HIVProject Jhabua

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HIV-Project Jhabua

• creates awareness on AIDS and provides
  counseling, care and support in the
• central Indian District of Jhabua.

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Administration and Counseling

• Project Holder Jeevan Jyoti Health Service
  Society (JJHSS)
• Supporting Societies Real Medicine Foundation
  (USA)
• 
  Aktionsgemeinschaft Partner Indiens e.V. (GER)
• Project Director
  Fr. Sylvester Meida (JJHSS)
• Medical Officer
  Dr. Lokendra Singh Rathor (JJHSS)
• Project Officer and Data Manager Jimmy
  Nirmal (JJHSS)
• R.M.F. Supervisor
  Dr. Martina Fuchs
• A.P.I. Supervisor
  Dr. Fabian Toegel
• A.P.I. Volunteers
  Maximilian Norz
• 
  Juri Mazumdar
• Counselors
  Shashank Nagar
• 
  Maya Bariya
• 
  Shailendra Singh Thomar
• 
  Rajani Meida
• 
  Niketa Sherma

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Objectives

• To create awareness about HIV/AIDS, knowledge of
  its modes of transmission and means of prevention
  among the people of the targeted areas to enable
  people to make informed, responsible and
  meaningful behavior and life-style changes to
  protect them from HIV infection and transmission
  and to reduce stigma and discrimination.
• Evolve meaningful and appropriate strategies for
  timely interventions regarding prevention,
  treatment, care and support.
• Effectively address issues related to stigma,
  discrimination, gender, equity, human rights and
  to particularly empower vulnerable population.
• Information about programs and services as
  provided at the Integrated Counseling and Testing
  Centers (I.C.T.C.) will also be integral part of
  the awareness generating programs.
• All program staff and those responsible for the
  effective implementation of the program will be
  sensitized, trained and mobilized to create
  awareness among tribal people.
• An intensive Information, Education and
  Communication (IEC) program will be launched to
  raise awareness among the people and to create a
  supportive and positive environment for
  treatment, care and support for the people
  infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS.
  Traditional, folk and multi-media methods will be
  creatively used.

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Integrated Counseling and Testing Centers
(I.C.T.C.) in Jhabua

• Six tested cases reacted positive!

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Positive Cases

• ? Prakash S. male, age 28
• ? Rakesh P. male, age 14
• ? Sanjay P. male, age 27
• ? Maya P. female, age 27
• ? Manisha P. female, age 23
• ? Ranjana B. female, age 20
• All six of them were infected by sexual
  transmission. Five of them were discovered in
  2007.

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Testing Rates 2007
Of 450 counseled People, 270 have been tested
for HIV.
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Further Activities May - July 2007

• May
• Awareness training for the wardens and inmates of
  the
• district jail, Jhabua.
• Awareness training and medical/testing camp in
  the village of Kakradungra.
• HIV-counseling and -treatment training for the
  counselors of JJHSS in Mumbai.

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• June
• Medical Training regarding AIDS-treatment for
  Doctors in the governmental Hospital of Jhabua
  (35 participants).
• Awareness program in the I.T.I. (Industrial
  Training Institution) of Jhabua.
• Awareness training for young couples in the
  governmental Hospital of Jhabua and in the
  Jeevan Jyoti Hospital of Meghnagar (95
  participants).

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• July
• Awareness training for young couples in the
  Jeevan Jyoti Hospital of Meghnagar (60
  participants).
• Medical/testing camp in the towns of Udaigar and
  Thandla.
• CD4 testing, treatment and counseling of four HIV
  positive patients in the Chohitram Hospital in
  the City of Indore.

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Basic Information

• Average age of all tested persons 32
• Tribals among all tested persons 86
• Average number of persons counseled per week
  (2007) 17
• Average number of persons tested per week (2007)
  10
• Gender of tested persons females 63 males 37

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Counselors Maya, Rajani and Niketa while
counseling and training
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Project staff
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Project Officer Jimmy Nirmal and Counselor
Shailendra Singh Thomar