Project Title

District Model of Adolescent Health and Development for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management in Rewari District, Haryana

Funding Agency

Duration of the project

UNICEF, Delhi

2001 - 2005

Geographical Coverage

Rewari District, Haryana

Objectives

The objectives of the project have been divided into 3 levels and are stated below:

Community level:

• Create awareness and sensitize community members on Adolescent Health (AHD) and HIV/AIDS issues.

• Identify and strengthen peer educators and para professionals within the community to promote AHD and awareness on HIV/AIDS.

• create an enabling environment for adolescents’ overall growth and development in the community and enhance access to services.

Service Providers Level:

• Orient and sensitise service providers on AHD and HIV/ AIDS issues

• Strengthen and develop the scope of outreach services for AHD and HIV/ AIDS through existing service delivery system.

• Establish and strengthen adolescent services in primary health care and develop referral linkages at sub-centre, PHC, CHC and district hospital.

Inter-sectoral Level:

• Develop inter-sectoral linkages at gram panchayat, bloc and district level with health and non-health sectors in particular with Education, Youth affairs and Sports, Women and Child Development and Health.

Project Brief

The project is in the third year of implementation phase. The experiences from the project were shared in the District Level Monthly Meeting of the district level government officials. All the concerned departments extended their help and supported project implementation in the district. The project has been successful in creating awareness and sensitising community members and adolescents themselves to address adolescent health and development issues. About 25,000 community members and adolescents have been reached through thematic camps, AHD melas, school contact programmes. About 316 peer educators are working actively on AHD issues at the community level. Altogether 95 Adolescent Development Centres (ADC) have been established in villages with support from the community. The ADCc have been started with an objective to create a common platform for information dissemination by the Peer Educators at community level. Through orientation and training programme, and also one-to-one interactions about 45 Medical Officers, 201 paramedical professionals, 627 Anganwadi Workers and 378 schoolteachers were made aware and sensitised   on adolescent health and development. The six counselling centres have been established at the Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and Community Health Centres (CHCs) in the Rewari district.