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Programmes/ Projects Supported by ATF

2018

Programmes / Projects supported by the AIDS Trust Fund in January 2018

PPE 685 PM
Application: Mercury III – Intensive Support and Preventive Programme for AIDS and Blood Borne Disease
水銀星三號 －深入愛滋病及血液傳染疾病預防教育及支援計劃
(Executive Summary submitted by the applicant)
Applicant: The Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention, Hong Kong
Objectives: The objectives of this programme are:
  1. To educate target clients (different age, gender, nationality and background) about knowledge on HIV/AIDS and blood-borne disease prevention;
  2. To foster the target clients in custody a healthy life style through life skills-based HIV/AIDS and sex education continuously; and
  3. To establish a supportive environment for HIV prevention and care in custody and residential service through staff training and promotional activities.
  4. To enhance knowledge of HIV and Sexual Transmitted Diseases among the target community;
  5. To enlarge the coverage of HIV educational service and HIV antibody test among the target community;
  6. To facilitate the target community to sustain adopting safer sex practice through diversified and strategical intervention; and
  7. To facilitate the target community’s involvement in AIDS prevention programs and foster a supportive environment towards PLHIV.
  8. To support and encourage IDU community to maintain a safer behaviour practice, in order to prevent HIV and other blood-borne disease transmission in the community;
  9. Enhance the social hygiene awareness as well as the personal hygiene awareness of the IDU community by practicing safety syringe disposal method and wound care method, so as to reduce the risk of general public on needlestick injuries;
  10. Provide graduate training to rehabilitated drug users, train them up as peer volunteer or peer educators; and make use of the positive peer influence to promote harm reduction education in the whole community; and
  11. To expand the geographical coverage of Voluntary Counselling and Testing Service and to increase motivation of the clients by providing convenient VCTs venue and mobilize service.
  12. To enhance knowledge of HIV/AIDS and blood borne diseases to reduce the chance of risky behavior among the hidden and high risk communities through different forms of outreach and intensive counseling;
  13. Enlarge the coverage of HIV antibody test among the targeted communities;
  14. Treatment as prevention approach, provide escort and counseling service to PLHIV to reduce the risk of further spreading the epidemic.
Project Duration: July 2018 to June 2020
Contact Person: Anthony WONG Lai Yin
Health Education Service Supervisor
Room 603, Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Telephone: 2780 1331
Fax: 3747 0456