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| HH Member Saba Medhane presents on the "ABCs of HIV Prevention" in China, June 2005. |
Local Partner:Health Bureau, Hunan Provincial Government
Additional Partner: University of California, Los Angeles
Project Initiated: 2003
Project Goal:To assist Hunan Province (population 65 million) with its HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Program
Project Summary:Health for Humanity’s HIV/AIDS prevention activities were initiated in 2002 in Yueyang Prefecture, Hunan, and in 2003 expanded their scope to the entire Hunan Province. Objectives for the project are to: increase knowledge and reduce misconceptions about HIV/AIDS among Party workers, political leaders, health professionals, and college and university faculty and students; increase HIV testing mainly via the training of Voluntary Counseling and Testing Center (VCT) developers and staff; reduce HIV-positive infants and children and develop services for HIV-positive mothers; increase understanding of the value of modern mental health services, provide mental health program development guidance and establish counseling services for the HIV/AIDS-infected and affected; and develop and implement HIV/AIDS education programs for youth and young adults.
These activities are part of a larger effort on the part of the Hunan Provincial Government to address HIV/AIDS education, prevention, and treatment.
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