DAPCU Wardha Response to the Theme of HIV & Women

What are the ways in which your district ensures that women have access to HIV services?

There are various ways of HIV Services delivered in the District, in Every taluka place have a Standalone ICTC for providing PPTCT service and STI/RTI testing, also establish the 12 F-ICTC’s at 24X7 PHCs, and 10 PPP centre in the Maternity homes, which are helpful for women’s to easily access  the HIV testing Facility. With the Help of PPTCT/LWS NGO ICTC counselors Organized the HIV awareness camp, and provided the testing facility on grass root level such as PHC and Sub Centre Levels, recently in the district trained the ANM for Whole Blood testing so that women’s  have access to HIV testing service at grass root level at PHC and Sub Centre level.

• In district Wardha, 10 maternity home convert to F-ICTC(PPP), through that total  4383
  
  Women tested in the Year 2012-2013
• 12 Primary Health Care Centre run as F-ICTC through that total 2441 women Tested in the Year 2012-2013
• All Positive ANC’s Registered to Art Centre,
• Out of Total HIV Positive Delivery, 93.7% ANCs received the Neverapine through the Health Facility
• In the Year 2012-13 total 43333 client tested out of that 64.34% are women (General+ANC)
• BY the IEC activity of ICTC Staff, covered the ANC from Rural Area, the HIV Testing camp organized in sub centre level
• In the year 2012-2013, Total 2441 women tested from Rural Area.
• The VDRL testing done to all ANC
• With the coordination of PPTCT/LWS NGO, we organized the Awareness programme, HIV sensitization programme to all over the district.
• The ICTC Counselors sensitize the Asha worker for Women’s HIV Testing
• During the follow up visit Counselors/ PPTCT ORW ensure that the ANC come for Delivery at Health Facility.

Have you made any special efforts to address their needs and vulnerability?

• Every needs have its special existence i.e. the ICTC Counselors participated in the Mahila Melava  organized for the Asha Workers, Anganwadi Sewika and Social Work Collage Student and  the NGO representatives in the AIDS Week, in this programme counselor provided the information regarding Women and HIV, Need of HIV Testing, PPTCT Programme, Nutrition, Care and Support for Possitive Women, information about Social Benefit Scheme and Positive Living.
• In DAPCC meeting DAPCU Address the need to covered separated women and widow for SGNY Benefit Scheme, The Additional Collector considered and ready to give the SGNY Scheme benefit for Separated Women and Widows.

You can also share with us how women's day was observed in your district?

 On the Occasion of Women‘s Day programme DAPCU Wardha organized the Awareness programme for Women with the      collaboration of Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal & Lok Sanchalit Sadhan Kendra Arvi. In this programme 500 women’s are presented from the 63 villages, the resource person Dr. Vijya Mude give information about the following:

• Way of Spreading HIV
• Importance of HIV testing and ICTC
• PPTCT Programme
• Nutrition during Pregnancy
• Stigma and Discrimination

Co-ordination with PPTCT/LWS Ngo the DAPCU and ICTC staff arranges the IEC stall at the place.