Advocacy visit with HRH Igwe Agude community, Oji-River LGA

Advocacy visit with Igwe Oyofo community, Ezeagu LGA

Advocacy visit with Igwe Oyofo community, Ezeagu LGA

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Advocacy visit were conducted in 30 communities from the 5 selected Local Government Area, Enugu State. The purpose of the advocacy visits were to:

Create community awareness on their involvement in HAF implementation and sustainability of the World Bank project called HIV & AIDS Programme Development Project-2 to the community

Raise community participation and ownership of the project which will help increase uptake of PMTCT and HCT services among community members.

Prevention of New HIV infection among infants through community involvement for sustainability and ownership.

These communities and LGAs includes:

Nsukka: Ihe-Owerre and Owerre-Obukpa.

Nkanu-East: Ugbawka and Akpawfu.
Ten CVs were chosen to help provide care and support services to the OVC.

Oji-River: Okwe (Oji-Urban), Agadala-Inyi, Isikwe, OkpunoAgude, Ugwoba, Alum Inyi, ElugwulaNkpokolo, Amankpunato, Umuogbuagu and Agulo.

Enugu-East: Ugbo-Oghe, Ugbo-Ezeji, Ugwuagor, Ugbo-odgwu, Mkpologwu, Emene, Agba-Ogazi, Ugbo-Owa, Agu-Owa and Iji-Nike for PMTCT.

Sixty CVs and 40 TBAs were also chosen for sensitization, referral and follow-up and special operational practice (SOP).

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  5 days training for 10 CVs on HBC, Adherence to treatment, referrals and condom massaging program

  The RHF team conducted 5-day community Home-Based Care training for PLHIV Community ...

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  Distribution of Educational materials to 100 OVCs in 7 communities

  RHF project team conducted 2-daydistribution of the Educational Materials to OVC in the 7 targeted communities in Ogbia LGA.

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  3 Days training for 16 PLHIV role models

  24^th - 27^th June, 2016
  
  Participant were equipped with knowledge of being a role model to other PLHIV.