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Advocacy, BlogSpeaking Out for Sexual Health

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Access to antiretroviral treatment (ART) has helped enable people living with HIV (PLHIV) to live longer, fulfilling lives. Improved health and wellbeing has allowed PLHIV to plan for their futures, […]Read More

7
November
2014

Action, BlogAdvocating for Stigma-free Healthcare for Female Sex Workers

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While conducting community consultations in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, the Koshish programme team learned that female sex workers (FSWs) in the district faced numerous challenges in accessing healthcare […]Read More

20
March
2014

Advocacy, BlogProtecting Rights to Ensure Health: International Drug Users Day 2013

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November 1st is International Drug Users Day. Initiated in 1995 by the Dutch drug user organization, Landelijk Steunpunt Druggebruikers (LSD), the day aims to raise awareness and increase action to […]Read More

31
October
2013

Advocacy, BlogInternational Youth Day 2013: Putting Youth Living with HIV in the Mix

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Fifty percent of India’s population is below 25 years of age. As they mature sexually, adolescents—especially those from high-risk groups—face vulnerability to HIV and experience a range of unmet sexual […]Read More

12
August
2013

Advocacy, BlogWorld Hepatitis Day 2013: Making Hepatitis C a Priority

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A dear friend of mine was struggling as a single mother, working two jobs and balancing drug use. To make things simpler, she quit the jobs and started working from […]Read More

27
July
2013

Action, BlogNew Advocacy to Address Cervical Cancer in Women Living with HIV

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Alliance India’s Koshish programme advocates for policies and strategies on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and rights for people living with HIV (PLHIV) in India. The programme is implemented in […]Read More

24
April
2013

Advocacy, BlogFalling Through the Net No More: Community Advocacy Expands Sexual & Reproductive Health Services for PLHIV

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Sexual & reproductive health (SRH) services must become responsive to the specific needs of people living with HIV (PLHIV). Unfortunately, this is typically not the case in India. PLHIV face […]Read More

15
February
2013

Action, BlogAdvocating for Cervical Cancer Testing for Women Living With HIV

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The Koshish Project recently held an advocacy meeting to discuss frequent non-compliance with the National AIDS Control Organisation’s (NACO) Revised Technical Guidelines on ‘Laboratory Monitoring for Patients at ART Centre/LAC/LAC Plus’ to […]Read More

29
October
2012

Advocacy, BlogConfidentiality: A Health and Human Rights Issue for PLHIV

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Community action lies at the core of the Koshish project, which advocates for policies to improve the SRH and rights of PLHIV in India, and strives to ensure that PLHIV […]Read More

22
October
2012

Advocacy, BlogCreating Change One Peer Group at a Time

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The Action Project empowers youth by educating them about issues that are important to them and discussing subjects that no one has talked to them about before. In conservative areas […]Read More

11
October
2012