Service Package

Jail-Inmates

Organization and locations of jail inmates in the project area

• Geographical / Social mapping of jail inmates

Appropriate BCC strategies

• Hiring, training and supervision of staff and/or peer educators to undertake BCC activities

• Review and revision of BCC strategy and activities based on revised mapping, project experience and behavioral surveillance results

• Detailed BCC strategy plan for prevention of HIV transmission both through injections sharing and unprotected sex, based on the information from mapping

Condom education and distribution

• Inclusion of condom education in BCC strategies, materials and activities

• Provision of condoms to peer educators for distribution to jail inmates

Harm reduction activities, including needle exchange

• Establishment of system for providing sterile injecting equipment and disinfectant materials, along with PHC services

• Provision of appropriate counseling and mental health services, or referral to such services

• Linkage and provision of referrals with local medical services (jail hospital / dispensary) on the medical care of jail inmates

STI education and access to acceptable and appropriate STI services

• Inclusion of STI education in BCC strategies, materials and activities

• Provision of STI services including referral where appropriate

• Ensure that condom promotion and distribution are undertaken in local STI services used by jail inmates

BCC on VCR / VCT, including access to VCT services

• Inclusion of VCT education in BCC strategies, materials and activities

• Establishment and linkage with local VCT services to ensure that jail inmates have effective and appropriate access to services

• Monitoring the experience of jail inmates in accessing VCT services, and taking remedial actions in the VCT educational activities and with the VCT services where needed

Access to Voluntary Counseling and Testing services

• Inclusion of VCT education in BCC strategies, materials and activities

• Provision of VCT training to project staff to ensure accessible and acceptable services for jail inmates

• Monitoring of the experience of jail inmates in accessing VCT services, and taking remedial action for improving VCT educational activities and testing facilities

Enabling environment in the project area

• Development of a plan to promote a more positive environment for HIV prevention, based on the information from mapping of MSM

• Undertaking advocacy and educational activities to promote understanding of local police officials and other public sector officers towards the importance of HIV prevention.

• Monitoring the local environmental factors which might affect ability of jail inmates to protect them from HIV infection

Empowerment activities

• Development and implementation of empowerment activities (based on the information obtained from mapping

• Development of a referral system for other key support activities, such as psychiatric services / psychological support

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