HIV/AIDS Care for 600 Migrant Workers in India
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Summary
600 industrial workers of Surat, India, receive free HIV care. Medicine, nutrition and counseling support for 80 patients a month, improving health, productivity and family life.
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
The beneficiaries of the project are migrant men working in the diamond cutting and polishing industry. Their unique social condition, combined with lack of prevention information, quality services and alternative sources of entertainment push the men into unsafe sex. Their risk of contracting HIV is also increased by untreated sexually transmitted diseases. The project focuses on treatment and psychosocial support to men living with HIV so that they remain healthier and employed longer.
Activities
The key activities are provision of HIV/AIDS education at worksites by outreach educators that are linked with HIV counseling, testing, and treatment facilities by trained personnel. The men are also supported with adequate nutrition.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,713
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $115,187
Total Funding Goal: $116,900
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
With access to HIV care and treatment, the project expects to promote behavior change in urban male migrants and prevent transmission to the spouse in the village. This should reduce transmission of HIV in rural communities.
Project Message
“Rural to urban migration of men is the key factor in transmission of HIV in the rural communities in India. Setting up services for these men in the cities brings them into care early.”
- Dr Vibha Marfatia, Director
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on August 16, 2007.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 01, 2004.
Latest Update from the Field
HIV/AIDS CARE FOR 600 MIGRANT WORKERS IN INDIA
By Vibha Marfatia - Project leader, August 16, 2007 03:36 PM
SAHAS is a development organization based in Surat, India working on health, education, livelihoods issues among the most marginalized communities in the society.
The organisation has undertaken work with men employed in the diamond cutting and polishing industry in the city which is reputed to be the largest in the world for supply of polished diamonds. Majority of the men are migrant labour from rural parts of Gujarat and other states of India and the special concern is their vulnerability to HIV and AIDS while in the city. Their single status, peer influences, disposable income , easy availability of sexual partners and low awareness regarding transmission of HIV are some of the factors which put the men at considerable risk of acquiring HIV infection. Of further concern is the possibility of transmission of the virus and other sexually transmitted diseases to the spouse/regular partner during annual/biannual visits home by the men who are already infected.
To address these concerns, the team of outreach educators provide HIV/AIDS and sexual health education to the workers at the worksites , promote safe sex to workers at risk and link them to counselling, testing and treatment facilities at the clinic set up by the project.
The clinic is very popular with the patients. The aim of the clinic is to provide general health care, counselling, treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, testing for HIV, early detection and treatment of opportunistic infections, counseling on nutrition and referrals for detection of tuberculosis, referrals for treatment of AIDS t and hospital care when needed. Involvement of people living with HIV as peer counselors has added value to the services provided.
In the last one year, the project was successful in reaching 12187 migrant workers with sexual health education and identification of 2505 men at risk of contracting HIV infection. The men were offered counseling, diagnosis and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases and HIV testing facilities . 824 men received treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, 372 men volunteered for HIV testing after counselling and 107 men who tested positive were given care and support facilities.
The project is forging ahead to cover more workers in the industry and also to involve some of the men as educators to spread awareness regarding HIV and AIDS in the rural populations who are highly vulnerable due to migration of the men from their villages.
Please click below to read the report and see a photo from the SAHAS work in India!
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