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Khush Raho Na Yaar. Innovative approaches to partnership between MSM/TG CBOs and clinical services – The Humsafar Model. Khush Raho Na Yaar. Humsafar Minimum Service Delivery Package. ~ Community Mobilisation ~ Street Outreach and Condom Distribution ~ STI Service and HIV Testing Facility
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Khush Raho Na Yaar Innovative approaches to partnership between MSM/TG CBOs and clinical services – The Humsafar Model.
Khush Raho Na Yaar Humsafar Minimum Service Delivery Package ~Community Mobilisation ~ Street Outreach and Condom Distribution ~STI Service and HIV Testing Facility ~ Care, Support and Treatment ~ IEC Development and Distribution
Khush Raho Na Yaar Community Mobilization ~ 8 Drop-in-centers ~ Library and Archives ~ Help-line (Telephone and E-Mail) ~ Community Workshops
Khush Raho Na Yaar Street Outreach Outreach education on safer sex practices and increasing awareness on STIs / HIV and AIDS among MSM and Tg. Peer led Intervention
Khush Raho Na Yaar STI and HIV Services HST offers increased accessibility to high quality STI examination / treatment, HIV testing facilities
Khush Raho Na Yaar STI and HIV Services HST also provides general examination of routine illnesses to the MSM / TG Community at the HST Clinics HST counselors provide pretest and post test counselling to MSM and TG clients at HST clinics and its other referral linkages
Khush Raho Na Yaar Partner Notification HST encourages partner notification to MSM-PLHA under its female partner notification program
Khush Raho Na Yaar Referral Linkages 1 In house ICTC and 6 STI clinics and strategic linkages with public Health care providers for care, support and treatment ~ Lokmanya Tilak Medical General Hospital ~ JJ Hospital ~ Thane Civil Hospital ~ MSF Treatment Center
Khush Raho Na Yaar Care, Support & Treatment To meet the specific requirements of the MSM-PLWHA, HST initiated “Sanjeevani” a group formed by and for MSM-PLHA
Khush Raho Na Yaar Sanjeevani Safe space for positive men to meet and discuss their issues Professional mental health support Treatment of Opportunistic Infections (OIs) and enrollment in accessing ART Nutrition counseling
Khush Raho Na Yaar Now 266 staff – 95% from MSM and TG community Diverse range of programs, some for specific sub-populations, some integrated. Support group for LBT ‘UMANG’ Youth Initiatives ‘Yaariyan’
Khush Raho Na Yaar Reflections Clear sense of purpose Tried to accept projects from donors that fit squarely with this purpose Focused in setting and maintaining standards of quality in each component of our work Community Involvement at all levels