Local Work

Objective

1) Promote successful drug rehabilitation through improved access to support services and vocational training;

2) Promote healthy behaviors among non-drug users that make them less likely to start using drugs;

3) Promote access to health services for all drug users without discrimination through referrals to Health Care Services 

Project Area

Myitkyina, Waimaw, Bamaw

Targeted Population

  • People Who inject/Use Drugs under rehabilitation (PWID on Methadone Maintenance Therapy and Rehabilitation Center)
  • Family/Partners
  • Young People
  • Other Vulnerable Populations (Migrants, IDPs)
  • Rehabilitation camp managers, care takers and volunteers
  • Implementing Partners/Consortium members

Activities

  • Technical Support Trainings to implementing partners/consortium members on Primary Health Care, HIV/ART/TB, Counseling training, prevention of drug use, and awareness on drug law and policy
  • Job creating and social reintegration of rehabilitating drug users
  • Primary prevention of drug use among youth and community by using social media via Facebook page
  • Information, education and communication intervention (through Social Media, Awareness talks, IEC distributions) for primary prevention of drug use
  • Providing primary health care services to People Who inject/Use Drugs under rehabilitation from Rehabilitation centers
  • Referral for Comprehensive Packages (HIV Testing and Counseling (HTC), OST, Viral Hepatitis, STI, HIV/ART, TB, Malaria…)
  • Annual workshop for the cross learning in the implementing partners/ consortium members for the ‘smooth operation of our services’ (the enabling environment).