Part and parcel of outreach, carried
out through repeated person to person contacts in the
field or in the center with individuals practicing high
risk behaviour
CLINIC BASED ACTIVITIES
| 1.
Clinical Services |
-
Diagnoses and treatment
of all the ailments of reproductive system
like infertility, menstrual irregularities,
etc except those diseases involving major
invasive procedures, for which a suitable
referral system has been established by
networking with other health care providing
agencies.
-
Detection and treatment
of all the cases of STDs.
- Family planning facilities.
|
| 2.
Counselling |
- Counselling of all clinic
attendee as far as possible.
- Counselling of all STD
positive cases and their partners
- Family Planning Counseling
- Pre and post test counseling
as and when needed
- Counseling on sexuality
to male and female clientele
|
| 3.
Laboratory Testing |
- Blood tests for Syphilis
and Hepatitis B
- Urethral vaginal and cervical
smear for other STDs
- PAP smear for screening
of cervical cancer
- Reffering to nearby VCTC
for HIV testing
|
| 4.
Partner Notification |
- An attempt is made to get
the partners of all the cases found positive
for STDs to visit the center for checkup,
treatment and counseling either through the
patients themselves or through the field workers.
|
CAPACITY BUILDING
| One
to three days training workshops are held at least
twice a year for different groups like:- |
- Training on Reproductive
Health and HIV/AIDS along with career counseling
for school dropouts and unemployed youth.
- Training on reproductive
health HIV/AIDS/STDs, sex and sexuality for
adolescent girls
- Training workshops for community
based non formal health care workers e.g.
health educators, midwives anganwadi workers
and staff of other CBOs.
- Training of local Chemists
on HIV/AIDS.
- Training for the private
medical practitioners, including the practitioners
of alternate medicine, to update their knowledge
on STDs/HIV/AIDS and to enhance their skills
for detection and treatment of STDs through
syndromic approach.
|
| ENABLING
ENVIORNMENT |
- Community Forum:
A community forum was formed in the very first
year of the project to mobilize support of
the community and generate a feeling of community's
participation in the programme. From then
on every year an informal meeting is held
to share the progress made and analyse any
need of change in the strategy. The forum
includes political and elected leaders, medical
practitioners and doctors of Govt Dispensaries,
Anganwadi workers and their supervisors, principals
of all the schools and NGOs working in and
around Sagarpur.
- Advocacy Meetings:
Before carrying out a programme in a particular
cluster or with particular group or factory,
advocacy meetings are conducted with the community
leaders,/ opinion leaders/ factory owners
on the issues related to HIV/AIDS. The efforts
are made to create better understanding with
these leaders and involve them in our activities.
|
| NETWORKING
|
- Drishtikon has been networking
with all the government dispensaries and de
addiction centres nearby. It also enjoys a
good rapport with political leaders, medical
practitioners, school teachers, principals
and anganwadi workers. To strengthen these
relationships every year a programme is organized
and all the grass root level workers, community
heads along with the policy planners are brought
to the same platform to share their views
|
| DEVELOPING
IEC MATERIAL |
- Different types of IEC
materials like leaflets/handouts on STDs/HIV/AIDS
and Reproductive Health have been developed
specifically for targeted population and distributed
to each and every individual by peer educators
and community mobilizers during one to one
and group interactions, community meetings,
etc.
- Various large hoardings
on STDs have been installed at main approach
roads of the community.
- Street plays have been
developed on STDs/ HIV/AIDS and are played
by the outreach workers during group sessions
and workshops
- Hand made posters on Reproductive
Health/ STDs/HIV/AIDS have been developed
and are being used regularly for community
meetings and general awareness.
- Different video films on
HIV/AIDS and STDs depending upon the target
population are shown during the meetings and
in the clinic waiting area
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