HIV/AIDS- Awareness in Rural areas Procedure.

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PURPOSE

The purpose of this procedure is to set up a clear strategy to extend HIV/AIDS awareness programs to communities in remote areas who do not have accessibility to media and other awareness programs.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

  1. Remote areas: Places that are far away from the

Administration town.

 

  1. HIV/AIDS outreach: Extending HIV/AIDS activities to out

Side areas of the cities

 

  1. Community Values: Beliefs that combine the community

Members together

 

  1. TBA                                                            Traditional Birth Attendant

 

  1. CHW                                                          Community Health worker

 

  1. CDC Community Development Committee

 

 

  1. SCOPE

 

  • HIV/AIDS awareness raising in community

 

  • HIV/AIDS training for CDCs, TBAs and CHWs

 

  • Integration HIV/AIDS awareness activities into the organization development programs

 

 

  1. POLICY

 

  1. The Organization believes that extension of HIV/AIDS awareness activities to remote communities will reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS pandemic in the country.

 

  1. PROCEDURE STEPS

 

  • HIV/AIDS awareness raising in community

 

  1. MMD ensures all plans and procedures on HIV/AIDS outreach activities are implemented.

 

  1. The organization integrates HIV/AIDS components into development projects.

 

  1.  MMD shall participate in HIV/AIDS coordination and planning meetings with other organizations to avoid duplication of outreach activities.

 

  1. MMD shall maintain close working relationship with communities and local authorities.

 

  1.  MMD shall ensure that adequate resources are earmarked for each activity.

 

  • HIV/AIDS training for CDCs, TBAs and CHWs

 

  1.  The organization provides HIV/AIDS trainings for the under-mentioned community groups:

 

    1. Community Development committees (CDC).
    2. Community health workers (CHWS) and traditional birth attendants (TBAs) with basic HIV/AIDS trainings.

 

  1. The organization provides CDCs with exposure visits to HIV/AIDS awareness projects in urban areas.

 

  1. The organization will organizes CDCs visits to hospitals.

 

  1.  They will be provided with HIV/AIDS TOT to train other community members.

 

  1. Health staff will be given training on HIV/AIDS and STIs data collection.

 

  • Integration HIV/AIDS awareness activities into the organization development programs.

 

  1. The program Officer shall prepare all due outreach reports.

 

  1. MMD shall render awareness training to its beneficiaries from time to time.

 

  1. MMD organizes meetings on quarterly basis with the community leaders to keep close relationship in tackling HIVAIDS.

 

  1. MMD organizes integrated flow up trainings for the community groups to ensure change of attitude adopted.

 

  1. MMD conducts constant HIV/AIDS assessment surveys in different villages where the training activities did not take place.

 

  1. MMD carried out surveys on risk factors leading to HIV/AIDS infection and formulates strategies to avoid those risks.

 

  1. The organization bears in mind community cultural sensitivity while conducting HIV/AIDS awareness.

 

  1. MMD shall make sure that the training and HIV/AIDS visible materials like billboard with visual aids are compatible with community values and beliefs.
  1. Community leaders like sheiks and Elders should be involved in HIV/AIDS outreach activities.
  2. MMD shall utilize community talents and skills such as poems, dramas, songs and stories.
  3. The organization integrates HIV/AIDS components into development projects.
  1. RESPONSIBILITY
  • Executive Director
  • Project managers
  • Board of director
  1. REFERENCE
  • A guide for training of trainers, UNICEF
  • NGO expertise
  • ISPP Manuals
  • UNAIDS Commission Reports
  • HIV/AIDS Conventions
  • Medical Journals
  1. CIRCULATION LIST
  • BOD
  • Executive Director
  • Program officer
  • HIV/AIDS awareness teams
  • Admin & Finance Officer
  • Document Control Officer
  1. RECORDS GENERATED
  • Training handouts
  • IEC materials
  • Assessment reports
  • Data forms
  • Health posts records
  • Poems
  • Posters
  • Songs
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