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COMMUNITY CARE CENTRE
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A Community Care Centre for PLHIVs was being run in Khuda Ali Sher since 2005. It
had been discontinued since Aug. 2010 and an NGO named Child Survival India has
now been contracted for running this facility. This is a ten bedded facility which
provides care and support services to PLHIVs. The location of the CCC is as follows:
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Khuda Ali Sher, Opposite Shivalik Nursery,
Khuda Ali Sher, U.T., Chandigarh
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The CCC carries out the following functions:
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- Medical services ?Basic medical care, minor OI management, referral of major OIs
to appropriate medical facilities, treatment counseling, pain relief and symptomatic
care.
- ART Adherence ? Education and support, verification of patients address, education
and nutrition hygiene, watching for side effects/complications, education for positive
prevention and missed/defaulter tracking and follow up.
- Advocacy against stigma.
- Referrals and linkages ?ICTC/PPTCT/ART/DOTS/LAC/STI clinics, De-addiction etc.
- Education on home based care.
- Counseling ? supporting self disclosure, family counseling, bereavement counseling
and support group meetings.
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