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NAC HIV Intervention Bulletin First Edition 2015 contents From the CEO’s Desk 2 From the EDITOR’s Desk 3 Letters to the Editor 4 NAC Donates to UNAIDS 5 Zimbabwe to Host Prestigious International Conference 6 ICASA in Pictures 8 NAC Contributes to Nutritional Support for Prisoners 9 Parliamentarians Meeting 11 HIV Prevelance Rate for Harare Drops 12 Oral Manifestations of HIV 13 By any means necessary.... HIV Prevention through Soccer 15 The Quarter in Pictures 16 HIV and AIDS Deprived of Adequate Media Space 18 African Experts discuss priority strategies to end AIDS, TB & Malaria by 2030 21 World must drastically accelerate AIDS efforts or face more HIV infections and deaths than five years ago 23 NAC Participates at the ZITF 2015 25 Monitoring HIV 26 UNAIDS Executive Director Applauds Zimbabwe 27 HIV in the Media 29 WAD Campaign 31 editorial team disclaimer HIV Interventions magazine is produced by EDITOR the National AIDS Council (NAC) and Medelina Dube distributed free of charge. Opinions expressed in the magazine are those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect ASSISTANT EDITOR the official views of NAC. Such material has Tadiwa Nyatanga - Pfupa been included only for ease of reference and for purposes of informing, educating and entertaining. NAC shall not accept STAFF CONTRIBUTORS responsibility for loss or damage arising Tadiwa Nyatanga - Pfupa from use of material in this publication and no liability will attach to NAC. The Trust Govere Communications Department reserves the Freeman Dube right to publish, not to publish or edit articles to ensure their conformity with the magazine’s editorial policy. From The CEO’s Desk CEO’s Summary Statement The beginning of 2015 ushered in a new era in the operations of the National AIDS Council at the district level. In response to dwindling funding towards community initiatives on HIV prevention, the National AIDS Council allocated $500, 000.00 in 2015 to each province to support community driven HIV prevention activities. By the end of the first quarter, hundreds of thousands of people had been reached with specific HIV prevention activities, which we hope will result in further reduced HIV incidence over the coming years. We have strengthened and enlarged community initiatives by our partners on the ground to ensure that they have more meaningful impact on HIV incidence over the years. We have also enhanced mobilisation and demand creation for high impact HIV prevention programme such as PMTCT, VCT, VMMC, STI control, condom promotion and others. While there was a bias towards prevention, treatment and all other programmes received funding as usual. There were a few challenges in rolling out this new initiative as activities had to be synchronized at district level sometimes resulting in delays and misses in targets. Despite this, the performances in most indicators were positive. Below is a summary Dr Tapuwa Magure-NAC CEO of the performances of the various programmes in the national response in the first quarter. regard, the number of people accessing ARVs reached 842,973 in the first quarter compared to 787,980 in 2014. Adults and children The percentage of women who were tested for HIV in ANC and ART coverage was at 63.4% and 55% against an annual target of received their results in the past quarter was 99% against a target of 65% and 55% respectively. The overall ART coverage (against 97%. There was a slight decrease of (0.7%) in the number of pregnant those who are HIV positive) is 51.9% for adults and 34.2% for mothers who were booked with a known HIV status during the first children. quarter under review compared to 7.2% that had been recorded in the 4th quarter of 2014. Efforts to promote male involvement in Only Mashonaland West experienced stock out of adult ART PMTCT resulted in 20% of male partners getting tested against a medicines while Mashonaland Central experienced stock outs of target of 30%. The percentage of male partners tested for HIV in ANC pediatric ART medicines. Medicines reported out of stock in the two remains low, with a 4% decrease recorded in the quarter. provinces were Kaletra, Zidolam and Combivour. The stock outs which were site specific, were as a result of challenges in ordering On a positive note, the number of new STI cases recorded decreased and stock control. by 8% from 52,823 cases recoded in 4th quarter of 2014 to 48, 337 cases recorded in the quarter under review. The HIV positivity rate in The National AIDS Council continued to support the OI and ART STI clients decreased during the same period to 15% from 16% in the commodity procurements and outreach programmes in the same period. A 1% increase in the number of contacts of the new STI outgoing quarter. In part this contributed to the increase in the clients who were traced was recorded. Community dialogues, number of people who were enrolled on ART. supported with funding from NAC was one of the strategies used to increase contact tracing. Two Provincial World AIDS Commemorations were held during the quarter as part of the World AIDS Campaign 2014/15 post launch In an effort to improve and standardize in-service training of teachers activities, under the theme: Getting to Zero in Africa Africa’s on Life Skills, Sexuality, HIV and AIDS education, the Ministry of Responsibility Everyone’s Responsibility’. The commemorations Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE) developed a standard were held in Mashonaland Central and Manicaland Provinces. training package that was eventually used to train 4, 903 headmasters and teachers. NAC and some United Nations agencies financially and technically supported the process. Following this, I want to thank all the stakeholders in the HIV and AIDS sector for 1,067,053 pupils were taught on life skills, sexuality, HIV and AIDS in their work and commitment to the response in the first quarter. All the quarter against an annual the successes and challenges realized so far will be taken as a target of 3,380,955. platform to scale up HIV interventions in the second quarter and beyond towards ending AIDS by 2030. Youth out Of School who were exposed to HIV and AIDS Education decreased from 45,682 in the 4th quarter of 2014, to 30,414 in the outgoing quarter. On the other hand, the number of youth in tertiary I thank you institutions reached with HIV and AIDS education increased from 12,948 to 15,160 in the same period. Dr. Tapuwa Magure In cognizance of the 90 x90 x90 initiative, Zimbabwe has begun CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER scaling up treatment and care services across the country. In this 2 NATIONAL AIDS COUNCIL From The Editor’s Desk You will also read that during the quarter we strengthened our engagement with legislators and media personnel to ensure that they remain abreast with the response to HIV and AIDS. With you in mind dear reader, there are a number of educative stories and articles in this edition. You may learn something from Oral Manifestations Of HIV and Monitoring HIV. We encourage information sharing! Please share information with your friends, neighbours and relatives. As you read, you will see the NAC star shining. This is evidenced by the constant visitors from far and wide to learn how we are managing the response. In the quarter, we hosted Tanzania and Uganda. Their main area of focus remains management of the AIDS Levy, which has remained a best practice in the region. The two countries are planning to introduce AIDS Trust Funds in their countries. Also visiting, were Ms Medelina Dube-NAC Communications Director the UNAIDS Executive Director and a delegation from the UNAIDS Program Coordinating Board (PCB) to see for Editor’s Word themselves how the country is managing the HIV response. I I present to you another edition of your favourite magazine, HIV am happy to say that they were impressed with what they saw. Interventions. It is my hope that this issue of your favourite magazine will The bulletin highlights the major activities and developments endear you our valued reader to NAC and its activities in within the National AIDS Council in the second quarter of 2015. coordinating the response. You will also read on various interventions by our partners in the response. Happy reading and God bless you. We are looking forward to the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) from 29 November to 4 December 2015 to held at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC). As soon as the announcement that Zimbabwe will be hosting this prestigious event was made, we hit the ground running in terms of preparations. Key organisations in the hosting of this event have been identified. They have already started working to ensure that we will have a flawless conference. More information on ICASA and registration details can be obtained from http://icasa2015zimbabwe.org NAC is contributing towards the global response as you will read in this edition that a financial donation to UNAIDS was made. As part of the response, we have intensified interventions on Key Affected Populations. Locally, we also recently made a donation to the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) as a contribution towards the nutritional support of HIV positive inmates as you will read. One of the HIV Interventions Editions spotted in a barber shop in Bulawayo HIV INTERVENTIONS 3 Letters to the EDITOR reproducing at a level that causes ill health and that the likelihood of sexual transmission is approaching zero when adhering to HIV undetectable, it is okay for me to treatment. keep it to myself This is all excellent news for those Jane infected with HIV, as well as their I am HIV-positive, but after sexual partners but it is not a license taking medication for the past Dear Jane, to withhold information about one's few years, my viral load is HIV status.
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