ASSESSMENT OF HIV PREVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
AMONG DRUG USERS :
CARE
AND SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS AND
IDU's IN EASTERN
REGION OF NEPAL
HELP GROUP FOR CREATIVE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
SHARMA (ACHARYA) BISHNU (CHAIR
PERSON)
BIRATNAGAR 11, MADHUMARA, MORANG, NEPAL
E-mail:
[email protected],
PHONE : 00977-2128298,
FAX
: 00977-2127193
Web:
helpnepal.org
BACKGROUND
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN
12000 15000 IDU's IN EASTERN REGION OF NEPAL. OUT OF 5000 7000 RESIDE AT
EASTERN REGION OF NEPAL. IN BIRATNAGAR, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE ARE
MORE THAN 5000 IDU's IN MORANG DISTRICT OF NEPAL. OUT OF 2500 3000 RESIDE
AT BIRATNAGAR CITY WHICH ADJOINS THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER BIHAR (INDIA).
BLOOD SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM IDU's RESIDING AT BIRATNAGAR BY HELP GROUP ON
DECEMBER 15 TH, 16 TH, 1999 INDICATED THAT OUT OF 70 IDU's 27 ARE INFECTED
WITH AIDS VIRUSES. AFTER BLOOD SAMPLING 10 INFECTED PERSON BECAME DEATH.
THIS IS AN ALARMING SITUATION AND NEEDS IMME DIATE IMPLEMENTION OF THE
PROGRAM WHICH COULD REDUCE THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS.
TARGET SIDE
BIRATNAGAR
SUBMETROPOLIS, BIRATNAGAR, MORANG, KOSHI ZONE : EASTERN REGION OF NEPAL.
METHEDOLOGY
ORGANISING SKILL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING OF
PLWHAS AND IDU's (WIRING, LATTER COMPOSING, HAIR CUTTING, PRIMARY HEALTH
CARE, PEER EDUCATION), MEDICAL TREATMENT, COUNSELLING, PRE AND POST TEST
HIV TEST, DETOXIFICATION COUNSELLING, FAMILY COUNSELLING, SARLIZED SYRINGE
DISTRIBUTION.
ASSESSMENT STRATEGY
BEHAVIOUR CHANGE OF CLIENTS WITH RESPECT
TO FAMILY AND SOCIETY.
FREQUENCY OF SHARING INJECTION SYRINGES
FREQUENCY OF DRUG USE BY INJECTION
RAR SURVEY
: 1999, JANUARY : AMONG DRUG USERS
RESULT OF BLOOD SAMPLES TESTED (ONLY POSITIVE
FIGURE IN PERCENTAGE) BY MODE OF DRUG USE
