Improving Access And Uptake Of Routine Confidential Counseling And Testing

IntraHealth is working through this CDC-funded program to improve access to and uptake of quality confidential HIV counseling and testing in two districts of the Republic of Zambia: Namwala, and Luangwa.  IntraHealth leads this five-year, $1.5 million program, collaborating with the Ministry of Health and local Zambian partners. Launched in 2007, the initiative focuses on:

• Making confidential HIV counseling and testing services available and accessible in Namwala and Luangwa
• Increasing the number of people who receive counseling and testing
• Increasing the number of HIV+ people referred to treatment for antiretroviral therapy and prevention of mother-to-child transmission services
• Reducing stigma and discrimination through support groups and community outreach activities.

The program aims to meet its objectives through the following strategies:

• Establishing and expanding counseling and testing services for rural populations
• Increasing the demand for counseling and testing services by establishing mobile and homebased counseling and testing services and training lay counselors to provide counseling and testing services.

Contact: Namoonga Winnie Hamoonga – Team Leader
Address: 37/L/2 Middleway   Lusaka, Zambia
Telephone: +260 97 7 887211