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As future leaders of our society, youth determine what will become of communities in the decades to come. Providing them with accurate information and skills to make informed choices about their health will contribute to curbing the epidemic – a fact outlined in the National AIDS Control Program – III (NACP) of India. |
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Integrated Counseling and Testing Centers (ICTC) |
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Under Public Private Partnership (PPP) APSACS has established 15 ICTC centers in the APAIDSCON partners. These ICTCs are located in 15 private Medical Colleges spread across 12 districts of Andhra Pradesh. |
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Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission (PPTCT) |
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The ICTC centers established under Public Private Partnership by APSACS are also the center for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT). All the partners (Medical Colleges) conduct regular HIV testing to all the ANC mothers as per APSACS / NACO protocols. The HIV positive mothers are followed up for the PMTCT services like Institutional Deliveries and ARV. |
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Community Care Center Linkage |
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Community Care Centre plays a critical role in providing treatment, care and support to people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV). Under NACP-III these centres are linked to ART centres as link ART centres for decentralized drug (ART) delivery and they also ensure that PLHIV are provided with: |
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Community Outreach and education are keys to help in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS. The purpose of outreach activity is to spread awareness about the programs for improving HIV/AIDS health information access for patients and the affected community as well as their caregivers and the general public. |
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