HIV/AIDS
Interventions focusing on fighting HIV and AIDS will be prioritised within health and educational sectors. In these sectors an effort should be made to ensure a better coordination of the many single HIV and AIDS projects in the local areas. Coordination and cooperation between the local partners, other civil society organisations and authorities is necessary in order to obtain the maximum synergy effect. DMCDD has worked out a new strategy on HIV and AIDS. Download
HIV and AIDS strategy and
Guidelines to HIV and AIDS projects.
DMCDD supports:
- Preventing sexual transmission of HIV
- Preventing parent-to child transmission of HIV
- Prevention the transmission of HIV through injecting drug use and reducing harm to drug users
- Promoting greater access to voluntary counselling and testing for HIV while promoting principles of confidentiality and consent
- Linking HIV prevention with sexual and reproductive health services
- Providing HIV-related information and education to enable individuals, including young people, to protect themselves from infection
- Addressing gender issues that increase the vulnerability of women and girls to HIV infection, such as gender-based violence and improving women’s access to voluntary counselling and testing
- Confronting and mitigating the stigma and discrimination associated with HIV and AIDS and support to people living with HIV and AIDS
DMCDD does not support:
- Ensuring safety of blood supply
- Preventing HIV transmission in health-care settings
- Antiretroviral therapy
- Development and research on HIV vaccines and treatment
