HIV testing & counselling updates
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Programme update
April outreach: checking on progress and offering HIV testing
MASYAP visited support groups in April to hear about their progress and needs, and offered HIV testing and counselling.
Programme update
Testing for HIV and hepatitis B in women’s and girls’ groups
MASYAP has added HIV testing, and discussion of hepatitis B and other serious illnesses, to its support group meetings.
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HIV and STI testing at the youth camp
At the December youth camp, 20 young people were tested for HIV and screened for syphilis and hepatitis B, with education on condoms, PrEP and PEP.
Programme updateHIV prevention and protecting babies from HIV
On visits to women’s and youth groups, our HIV testing provider explained how HIV is transmitted, the ABC of prevention and how mothers can protect t…
EventCouples’ workshop on HIV awareness and counselling
20 married couples learned how HIV is transmitted and prevented, and why communication and mutual support matter, at a workshop with Johns Hopkins fa…
Programme updateHIV testing at the MASYAP office and in communities
Young people aged 15 to 24 are especially vulnerable to HIV. MASYAP now offers testing at its conveniently located office as well as in members’ comm…
Programme updateHIV testing for members who cannot get to hospital
MASYAP brings HIV testing to support groups so that members who cannot get to a hospital can still be counselled, tested and treated.
Programme updateHIV testing in our support groups, October 2022
Routine HIV testing visits continue to bring counselling, testing and referral for treatment to members.
Programme updateHIV testing in our support groups, September 2022
MASYAP’s routine HIV testing visits bring counselling, testing and referral for treatment to members in their own groups.
Programme updateHIV testing resumes in Blantyre support groups
HIV testing has restarted in several support groups, with health workers joining the Women’s Coordinator on her visits.
Programme updateHIV testing for 94 members in six support groups
HIV testing reached 94 members in Kanjedza, Kachere, Naperi, Chigumula, Chilomoni and Lunzu, and women also asked about cancer and TB.
Programme updateHIV awareness and testing in eight support groups in August
Community HIV testing officers counselled members in eight more support groups, and many then chose to be tested.