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Project Kavach: A national HIV/AIDS Prevention Program
for Long Distance Truckers in India
The Experience of TCI Foundation
Mobile populations on cyclical routes need to be addressed by a network
programming approach that:
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Builds sustained engagement by leveraging interactions across multiple
locations
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Creates a consistent interface by standardised service delivery and
synchronized messaging
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Enhances self-risk perception and creates community ownership through
peer to peer discourse
The Industry
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2 million long distance truckers
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66,000 km of national highways
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78 % working for single truck owners
Lives Of Truckers
Time spent:
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55-70% on the road
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14-25% at trans-shipment locations
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2-5% at check-posts
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12-18% assorted activities (fuelling, mechanical attendance,
Risk Profile
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36% clients of sex workers
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36% of those use condoms with sex workers
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2-11% HIV positive
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10-15% have at least one STI
Project
Kavach
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Branded National Network of Interventions along major Highway hubs
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Innovative peer led dialogue based communication model
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Multiple program owned medical service extensions
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Social marketing of condoms through non traditional outlets
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Structural intervention through multiple corporate alliances
Project Kavach: Indicators
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Monthly Coverage through Peer Led Dialogue Based IPC: 50,000
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Monthly mid-media events: 1,050; Coverage: 45,000
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Monthly treatments at clinics: 15,500
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Monthly STI Treatments: 3,500
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Condom outlets: 800, monthly condoms socially marketed: 100,000
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