefor STIs, management of other healthproblems, rest <strong>and</strong> recre<strong>at</strong>ion facilities,crisis care shelter, peer educ<strong>at</strong>ion,counselling <strong>and</strong> health educ<strong>at</strong>ion,referral services, outreach services. Theproject has also been working to:Increase condom use (more than 6.6million condoms were distributedto the target group between January<strong>and</strong> September 2008)Increase care for those with STIs(37,275 received services fromDICs)Decrease needle <strong>and</strong> syringe sharingamong drug users (more than 2million syringes <strong>and</strong> 1.3 millionextra needles were distributed).Under the HAPP project, a ‘PeerEduc<strong>at</strong>or’s Guidebook’ <strong>and</strong> a ‘SupervisorGuideline for Peer Educ<strong>at</strong>ion’ weredeveloped to encourage peer educ<strong>at</strong>ionprogrammes. Training sessions wereconducted to equip implementingNGOs with adequ<strong>at</strong>e skills <strong>and</strong>knowledge for STI management,peer educ<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>and</strong> outreach work,advocacy <strong>and</strong> management. Through20
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