South India AIDS Action Programme

 

 

 

 

 

 

Achievement

Mission | Growth Path 

Since 1990 Siaap has . . .
 

  • Set up the first HIV prevention program in South India for women selling sex and their clients.

  • Designed over 150 counselling centres and trains and places counsellors in HIV-related programs all over South India in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society (TNSACS), the Nederlandse Stichting Gestalt (NSG-Netherlands), and the Central School for Counselling Training (CSCT-United Kingdom)

  • Launched the only HIV prevention program for blind people in Asia.

  • Facilitated the creation of 75 societies of vulnerable people to address issues of empowerment, healthcare, financial security, violence, childcare, and livelihood.

  • Developed the first model Voluntary and Counselling and Testing Centre in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centres for Disease Control (CDC-USA).

  • Developed a model short-stay facility for PLWHAs and their families at TB Sanitorium in Tambaram, which treats the most HIV cases in India.

  • Developed a model community-based counselling and testing centre to bring these services to rural areas.

  • Formed a coalition of eight recognized organizations in five states to build and implement diverse models of counselling and care.

  • Helped enforce the national standard for condom quality and ensured their free distribution.

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    South India AIDS Action Programme
     No. 8/11, Jeevanatham Street, Lakshmipuram, Thiruvanmiyur,

     Chennai - 600 041, Tamil Nadu, India

     Ph: +91-44-2452 2285 / 2452 3301 Fax : +91-44-2452 4215

     Email: admin.siaap@gmail.com/siaap@eth.net/ siaap@satyam.net.in

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