Your programs and activities must support the following HIV intervention areas and their objectives

Information Education and Communication
Behavior Change Communication (IEC/BCC)

Reduce high risk behavior by promoting delayed onset of sexual activity, abstinence, faithfulness, use of condoms, early and effective treatment of STIs and reduce stigma and discrimination

Condom Promotion and Distribution

Provide an alternative protective mechanism for those who cannot limit themselves to abstinence or faithful sexual partnership through improved availability and accessibility of condoms

Blood Safety

Ensure availability of HIV-free blood in health facilities and ERCS blood banks in the country by increasing the number of voluntary, non-remunerated blood donors in the country

Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

Improve awareness on prevention of STIs, their symptoms and the need for early treatment

Improve access to quality STI treatment services

Scale-up Syndromic management of STIs

Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT)

Make HIV counseling and testing services available for people so that it servers as an entry point for HIV prevention and care

Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT)

Minimize the vertical transmission of HIV by increasing coverage of and access to PMTCT and PMTCT+ services

Universal Precautions and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP)

Prevent HIV transmission in health care settings

Care , Support and Treatment

Mitigate the adverse socioeconomic impact of HIV/AIDS by providing appropriate psychosocial and economic support to PLWHA and AIDS orphans and vulnerable children (OVC)

Provide clinical care including ARV Therapy and TB treatment to extend and enhance the quality of  PLWHA's care and support

Legal and Human Rights (HR)

Ensure that the legal rights of PLWHA, their families and the vulnerable groups are respected, protected and their special needs progressively realized and public security maintained, by enacting legislation and availing legal services

Research and Surveillance

Monitor trends of the HIV epidemic and its impacts, study the associated factors, assess the performance of interventions and draw lessons so as to make evidence-based decisions on issues pertaining to HIV/AIDS

Mainstreaming

Develop HIV/AIDS mainstreaming into the core mandate, activities and business of all sectors and organizations

Capacity Building

Develop the implementation capacity of all actors through infrastructure development, training and experience sharing for an intensified, better coordinated and effective national response

Establish effective coordination and information sharing among the different actors in order to avoid duplication of efforts and fulfill the information need of actors

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