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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Nigeria has a national HIV prevalence of 5.8%. Abuja’s rate of infection grew from 7 to 10% from 1999 to 2001 due to ignorance about personal risk of HIV and of benefits of voluntary counseling and testing (VCT).There is no standard VCT center in the city. Available testing services may be coercive, costly, or lack strict confidentiality, increasing fear of stigma. Beneficiaries include migrant workers, traders, motorists, tourist, sex workers, youths and pregnant women in the city.

Activities

Providing VCT and follow up support; increasing awareness about personal risk of getting HIV; increasing knowledge about the benefits of VCT; increasing demand for VCT through community outreach campaigns.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $800

Funding Policy: partial

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $800as of Jun 09 2004.  The original project funding goal was $59,580.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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