This month, AFEW launches a new project ‘Implementation of a Client Management Programme for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment and Support in the Republic of Belarus’. This landmark initiative will create client management systems with a particular focus on non-discriminatory, accessible and joined-up services for injecting drug users, men who have sex with men and sex workers. Expected outcomes will be better access to effective protection services for these key populations at risk and to antiretroviral therapy for people living with HIV.
This project follows on from AFEW’s introduction of harm reduction methodologies for injecting drug users in 2005 to 2008, the success of which generated strong interest on the part of the Belarusian government and civil sector to develop their partnerships with the organisation.
The current project initially focuses on stimulating a provider-patient dialogue through two steering committees in the cities of Minsk and Svetlogorsk. Client management networks of governmental and non-governmental service providers will then be developed in each city, with the aim of expanding them to seven other regions of the country by the end of 2012. Click here for detailed information about the project’s aims and methodologies.
Because activities are closely related to the ‘National Programme on HIV Prevention 2006-2010’ and involve capacity-building of local civil organisations, there are good prospects for their long-term sustainability and impact.
Funding is provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands under its Matra Social Transformation Programme, which supports projects that are designed to strengthen interaction between national and local government and civil society, and to encourage consensus on measures to strengthen democracy and the rule of law. In particular, it encourages the development of knowledge exchange and twinning networks between the Netherlands and Matra countries.
This project follows on from AFEW’s introduction of harm reduction methodologies for injecting drug users in 2005 to 2008, the success of which generated strong interest on the part of the Belarusian government and civil sector to develop their partnerships with the organisation.
The current project initially focuses on stimulating a provider-patient dialogue through two steering committees in the cities of Minsk and Svetlogorsk. Client management networks of governmental and non-governmental service providers will then be developed in each city, with the aim of expanding them to seven other regions of the country by the end of 2012. Click here for detailed information about the project’s aims and methodologies.
Because activities are closely related to the ‘National Programme on HIV Prevention 2006-2010’ and involve capacity-building of local civil organisations, there are good prospects for their long-term sustainability and impact.
Funding is provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands under its Matra Social Transformation Programme, which supports projects that are designed to strengthen interaction between national and local government and civil society, and to encourage consensus on measures to strengthen democracy and the rule of law. In particular, it encourages the development of knowledge exchange and twinning networks between the Netherlands and Matra countries.
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