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Promotion of Awareness On HIV

This document discusses various initiatives to promote awareness of HIV/AIDS in India. It describes programs focused on at-risk groups like sex workers to provide STD treatment, counseling, condom promotion, and peer education. It also discusses community-based care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS, a motorbike rally to raise awareness among college students, and a marathon radio broadcast campaign in Bhubaneswar.

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Promotion of Awareness On HIV

This document discusses various initiatives to promote awareness of HIV/AIDS in India. It describes programs focused on at-risk groups like sex workers to provide STD treatment, counseling, condom promotion, and peer education. It also discusses community-based care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS, a motorbike rally to raise awareness among college students, and a marathon radio broadcast campaign in Bhubaneswar.

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Promotion of awareness

on HIV/AIDS

S.Vignesh
Focus on
• Women in Prostitution, their partners and
those associated with them like auto drivers,
lodge boys, etc..
Services
• Treatment of STDs
• Counseling for STDs/HIV/AIDS prevention
• Condom promotion
• Awareness generation regarding STDs/HIV/AIDS through Behavior Change
Communication session  i.e. One to One and One to Group, Audio visual
shows, Street Plays, Panchayat Sensitization Programmes and various
other methods.
• Counseling for improving couple relationship
• Counseling on issues related with sex and sexuality
• Medicine to STD clients
• Peer education
• Partner management
• Referral network and linkages with drug demand reduction programs,
HIV testing, DOTS and various other care &
support services
Promotion of Peer Education
• From among the existing peer educators, a few efficient and
dynamic peer educators were selected as senior peer
educators.
• They play a dynamic role in motivating and monitoring the
peer educators in their mission of educating their colleagues.
• To structurally co-ordinate the process and make the
activities more effective, the target area was divided into six
clusters and the sex workers were also co-ordinated and
federated accordingly.
• Each cluster has 15 peer educators and two super peer
educators.
STD care
• The sex workers were motivated by the peer
educators and the counselors to periodically
undergo medical check up and treat any
disease at an early stage.
• They were followed-up regularly and
counseled and motivated for behavior change
in terms of ensuring the use of condom during
every sexual intercourse and they were
enabling to develop condom negotiation skills.
Condom promotion
• Condom promotion was a major strategy
adopted to prevent STI/HIV/AIDS among the
women in prostitution.
• Some of the activities carried out to this effect
are condom demonstration, promotion of
condom negotiation skills, free distribution of
condoms, social marketing of condoms,
establishment of non traditional condom
outlets etc..
Counseling
• Community based counseling centers were
promoted at places accessible to the WIP.
• The focus of the counseling was to motivate
the WIP and their clients for behaviour change
in terms of correct and consistent use of
condom and treatment seeking for STI.
• Over the years, the intervention among the WIP has
proved that if motivated and guided, the WIP will
definitely adopt behaviors conducive to prevent the
spread of STD/HIV/AIDS.
• Nevertheless the need for intervention continues as
new WIP and new clients enter into the field. With
the active guidance of CSR for some more time, the
Senior Peer Educators and the Peer Educators will be
in a position to continue the work initiated by CSR.
Community Based HIV/AIDS Care and
Support
• HIV/AIDS care and Support project started in 2001 with the
financial and technical assistance of PWDS-alliance.
• The objective is to provide care and support services to persons
living with HIV/AIDS and children Affected by AIDS (CAA).
• It also aims at creating linkages with institutions and
philanthropists to support them and their family members.
• In the planning and implementation process of the program, the
community based organizations such as women Self Help Groups
(SHGs), youth clubs, fan associations, religious organization and
village committees took active part.
• With their dynamic participation, it was easier to facilitate the
change process.
Motorbike rally for AIDS awareness in Tamil Nadu

• Over 25 enthusiasts from different walks of life are participating in a


motorbike rally to public awareness about AIDS among college
students of Tamil Nadu.
• The rally called 'Metal Men' kicked off from Chennai on Saturday. It
will cover a distance of 1500 kilometers and try to reach out to
34,000 students and 16 colleges across seven districts in four days.
• "As a part of the awareness creation among college going students
and the young people - the Tamil Nadu AIDS Control Society and the
government of Tamil Nadu have panned several activities. One of
the activities is that people, especially the students, have to reach at
their places with proper and positive message," said Shambhu
Kallolikar, official of the Tamil Nadu State Aids Control Society.
• "As we are starting today, we will be covering 16 colleges across
seven districts starting on from Tambaram, Chengalpattu,
Villupuram, Trichy, Madurai, Tirunelveli, (going to) Kanyakumari,
over a period of time. We will be covering 16 colleges and 34,000
students," said Vinay Kurella, leader of the motorbike rally.
• According to United Nations, India has 5.7 million people affected
by HIV or AIDS.
• The state-run National Aids Control Organization (NACO), which
spearheads the country's fight against the deadly HIV virus,
estimates 5.2 million cases.
• The transgender community are among the most vulnerable to
HIV and AIDS infection due to lack of proper awareness.
HIV & AIDS: MARATHON RADIO BROADCAST

• This extraordinary initiative involves corporations,


Concern, local NGOs, and the European Union all coming
together to implement a week-long media, and public
awareness campaign highlighting the impact of HIV and
AIDS.
• Concern and BIG 92.7 FM are attempting a one-of-a-kind
public awareness drive by trying to set a Guinness World
Record for 200 hours of non-stop in support of Global AIDS
Week of Action in Bhubaneswar.
• This marathon will reach out to a huge audience on issues
related to HIV and discrimination
Run for India
Every Mile, for a Smile…

Can you run 26.2 miles?


Very long. Don't think so.....

What if the training for the run brings you to your BEST physical shape? 
Sounds promising. I have been wanting to shake off the cobwebs of winter!

What if you will be provided FREE training under competent coaches for 6 months and run
along with 100 other runners ?
WOW - That's a great opportunity!

What if you are running the People's marathon 7th largest in the world in front of 1 million
people with 35,000 other runners from across the World?
Sounds very prestigious. You already make me feel like a star. I want to do it.

What if your effort can make a difference to under-privileged people in India?


I will do it!
THANK U

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