SURAKSHA: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in India

Summary

Community intervention for prevention of HIV/AIDS amongst disenfranchised women in India and care and support of PLHA.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

India is experiencing a major epidemic of HIV/AIDS. For a number of cultural and economic reasons, underprivileged women are particularly vulnerable to infection. There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that STDs facilitate the spread of HIV/AIDS. Diagnosing and treating STDs could check the spread of HIV/AIDS dramatically. The beneficiaries of the project include adolescent and young women at high risk, their partners, and those already infected.

Activities

Suraksha combats every aspect of STDs, from counseling and clinical services that diagnose and treat the disease, to education that increases community awareness of STDs and their relationship to HIV/AIDS.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Funding Policy: partial (Retired)

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Suraksha battles the fear of stigma that often precludes women from getting treatment. Suraksha empowers women to act in their own right by fostering self-confidence through a belief that their physical body is strength, not a liability.

Project Message

After feeling humiliated and ignorant for not having good reproductive health myself, I now work to empower other women with information and quality health care.
- Harini Kakkeri, Executive Director, SURAKSHA

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Harini Kakkeri,
Executive Director, SURAKSHA
No76, 4th Cross
Grihalaxmi Layout, 2nd Stage
Kamalanagar, Bangalore, Karnataka 560 079
India
011-91-80-322-3669
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

Suraksha
No76, 4th Cross
Grihalaxmi Layout, 2nd Stage
Kamalanagar, Bangalore, Karnataka 560 079
India
011-91-80-322-3669

Learn more about Suraksha and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in India and can also be found under Health.

For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.

When this Project was Updated

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 16, 2003.

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