Operational Strategy

Promotion of BCC for safer sex and early care for RTI and STI

Activities

Awareness generation activities: amongst the community at large focusing on building/ creating a multi sectoral response for reduction of stigma.

Issue based meetings with specific target groups for disseminating information on RTI / STI and HIV/AIDS

Counselling: clinic as well as field based counselling services, to mobilize the target community for accessing VCT services.

Interpersonal communication: through regular home and follow up visits amongst the vulnerable groups.

Operational strategy

Awareness generation on RTI/STI and HIV/AIDS

Promotion of VCT

Establishing linkage for proper referral

Activities

Organizing small group meetings with women, adolescents and pregnant women

Promoting the dual use of condom

Counselling support and testing option at the time of ante natal check up

Strengthening linkage with Govt. set up for the referral of detected positive cases

Operational strategy

Promotion of VCT

A clinic and community based care and support model integrated with RCH

Activities

Clinic based STI / RTI treatment and field level follow up

Home and clinic based management of Opportunistic Infections

Nutritional management

Support through proper referral and linkage

Support through proper referral and linkage

Operational Strategy

Promoting the dual use of condoms

Activities

Condom promotion at field level

Social marketing and demonstration of condom through VCCT, STD clinics and ANC sites

This programme has resulted in gradual improvement in the quality of life of HIV positive people through Home-based Nutriton and Counselling Support , thereby helping them to live and cope with their disease more effectively.

The Targeted Intervention programme (TI) initiated by CINI, has led to a gradual increase in knowledge and subsequent behavioural modification in relation to adoption of safer sexual practices and consistent condom use.

A baseline survey undertaken in 1994, revealed that while 43% of the target population were irregular condoms, 66% of them were practicing consistent condom use till date.

Farida (not her real name) is 10 years old and she she is HIV Positive. She was living happily with her parents and siblings in a village in South 24 Parganas  when the disaster stuck her. Her father died of AIDS and she was detected HIV positive through our community based VCT programme. The family was referred to us through our linkage with the local Panchyat. l the mother was worried about her child's frequent illness. She was brought to CINI and given the necessary support through our Care and Support Programme. The support that was extended to them included pathological support, nutritional management through In Care Facility, treatment for opportunistic infection and counseling, Initially, they did face a lot of stigma from their community but gradually the situation eased. Though the adversity of the virus is too complex for her understanding, she is hopeful and optimistic and has started believing that miracles do happen