Our team have been in the mission to care for those living with HIV/AIDS for several years. We work directly hands-on with the infected and the affected and improve their quality of life. Some of our team members who are living with the virus have been a source of inspiration and have been a living testimony to many in Zambia and abroad.
We vow to continue our work and halt the virus cold in its tracks.
- Conduct workshops, lectures, conferences and outreach programmes in HIV/AIDS.
- Supportive counselling for safe infant feeding choices for infected mothers.
- counsel positive living on treatment adherence inorder to avoid resistant strains and also educate them on safe sex practice to avoid super infection.
- advice the positive living on nutritional diet.
- We provide free world class online confidential counselling on safe sex, please visit our website www.aidsresearchzambia.org
- We train care givers and peer educators.
- We translate our resource into local languages.
- Our radio programmes are popular with the general public, and we answer questions on issues relating to HIV/AIDS.
- Expanding HIV education programmes and promoting behaviour change , including the use of male and female condoms.
- We engage in community dramas staged by local drama group , with facilitated discussion.
- Widespread dissemination of health education materials and client communication tools such as community health information cards, flip charts and other teaching aid.
- Illustrative posters and leaflets.
- hands-on learning sessions on preventative behaviours and skills.
- Demand generation activities to promote and increase service utilization.
- Skill building exercise with community health workers on teaching prevention behaviours, getting males involved in health care, improving service utilization etc.
- Voluntary counselling and testing with detailed scientific reasons to get tested.
- Emphasise the need for circumcision with scientific reasons.
Psycho - Social Support
- Individual Counselling and Disclosure ofHIV Status
- Couples and Family Counselling
- Nutritional Counselling
- Counselling Helpline
- Grief / Bereavement Counselling
- Safe Sex Negotiation with Partner
Other Services
- Match – Making for People Living with HIV
- Referral Services to a Consortium of Consultants and Facilities
- Home Cares
- Contraceptive of Choices
- Male Circumcision
- Cervical Cancer Screening and Awareness
HIV Aids awareness programme topics
32.2 million
people living with HIV worldwide
72% of children
in need of HIV treatment are not receiving it
16.6 million
children orphaned by AIDS
