Service Package for JAIL Inmate Populations

• Organization and locations of jail inmates in the project area

-        Geographical / Social mapping of jail inmates

 

• Appropriate BCC strategies

-          Hiring, training and supervision of staff and/or peer educators to undertake BCC activities

-          Review and revision of BCC strategy and activities based on revised mapping, project experience and behavioral surveillance results

-          Detailed BCC strategy plan for prevention of HIV transmission both through injections sharing and unprotected sex, based on the information from mapping

 

• Condom education and distribution

-         Inclusion of condom education in BCC strategies, materials and activities

-         Provision of condoms to peer educators for distribution to jail inmates

• Harm reduction activities, including needle exchange

-         Establishment of system for providing sterile injecting equipment and disinfectant materials, along with PHC services

-         Provision of appropriate counseling and mental health services, or referral to such services

-          Linkage and provision of referrals with local medical services (jail hospital / dispensary) on the medical care of jail inmates

• STI education and access to acceptable and appropriate STI services

-          Inclusion of STI education in BCC strategies, materials and activities

-          Provision of STI services including referral where appropriate

-          Ensure that condom promotion and distribution are undertaken in local STI services used by jail inmates

• BCC on VCR / VCT, including access to VCT services

-           Inclusion of VCT education in BCC strategies, materials and activities

-          Establishment and linkage with local VCT services to ensure that jail inmates have effective and appropriate access to services

-         Monitoring the experience of jail inmates in accessing VCT services, and taking remedial actions in the VCT educational activities and with the VCT services where needed

• Access to Voluntary Counseling and Testing services

-        Inclusion of VCT education in BCC strategies, materials and activities

-       Provision of VCT training to project staff to ensure accessible and acceptable services for jail inmates

-        Monitoring of the experience of jail inmates in accessing VCT services, and taking remedial action for improving VCT educational activities and testing facilities

• Enabling environment in the project area

-      Development of a plan to promote a more positive environment for HIV prevention, based on the information from mapping of MSM

-      Undertaking advocacy and educational activities to promote understanding of local police officials and other public sector officers towards the importance of HIV prevention.

-      Monitoring the local environmental factors which might affect ability of jail inmates to protect them from HIV infection

• Empowerment activities

-     Development and implementation of empowerment activities (based on the information obtained from mapping

-   Development of a referral system for other key support activities, such as psychiatric services / psychological support

 

JAIL INMATES

 

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