ACTION INDIA
AIDS PROJECT, New
Delhi is committed to working towards awareness, prevention, care and
support and the management of HIV diseasee:
The Aims of the project are:
To provide medical and nursing care, support and counseling to
the people living with HIV/AIDS and enable them to cope and
live positively with HIV/AIDS
To provide the best of diagnosis and treatment and make ‘ anti-retroviral’ medicine
available for people living with HIV/AIDS through donor support
and lobbying with the government
To create public awareness of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and educate
youth about various issues related to HIV/AIDS; design programs
to prevent the spread HIV/AIDS with focus on high-risk population.
To promote empowerment of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) & set
up programs for income generation & rehabilitation of those
infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
Objectives :
To promote a society where people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA)
and their families can live productive lives, free from fear, from
discrimination and undue physical and mental suffering, where their
rights are protected and they receive necessary welfare and social
support needed to maintain their livelihoods and their dignity as
individuals and families.
To assist in the prevention and control of HIV and thus minimize
the spread of HIV and serve as a forum for exchange of information
in collaboration with HIV/AIDS service Organization through effective
and non-discriminative information, education and communication
approaches with other agencies involved in the HIV/AIDS field.
Establish a Mobile Health Team – a mobile Action Team for
health care activities, running a mobile HIV/AIDS clinic and counseling
team to provide home – based care services for PLWHA. The
Health Task Force will help disseminate authoritative and current
information on HIV/AIDS.
To advocate for the rights of HIV/AIDS infected and affected and
fight against discrimination to person with HIV/AIDS.
To be open for Alternative and other complementary therapies in
AIDS care such as Naturopathy, Ayurvedic medicine, Homeopathy, Aromatherapy,
Massage and Touch therapies, Reflexology, Swedish massage, Therapeutic
touch, Reiki, Shiatsu, Yoga, Exercise, meditation, Herbal medicine,
Nutritional approaches, dietary requirements.
To encourage and develop culturally acceptable and appropriate
programs those reduce high- risk behaviors.
To organize various programs and activities relating to HIV transmission
and preventive methods and to diffuse the knowledge about the diseases
and also provide family training in medical first aid and counseling
services. To establish harm reduction programmes, day care facilities,
midway homes.
To conduct research and to organize seminars and workshops on HIV
and AIDS.
To establish, promote, set up, run, maintain, assist, support or
help and network with various other HIV/AIDS organizations and charitable,
educational, technical and non technical, vocational and community
development programs and training courses for health care providers
and workers related with AIDS and create a database of information.
To promote care and support to people living with HIV/AIDS and
enable them to live positively with the disease and improve the
quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS.
To work towards strengthening and extending the network and
capacity of NGOs working in the HIV/AIDS field and PHWLA groups
to promote a society that understands, accepts and supports the
cause of persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families.