Integrated Network Combating HIV/AIDS in Tete - Phase 1
Team members:
Fulgencio Sambola; Johnny Lujan; Yves Lafort; Patricia Claeys; Marleen Temmerman;
OBJECTIVES
Main objective:
- To reduce the impact of the HIV epidemic in Tete province, and more specifically in the City of Tete and in Moatize District
Specific objectives:
- To reduce the transmission of HIV through treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted infections
- To improve the capacity of the Tete Provincial Health Department in the management of provincial HIV/AIDS/STI services
ACTIVITIES
- Improve the quality of STI care at all primary health care facilities of the covered areas through training, supervision, provision of supplies and operational research
- Create and support an STI reference clinic at the provincial hospital
- Upgrade the provincial hospital laboratory to provide an etiologic diagnosis of STI and conduct microbial resistance surveillance
- Create and support an STI evening clinic for high-risk clients, in particular female sex workers and long-distance truck drivers
- Improve maternal syphilis screening through the introduction of rapid tests in antenatal clinics
- Support the Provincial Health Department in organising coordination meetings and exchange visits
- Support regular supervision visits by the Provincial Health Department
RESULTS
- All STI care providers have been trained and apply the latest national guidelines for a syndromic management of STI clients
- An important group of high-risk clients has easy access to improved reproductive health services at the evening clinic
- The rapid test for maternal syphilis screening has been succesfully introduced in all antenatal clinics
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Funding agencies:
Partners:
•The Tete Provincial Health Department
•Médecins sans Frontières - Luxemburg
•The Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp
Project status:
Closed
Ends on:
Saturday, June 30, 2007