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| Project Name: | Strengthening of Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS in Peru |
| Project Description: |
The general objective of this project is to complement and extend the Peruvian response to controlling HIV/AIDS infection through the strengthening of an articulated response between the different sectors of government and civil society, from a perspective of citizens' participation and respect for human rights. The goal set by the state and civil society is to control the epidemic and maintain the prevalence of HIV/AIDS at less than 1% in the general population (pregnant women) and less than 2% among sex workers and reduce it to less than 8% among MSM, as well as increasing access to quality integral attention for PLHIV to greater than 90% and to keep the less than 0.5 of VIH infected pregnant women.
Health promotion activities are focused on adolescents and young adults in cities with the greatest prevalence of STI/HIV/AIDS. The prevention activities are focused on the at risk population: Sex workers, MSM, people confined in prison and pregnant women. The innovative element in this project is to offer access to quality integral attention for PLHIV (men, women and children) including access to free and universal antiretroviral treatment.
Direct beneficiaries of the project include 1000 teachers in public schools, 1000 students trained as peer educators, 200 SW and 200 MSM trained as peer educators, 50 people confined in prison trained as peer educators, 500 Health care workers trained in regular medical care, 100 health care providers trained in the use of rapid tests, application of 100,000 screening tests in pregnant women, 600 health providers trained in antiretroviral drug treatment, 7000 PLHIV receive treatment according to MINSA protocols.
The project focus will be in the following cities: on the Coast; Lima, Callao, Chimbote, Ica, and Piura; in the Central Highland, Huancayo; in the forest: Iquitos |
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