Scaling up HIV/AIDS Prevention among most-at-risk-populations
Financial support: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria – Sustaining and Scaling up the Effective HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment and Care in Georgia (GEO-H-NCDC)
Duration: 01.01.2021 – 31.12.2021
Target group: Men who have sex with men, Female sex workers and Transgender persons.
Geographic area of project implementation: Cities of Georgia: Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi, Zugdidi, Telavi.
Project goal: To improve quality and scale of preventive interventions through comprehensive set of preventive interventions aimed at preventing STI/HIV spread among most-at-risk-populations (FSWs, MSM and Transgender persons)
Main objectives:
- Provision of HIV testing/VCT services and HIV self-testing to High Risk Behavior groups (MSM, FSWs, Transgender persons) through outreach and indoor activities;
- Provision of prevention packages (Risk reduction counseling, condoms, lubricants, booklets) to High Risk Behavior groups (MSM, FSWs, and Transgender persons)
- Assessing risks and STI symptoms and referring to STI clinics for father screening and treatments on STIs
Provision of TB screening and referring to TB enters.