By Shamnu Rao | Programme Officer: Care & Support
During the last quarter, the Udaya project focused on identifying adolescents living with HIV to improve access to HIV testing and treatment services and linkages to other services such as sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Leveraging the ongoing activities of Vihaan, India HIV/AIDS Alliance’s existing care and support program for people living with (PLHIV), a total of 469 adolescents in need of testing were identified in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. Parents, caregivers and grandparents were counselled and motivated on the importance of testing, and with family support, at-risk adolescents were referred for HIV testing.
The project is currently working in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra to finalize districts in each state with high burden of HIV adolescents to target for scale up of responsive services and linkages. The Alliance India team along with its state level partners are in the process of organizing skills building for adolescents living with HIV to increase their understanding of treatment adherence and other concerns relevant to young PLHIV. Peer volunteers will be identified to join the skills building process to provide support to other adolescents living with HIV, link them to appropriate services, and increase leadership and advocacy for comprehensive youth-friendly HIV and SRH services.
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