COMMUNITY MOBILISATION AN EMPOWERING APPROACH TO HIV PREVENTION AN AIDS MITIGATION IN REMOTE RURAL COMMUNITIES AND HOUSEHOLDS THEMBEKA KELEPILE (DNFE)
1.Strategy * Community mobilisation workshops * information on response programme * empowering rural remote communities in prevention and mitigation of HIV/AIDS
2.Background * great stride in economic and human development. * Botswana’s HIV/AIDS epidemic one of the world’s most severe. * Prevalence increased from 13.8% in 1992 to 35.4% in (NACA 2003:14). * Epidemic heavily impacted on the nation communities and individuals. Latest statistics indicate that about 18% of all deaths attributed to HIV/AIDS (NACA 2003:16)
3.National Response Government came up with Large Scale vertical programme. * Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) * Home Base Care (HBC). * Orphan and Vulnerable Children (OVR). * Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) “Tebelopele” * Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)
4.Ministry of Education response * commitment to a high level of HIV/AIDS awareness. Goals: * Develop sustainable strategies for combating HIV/AIDS * Enhance the individual’s knowledge and understanding of HIV/AIDS. Strategic Objectives: Support community out reach activities that promote the spread of knowledge and understanding of HIV/AIDS. DNFE realises these commitments and goals through conducting community mobilisation workshops.
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