Service Package

Youth

Organization and locations of youth in the project area

• Geographical / Social mapping of youth (In school, out of school youth, working etc.)

 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

Information / Education on Life skills and Youth Affairs

• Counseling regarding encouraging and promoting safe behaviors (Smoking hazards etc.) 

• Youth friendly services

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 youth

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

Condom education and distribution

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

• Provision of condoms to peer educators for distribution to youth

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 youth 

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 youth have effective and appropriate access to services

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

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 youth

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

• Identification of potential youth leaders

• Monitoring the local environmental factors which might affect ability of youth 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 legal services

• Youth friendly activities (Recreational activities) & community support groups

In School Youth

Formal and informal structures and institutions to increase awareness:

• Review/development of a culturally sensitive curriculum and instructional package for students and teachers at secondary and college levels with a focus on increasing awareness of HIV/AIDS

• Training teachers through in-service training to enhance their knowledge to use the above curriculum.

• Undertaking HIV/AIDS education using innovative approaches, including such activities as debate clubs, theatre groups, sensitization sessions.

Developing/reviewing and dissemination of materials for youth on HIV/AIDS through mass media and audio/video cassettes

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