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).