HIV AIDS Awareness and Intervention
Objectives
- Prevention of HIV/AIDS through education, medical camps, counseling and referral services
- Promote Holistic health among the target communities
- Prevent Infant and maternal mortality through safe health practices
- Prevent disability due to lack of immunization
- Ensure hygienic surroundings in villages
- Elimination of denial, stigma and discrimination of PLWHAs and creation of supportive community structures
- Ensure nutritious and chemical-free vegetables and herbs at home and in the farm.
Activities
- Preventive Health Education
- Formation of Health Clubs
- Health Awareness through children (Child to Child Approach)
- HIV / AIDS – Preventive Education & elimination of denial, Stigma & Discrimination
- Income Generation Activity for PLWHAs
- Promotion of Herbal garden and Indigenous system of Medicine.
Achievements
- Serving as the District Health Resource centre for a state level health network organization called ‘Tamil Nadu Voluntary Health Association’, Chennai.
- Appointed as the District Facilitation Centre for HIV/AIDS and Indian System of Medicine Projects in Nilgiris District.
- Facilitated a district level network for the People Living With HIV/AIDS
- Hygienic health practices introduced at the individual and community level
- All Children and Pre and post natal mothers are immunized.
- Kitchen garden is maintained in majority of the houses.
- Village Health Clubs organize health camps and trainings.
- Education on HIV / AIDS is given in all villages among all sections of people.
- Campaign and advocacy initiated for prevention of stigma & Discrimination
- 84 People living with HIV / AIDS receive solidarity, care & support and counseling services
- Native Medicare is practiced by the families.