Innovative approaches to partnership between MSM/TG CBOs and clinical services – The Humsafar Model.

 

~ Community Mobilisation

~ Street Outreach and Condom Distribution

~STI Service and HIV Testing Facility

~ Care, Support and Treatment

~ IEC Development and Distribution

Humsafar Minimum Service Delivery Package

~ 8 Drop-in-centers

~ Library and Archives

~ Help-line (Telephone and E-Mail)

~ Community Workshops

Community Mobilization

Outreach education on safer sex practices and increasing awareness on STIs / HIV and AIDS among MSM and Tg.

Peer led Intervention

Street Outreach

HST offers increased accessibility to high quality STI examination / treatment, HIV testing facilities

STI and HIV Services

HST also provides general examination of routine illnesses to the MSM / TG Community at the HST Clinics

HST counselors provide pretest and post test counselling to MSM and TG clients at HST clinics and its other referral linkages

STI and HIV Services

Partner Notification

HST encourages partner notification to MSM-PLHA under its female partner

notification program

1 In house ICTC and 6 STI clinics and strategic linkages with public Health care providers for care, support and treatment

~ Lokmanya Tilak Medical General Hospital

~ JJ Hospital

~ Thane Civil Hospital

~ MSF Treatment Center

Referral Linkages

To meet the specific requirements

of the MSM-PLWHA, HST initiated

“Sanjeevani” a group

formed by and for MSM-PLHA

Care, Support & Treatment

Safe space for positive men to meet and discuss their issues

Professional mental health support

Treatment of Opportunistic Infections (OIs) and enrollment in accessing ART

Nutrition counseling

Sanjeevani

Now

266 staff – 95% from MSM and TG community

Diverse range of programs, some for specific sub-populations, some integrated.

Support group for LBT ‘UMANG’

Youth Initiatives ‘Yaariyan’

Clear sense of purpose

Tried to accept projects from donors that fit squarely with this purpose

Focused in setting and maintaining standards of quality in each component of our work

Community Involvement at all levels

Reflections