Life Insurance for PLHAs from NGO

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Dear Forum,

Greetings from Project concern International, India.

On 13th of August it is a great occasion for all PLHAs cause- freeing them from

a great stumbling block, by providing security cover through this health

Insurance policy through PSI and KHPT in Karnataka and it a great gesture from

STAR HEALTH in this mission supported by USAID.

Regarding the private health care setup-

Our KAP findings with the private hospital sector- Denied treatment- deprived

quality of care.

Do not have favourable attitudes towards PLHAs issues in providing hollistic

health care.

High level of stigma and discrimination because of low levels of knowledge.

Private doctors have also referred patients to private labs- who have low level

of Knowledge on HIV/AIDS and testing without informed consent and no counseling.

Our findings relating to quality care or PLHAs, under NACP3 All ART centers in

Tamil nadu are providing quality care. All opportunistic infection are taken

care by the trained doctors in the peripheral areas.

NRHM has ALSO strengthened the quality of care across the state with TANSACS

providing all technical support for the welfare of the PLHAs.

Our concern regarding health Insurance are with quality training to the private

hospital sector- and with close monitoring of the quality assurance for the

health care needs of the PLHAs this program will be a big boon for the cause of

PLHAs.

KHPT and PSI would consider and definitely address these issues and take this

program to higher levels in providing quality care for the PLHAs.

From Project concern International we would like to bring to your kind

notice that within a month we are bringing out a Life Insurance policy for the

PLHAs in India- to be launched from Salem, Tamilnadu targetting 2000 PLHAs in

Salem District. This initiative will be for the first time in the whole world,

we from PCI after having lots of brainstorming sessions with the PLHAs Networks-

regarding the Insurance for livelihood, health, livestocks and Individual life

insurance-we have designed an ALPHA-Integerated life Insurance policy which will

provide security cover for the PLHAs and their families.

The program is to be launched by the PLHAs for the PLHAs in the first phase-

with active involvement of the Salem District Network for Positives and to be

extended in other parts in the second phase. Looking for feedbacks comments and

suggestions from the active forum.

S.Ramkumar

Program manager

Project concern international

Salem, Tamilnadu

09244561178

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