NACP III. Re-name VCTC as Red Ribbon Clinics

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Please read this article & give your valuable comments,

with regards,

Dr.JAYESh KOSAMBIYA

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To,

Project Director

NACO,

Dear Sir,

In the state of Gujarat VCTC (Voluntary Counseling and Testing Centre) is

functioning at every District hospital Same way PPTCT (Prevention of Parent to

child Transmission) clinic at every Medical College level (at O & G Dept.)

Looking to the present accessibility to the VCTC & PPTCT center we would like to

name these clinics as “ Red Ribbon Clinic.” The only reason for this is that the

beneficiaries availing the facility of VCTC is somehow concealed and

non-familiar to the community Level.

The present VCTC is actually doing “Compulsory Counseling and Voluntary Testing”

(CC & VT) and at some places it is also known as Voluntary Counseling and

Confidential Testing (VC & CT) center. In the state of Gujarat at Medical

College level VCTC is known as “Vatsayan Kendra.”

Next, the same is the case with PPTCT to remember the name itself is awkward to

the paramedical workers and to the community at large.

So, we suggest renaming these clinics as “Red Ribbon Clinic” instead of VCTC and

PPTCT center with wider publicity for the larger benefit to community & the

project itself. OR, we can only print symbol of Red Ribbon & write “ MAMTA

Clinic”, print symbol of Red Ribbon & write “VATSAYAN Clinic”.

Dr. V. V. Parmar

Project In-charge,

SMC-STD Care Project

Surat

(m) 9376844915

Dr. J. K. Kosambiya

Principal Investigator & Associate Professor

PARAS-PSM-PSH Project

Govt. Medical College, Surat.

(m) 9376844529

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Dear FORUM,

This referes to the message Re-name VCTC as Red Ribbon Clinics.

As, we are not providing care and support to PLHAs at these clinics. Red Ribbon

Clinic may be misunderstood by PLHAs as ART centres.

Regards,

Dr.P.Krishnamurthy,

Project Director,

APAC Project

E-mail: apacvhs@...