Feb_EOW of Rakhine Sittwe

Subject

Date: 24/02/2023

Location: Sittwe / Rakhine

Description: Care and Support activities to PLHIVs Objectives:

to give the required supports to PLHIVs according to criteria (SOP)
to give adherence counselling sessions to clients who come to NAP for the ART dispensing
to organize the gathering meeting with clients for knowledge sharing on HIV related health conditions and explaining the supports given by MPG

SoWhat: PLHIVs can adhere the ARTs due to counselling, and regularly come to NAP for ART drugs with the support of Travel allowance and other supports. And they can also share their experiences and their feelings in gathering meetings which can lead to improvement in their communication, team (SHG) activities and can also reduce the stress due to current situations.

#	Action
1	Giving Adherence counselling sessions – Counselors and Peer Supporters from MPG are giving adherence counselling to all client who come to NAP for ART drugs. They also give tele-counselling service to those who need more time.
2	Giving referral Support (TA) – Counselors and peer supports also give referral (TA) support to some clients according to SOP and criteria – to ease the clients’ difficulties to come to NAP
3	Missing and defaulter tracking according to NAP’s list – in most of the NAP site, there are many missing and defaulter cases due to current situations (political, Covid-19 and economical) and our staffs are tracing and calling back (adherence counselling) them to return to care
4	Nutrition Supports – most of the PLHIVs are needed for the nutrition supports in this situation and we support them in accordance with SOP
5	Hospitalization Supports – when one PLHIV has hospitalized, we support them with some amount to cover a portion of their hospitalization cost. Counselors and Peer supporters also engage with them to support them when it occurs.
6	Funeral Supports – when one PLHIV has passed away, our counselors and peer supporters contacted with their remaining family members for the funeral support
7	Gathering Meeting – are done in quarterly basis to organize some SHG members and PLHIVs (around 20-30) for health education, experience sharing and supporting each other.