Integrated Network Combating HIV/AIDS in Tete - Phase 1

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