HIV / AIDS Intervention of SEVAI

SEVAI has been working in the field of HIV/AIDS intervention for the past 10 years. Currently it implements four projects with the support of APAC in Trichirapallai, Nagapatianm and Karikal and its neighborhoods:

1. TI Project in Trichy city covering core group population of 1500 persons.

2. Link Workers program for the entire Trichy District in 120 villages in 14        Blocks.

3. Resource and Training centre for 11 districts..

4. Livelihood and rehabilitation of PLHIVs involved in unsafe sex activities.

5. SEVAI also implements awareness building for SHG members of Trichirapalli District covering around 100000 women SHG members both rural and urban areas.

The Indian State of Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Pondicherry are “hot spots” (Hot spot is a place where the FSW/ MSM solicit clients (pick up point) or involve in encounter (encounter spot) or congregate with in a geographical area. If the target people have a frequent mobility within few (places) hotspots will have be considered as a single hot spot only so that duplication will be avoided. Hence the hotspots will be bigger ones.  Or in general terms a hotspot is a broad area where one can walk & reach other places within the areas in a maximum of 20 mins. Hot Spot analysis is a process that follows the broad Mapping. This analysis is to find the dynamics of the hot spot analysis towards the saturation of coverage and efficient out reach. From this analysis the outreach team could find out how to reach more target community that frequents that particular Geographical Area, and to plan the reach towards saturation) for HIV/AIDS in India, which has 2.47 million HIV infected persons, the third highest number in any country, as per the sources of APAC, Chennai.SEVAI – with the support of Voluntary Health Services – helps most-at-risk vulnerable populations (sex workers, men having sex with men,), to provide primary, secondary and tertiary care to People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHAs). SEVAI has brought substantial changes into the lives of many individuals.

HIV and AIDS affect all segments of India’s population, from children to adults, businessmen to homeless people, female sex workers to housewives, and gay men to heterosexuals. There is no single ‘group’ affected by HIV. However, HIV prevalence among certain groups (sex workers, injecting drug users, truck drivers, migrant workers, men who have sex with men) remains high and is currently around 6 to 8 times that of the general population.

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