HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Program, Jhabua District, Madhya Pradesh, India

HIV/AIDS in Jhabua and Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

The HIV/AIDS program was started 4 years ago and is now providing HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention, counseling, testing, and treatment services to hundreds of community members per month. We have the most integrated public private partnership (PPP) HIV/AIDS services set-up in the state with a PPP Integrated Testing and Counseling Center, PPP Link Antiretroviral Treatment Center, and a ‘DOTS’ treatment center for tuberculosis (often occurring in HIV+ patients). Our care and support program assists 217 HIV positive individuals with medical, psychosocial, and livelihood generation services. We specifically tailor our program to the needs of the tribal communities which we work with, addressing the needs of vulnerable populations such as children, migrants, truckers, and female sex workers.

Together with the United Nations Population Fund we are embarking on a comprehensive HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention and treatment program for female sex workers in our districts. We work closely with our partner on the ground, Jeevan Jyoti Health Service Society, and with the state and national government HIV/AIDS bodies, MPSACS and NACO, as well as other NGOs doing work in our communities and across the country.