HIV Prevention for Street Based Injecting Drug Users
AeN is providing following services to street-based Injecting Drug Users to enable them to improve their knowledge, change behavior, develop skills and improve health: Harm reduction services, including needle exchange Information on proper use and dispose off used syringes Implementation of appropriate behavior change interventions Provision of condoms and information on proper use and disposal Primary healthcare including wound dressing, abscess drainage and syndromic management of STIs using national guidelines Education on sexual and reproductive health and STIs, and access to acceptable and appropriate services for STIs Access to Voluntary Confidential Counseling and Testing (VCCT) services for Street-based IDUs and their regular sexual partners “Care and Support” program Promoting an enabling environment in the project area Residential detoxification and substitution therapy on a pilot basis