Improved Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Services for Most at Risk Populations in Tete, Mozambique (Tete-MARP)
OBJECTIVES
Overall objective:
- To reduce the occurrence of sexually transmitted infections, HIV and other sexual and reproductive health and rights problems among most-at-risk populations in Tete Province
Specific objective:
- To improve access to quality sexual and reproductive health and rights services to female sex workers (FSW) and their clients
ACTIVITIES
- Establishment of and support to two stand-alone clinics for MARP
- Provision of a comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive health services
- Community outreach through peer educators and educational activities targeting MARP
- Structural interventions to empower FSW and advocate for policy changes
- Workplace-based and venue-based interventions targeting clients of FSW
- Capacity strengthening of organisations supporting FSW
- Situational analysis to better understand the needs of FSW and their clients
- Evaluation of the impact of the intervention
EXPECTED RESULTS
- FSW and their clients have better access to quality clinic-based SRHR services
- FSW and their clients receive adequate and effective behaviour change information, education and communication on all aspects of SRHR
- A supportive environment is created in which behaviour change of FSW and their clients is sustained over a longer period
- The management capacity of local governmental and non-governmental partners involved in activities with MARP in Tete is strengthened
- The networks and determinants of transactional sex are better understood and the impact and cost-effectiveness of structural interventions on reducing risky sexual behaviour and HIV infection is assessed
Funding Agencies: Flemish International Cooperation Agency; United States Agency for International Development; Projecto Carvão Moatize
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Partners:
International Centre for Reproductive Health-Mozambique
Provincial Health Department of Tete, Mozambique
Estamos Juntos Project, Mozambique
Project status:
Ongoing
Period:
01/10/2010 - 30/09/2013
Period:
01/10/2010 - 30/09/2015
Ends on:
Friday, November 23, 2012
Ends on:
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Ends on:
Friday, November 23, 2012