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COMMUNITY MOBILISATION AN EMPOWERINGAPPROACH TO HIV PREVENTION AN AIDS
MITIGATION IN REMOTE RURAL COMMUNITIESAND HOUSEHOLDS
THEMBEKA KELEPILE (DNFE)
1. Strategy
* Community mobilisation workshops
* information on response programme
* empowering rural remote communities in prevention and mitigation of HIV/AIDS
2. Background
* great stride in economic and human development.
* Botswana’s HIV/AIDS epidemic one of the world’s most severe.
* Prevalence increased from 13.8% in 1992 to 35.4% in 2002. (NACA 2003:14).
* Epidemic heavily impacted on the nation communities and individuals. Latest statistics indicate that about 18% of all deaths attributed to HIV/AIDS (NACA 2003:16)
3. National Response
Government came up with Large Scale vertical programme.
* Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT)
* Home Base Care (HBC).
* Orphan and Vulnerable Children (OVR).
* Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) “Tebelopele”
* Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)
4. Ministry of Education response
* commitment to a high level of HIV/AIDS awareness.
Goals:* Develop sustainable strategies for combating HIV/AIDS
* Enhance the individual’s knowledge and understanding of HIV/AIDS .
Strategic Objectives:Support community out reach activities that promote the spread ofknowledge and understanding of HIV/AIDS.
DNFE realises these commitments and goals through conductingcommunity mobilisation workshops.
5. Department of Non Formal Education
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