Integrated Network Combating HIV/AIDS in Tete - Phase 2
OBJECTIVES
Main objective:
The capacity of the Tete Provincial Health Department to provide quality HIV/AIDS/STI services is strengthened
Specific objectives:
HIV transmission from mother to child is reduced in a context of improving reproductive health services for pregnant women and their newborns in Tete Province
The improved STI care is consolidated and expanded to the whole province
The capacity for management of HIV/AIDS services in the province is improved
The improved STI care is consolidated and expanded to the whole province
The capacity for management of HIV/AIDS services in the province is improved
ACTIVITIES
Training and supervision of reproductive health staff
Backstopping in case of interruptions in the supply of critical drugs or other supplies
Monitoring, evaluation and documentation of the services
Operational research
Community mobilisation
Peer education among high-risk populations
Support of specific reproductive health services for high-risk populations
Capacity building to improve the management of HIV/AIDS services at provincial level
Backstopping in case of interruptions in the supply of critical drugs or other supplies
Monitoring, evaluation and documentation of the services
Operational research
Community mobilisation
Peer education among high-risk populations
Support of specific reproductive health services for high-risk populations
Capacity building to improve the management of HIV/AIDS services at provincial level
RESULTS
The prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV has been introduced in all health facilities of the province and most pregnant women are now being correctly counselled, screened and treated.
All STI care providers in the province have been trained and apply the new national guidelines for a syndromic management of STI clients
Female sex workers and truck drivers have easy access to quality sexual and reproductive health services at a night clinic
The capacity of the Provincial Health Department in planning, coordination and monitoring of HIV/AIDS/STI services has been strengthened
All STI care providers in the province have been trained and apply the new national guidelines for a syndromic management of STI clients
Female sex workers and truck drivers have easy access to quality sexual and reproductive health services at a night clinic
The capacity of the Provincial Health Department in planning, coordination and monitoring of HIV/AIDS/STI services has been strengthened
Funding agencies
Flemish government
Team
Diederike Geelhoed, Yves Lafort,Patricia Claeys, Marleen Temmerman
Partners
Provincial Health Department of Tete, Mozambique; Institute of Tropical Medicine of Antwerp, Belgium; Médecins sans Frontières - Belgium
Period
July 01, 2007 - September 30, 2010
Project status
Project closed