Key Area Objectives

Peer education, NGOs, HIV and the workplace, HIV school education

Detailed Description of Key Areas

Peer education

• Development and production of IEC materials – for the target population
• Peer educators – including role, motivation, and recruitment
• Training – of all staff, including CSW, ex-IDUs peer educators who will have responsibility for conducting the educational sessions; refresher training
• Transmission of IEC materials/messages – to the target population, through individual and/or group sessions
• Management and administration – including planning, supervision and evaluation of the strategy

NGOs

• Networking – including channelling, support and information sharing
• Advocacy
• Grants/ financing
• Mechanism and framework for Referral system

HIV and the workplace

• Promotion – including awareness of the need to have HIV policies at the work place; size and type of entities in focus; delegation of responsibilities
• Framework – protocols and legal framework to support the implementation of HIV policies at the work place

HIV school education

• Development and production of curriculum and educational materials – includes preliminary work such as focus group discussions and testing, revision and re-testing of messages with sample audiences, as well as the production of the final materials; continuous production of materials, for example an AIDS magazine or newsletter
• Training – including who and how often will be trained. Ideally, training should address teaching methods as well as provide information on AIDS
• Management/administration – day-to-day management and administration of the strategy by the overseeing department (for example the Ministry of Education or Ministry of Health); also evaluating the strategy