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.

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