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COMMUNITY MOBILISATION AN EMPOWERING APPROACH TO HIV PREVENTION AN AIDS MITIGATION IN REMOTE RURAL COMMUNITIES AND HOUSE

COMMUNITY MOBILISATION AN EMPOWERING APPROACH TO HIV PREVENTION AN AIDS MITIGATION IN REMOTE RURAL COMMUNITIES AND HOUSEHOLDS THEMBEKA KELEPILE (DNFE). 1. Strategy * Community mobilisation workshops * information on response programme

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COMMUNITY MOBILISATION AN EMPOWERING APPROACH TO HIV PREVENTION AN AIDS MITIGATION IN REMOTE RURAL COMMUNITIES AND HOUSE

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  1. COMMUNITY MOBILISATION AN EMPOWERING APPROACH TO HIV PREVENTION AN AIDS MITIGATION IN REMOTE RURAL COMMUNITIES AND HOUSEHOLDS THEMBEKA KELEPILE (DNFE)

  2. 1. Strategy • * Community mobilisation workshops • * information on response programme • * empowering rural remote communities in prevention and • mitigation of HIV/AIDS

  3. 2. Background • * great stride in economic and human development. • * Botswana’s HIV/AIDS epidemic one of the world’s • most severe. • * Prevalence increased from 13.8% in 1992 to 35.4% • in 2002. (NACA 2003:14). • * Epidemic heavily impacted on the nation communities • and individuals. Latest statistics indicate that about 18% of • all deaths attributed to HIV/AIDS (NACA 2003:16)

  4. 3. National Response • Government came up with Large Scale vertical programme. • * Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) • * Home Base Care (HBC). • * Orphan and Vulnerable Children (OVR). • * Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) “Tebelopele” • * Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)

  5. 4. Ministry of Education response • * commitment to a high level of HIV/AIDS awareness. • Goals: • * Develop sustainable strategies for combating HIV/AIDS • * Enhance the individual’s knowledge and understanding • of HIV/AIDS . • Strategic Objectives: • Support community out reach activities that promote the spread of • knowledge and understanding of HIV/AIDS. • DNFE realises these commitments and goals through conducting • community mobilisation workshops.

  6. 5. Department of Non Formal Education

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