Home Based AIDS Care models

[Guest guest]

Hi! friends at ,

Project Concern International (India) Care and support program implements Home

Based Care (HBC)project in Maharashtra and Tamilnadu. The project 'PATHWAY'

Positive Action for the health of People Living with HIV/AIDS) in Pune has been

implemented with invaluable partnership with NMP+ and Sevadham Trust. Whereas,

the Salem Project works with local NGO and the SNP+ (Salem Network

of Positive People).

May I request members of Group to kindly let me know of other models

of HBC in India (and) global HBC initiative. It will be worthwhile to share

experiences and lessons learnt as we work together to create positive changes.

Warmest regards,

Dr.Chinkholal THANGSING

Director HIV/AIDS,

Project Concern International

C 38 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024, India

24335297/ 24335299, 24335300 (Fax)9811117021 (Mobile)

email: drlalthangsing@..., email: drlalthangsing@...

[Guest guest]

Dear FORUM,

This is in response to Dr. Thangsing's posting on Home based AIDS care models.

Up until now, i had been a not so vocal participant on this FORUM. But your need

surely needs answering. I was in India in particular New Delhi, in 2001-up to

June 2003 and during that time had the privilege of volunteering with Sahara

Rehabilitation Center where 's Care home is a part of the organization.

Anyway, while I was there I left a photocopied hard copy of " GABAY " (in our

language which is Filipino, it means guide). It is a manual on homecaregiving

for people living with HIV/AIDS. The manual sees the caregiver as an educator, a

nursing caregiver, a facilitator, and as a support person in many areas.Thus

there are sections to answer all these roles that the caregiver assumes.

Of course, the part where herbal medicines are used for the more common signs

and syptoms that the PLHAs experience are based in the Philippine setting. I

also left a copy with them on how to establish an HIV/AIDS Education Prevention

Program in the Workplace using the peer education and counseling technique

using modules. The modules include values education, sex,sexuality and gender,

basic hiv/aids education module and a counseling technique module.

All in a vey user friendly form. I hope you can access these materials. The

homecaregiver guide was a joint project of UNDP and the Department of Health

here in the Philippines and the Workplace Program modules were a project of the

European Union, the Department of Labor and Employment and the Departnment of

Health.

Hope they help. by the way,the contact person there is Dr. Deep

if he is still there.

Dr. Princesa-Mallonga

E-mail: <susan_mallonga@...>