Five New AIDS Patient detected in health checkup of High Risk Group (HRGs), conducted by Janmitram, in ICTC this month, including female sex workers and MSM (Male Sexing Male). These patients shall now be referring to ART (Anti-Retroviral-Therapy) centre. The incident emphasizes the prevalence of deadly disease in city and vulnerability of its residents. this detection makes a tally of ten New HIV+ Cases in year 2011.
Raigarh is getting ecologically vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. Many Cases of HIV positive have been detected in last few years. Due to rapid growth of Industries & mining, Migration of People has increased manifold. Huge number of Truckers, Migrant laborers and related people stay in city and nearby areas, mostly without families. This has increased prostitution and high risk behavior. NACO (National AIDS Control organization) and State Aids control society is working with few NGOs to check spread of this disease. JanMitram is working with Female Sex workers and MSM community.
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| Programme Staff of TI During A meeting |
“The number of Female sex workers is likely to be 1500-2500 in Raigarh and nearby areas. While we are regularly Serving 750 odd FSWs”- Says Sougat Mahapatra, Programme Manager of AIDS-TI Programme in JanMitram. Organization has registered over 1150 HRGs till date, 28 of which are MSM. We have stopped further registration as our programme is for 800 FSWs only. We shall approach SACS to enhance our target this year.
Organization provides free condoms to HRGs in proportion of encounters they make in given period. It also ensures Blood Sample Check in every quarter, and treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Few Doctors are empanelled for such services, especially trained for AIDS-TI programme. They do free checkups; fee is later paid by project. Government established ICTC (Integrated Counselling and Testing Center) provides counseling and testing facilities.
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| PPP Doctors During a Training organized under TI programme |
Sweta (Name changed) is Peer educator of programme, actually one from the sex worker community. She tells that HRGs covered in the programme are now safer and well aware. Complete secrecy of identity in this prgramme helps them to come forward and join in. Services regarding STI have given them big relief as a most FSWs have to suffer this, at some point of time. Earlier they have spent from themselves for cure and medicine.
However, all these efforts from NGOs and Government have not stopped emergence of new AIDS cases. It is up to people to take care of their behavior and every section our society should make a deep intro-inspection. Without this, once a sleepy town of Raigarh shall turn hotbed of such diseases in no time.
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