A Great work done by a ICTC Ambad, Jalna District, Maharashtra

Good work done by an ICTC Ambad, Jalna district, Maharashtra

Prior to joining at ICTC, SDH Ambad, Jalna District in Maharashtra, Mr. Vijay D Bansode, worked as a counsellor at DIC in Jalna District. With his experience and daily interactions with PLHIV he learned that PLHIV were not able to avail social benefit scheme (SBS) due to various difficulties like, lengthy process, fear of disclosure of identity, illiteracy, lack of knowledge etc. To overcome this obstacle he decided to use his past experience as a DIC counsellor and help PLHIV in access to SBS.

The path was a difficult one as, after many attempts he was able to meet Rationing Officer (RO) and Tehsildar (Revenue officer) of Ambad block. Proper Advocacy was done, during which Counsellor explained the RO and Tehshildar on HIV program and asked them to support and help the PLHIV to avail SBS. Mr Bansode also approached various Heads’ of departments’ for providing SBS to PLHIV and during the same interaction sensitized them to give priority while sanctioning schemes to PLHIV in government offices. Mr Bansode had already prepared list of clients and kept the required documents ready for submission to the RO office for availing SBS (Sanjay Gandhi Niradhar Yojana).

After the first round of advocacy, it had become routine monthly activity for the counsellor to prepare a list and submit the proposal to RO office for availing Sanjay Gandhi Niradhar Yojana Scheme but the output for this was not forthcoming as expected.

After this successful process of advocacy he decided organise a meeting with RO at ICTC for PLHIVs, this approach was to provide benefit to the more PLHIV in a short time. He coordinated with RO and arranged meeting with PLHIVs for a single window approach for Sanjay Gandhi Nirahdar Yojana, scheme. Thus in a single meeting he was able to facilitate and got sanction for 18 applications on a single day. 

Now the Sanjay Gandhi Niradhar Yojana is now easily being availed by the PLHIV. This was the initial meeting, he also wishes to plan for another such meeting to ensure that all people identified with HIV in his ICTC are given at least Sanjay Gandhi Niradhar Yojana if they are eligible for it.

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RRC INNOVATIVE YOUTH HEALTH COUNSELLING CELL-By DAPCU Dakshina Kannada-

         In Dakshina Kannada district Red Ribbon Clubs (RRC) Established under NSS units of 64 colleges. Out of which 32 are Pre university colleges and 32 are Degree colleges.  In our district there is active involvement of  RRC members in HIV awareness programmes at different levels. There are many innovative activities by these clubs not only  within the college campus but  also in the field like pamphlet distribution for  the vulnerable groups like auto  and Taxi drivers, and construction workers etc.

       One such innovative programme is Youth Health Counselling Cell (YHCC) In college campus.  During awareness talks for student community , most of the students  never ask some very personal questions in front of others because of shyness. But when  they made to write such questions, many of them ask many serious doubts which need to be answered. So YHCC  gives platform to such doubts by one to one counselling methods.

      It was so planned that a male counsellor will attend only boys and a female counsellor attend girls for this one to one counselling. A day selected by the college officials and DAPCO will be intimated about this,   inturn DAPCO deputes counsellor  to this college .  Also a  Psychiatrist  and a Psycho social worker from the department of Psychiatry  from a medical college  made to join their hands for this purpose. Information   about   this counselling  will be given to  students by RRC members prior  to the programme.  Initially it was planned to have such counselling day twice or thrice in a year in coordination with the RRC of that college.

Besant Women’s college of Mangalore was the first college to hold such programme in their institution . Mr. U. T. Khader  hon. Health & Family welfare minister of Karnataka launched this programme in this college on 3rd February 2014. He appreciated the activity and wanted to  similar programmes in all the colleges during the next academic years. He told  many youth are careless about  their health due to lack of knowledge hence indulge in many high risk activities and substance abuse.  He told YHCC is one such platform to address these issues and thus prevent not only HIV/AIDS but many other illness. 

On this occasion exhibition on hiv/aids also organized. 

In our district  such one to counselling sessions conducted already at 4 colleges. The response from the students was very good.   Medical related issues also linked up with the concerned doctors.  

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• National Framework for Joint HIV TB Collaborative Activities

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