DAPCU Ahmednagar is conducting monthly
co-ordination meetings with ART centre and Vihaan (CSC) staff to discuss the number
of pre-ART LFU cases, efforts made to track them and the number of pre-ART LFUs
who reached the ART centre. CSC staff are offered guidance on effective
strategies that may be used for follow-up with clients. DAPCU emphasizes the
importance of quality counselling by ICTC and ART centre Counsellors and
capacity building of CSC staff for improving performance. Efforts are being
made by DAPCU and ART centre to decongest the ART centre by shifting eligible
clients to the Link ART centre. This will help improve the quality of counselling
at the ART centre, encourage more clients to register for ART and adhere to
treatment. ART centre staff have been instructed by DAPCU team to make
follow-ups with clients through phone calls. From this month, DAPCU Ahmednagar
is initiating group counseling during OPD twice a month with the help of ART
Counselor and District ICTC Supervisor on specific topics, such as, ART adherence,
opportunistic infections, diet and hygiene.
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