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Programmes/ Projects Supported by ATF

2018

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

PPE 686 PM
Application: Translating recommendations and findings into effective actions – maintaining Hong Kong’s low HIV prevalence
(Executive Summary submitted by the applicant)
Applicant: Hong Kong AIDS Foundation
Objectives: The objectives of this programme are:
  1. To implement sexual health education inclusive of knowledge and skill to prevent HIV infection among the MSM community including specific subgroups with high risk behaviours such as Young MSM (YMSM) and cross-border travelling MSM (CBMSM);
  2. To promote early and regular HIV and STI testing with counselling among the target group;
  3. To promote and sustain safer sex practice among the MSM community;
  4. To mobilise MSM community including peer educators and others like MSM organisations and events, venues, businesses and websites etc. to take part in the programmes on HIV/AIDS prevention;
  5. To educate and promote HIV and sexual health knowledge among EM communities;
  6. To increase awareness on the importance of HIV prevention, and to deliver early and regular testing to target population;
  7. To reduce their high risk sexual practice and opportunity of infection;
  8. To mobilize peer power on the HIV prevention intervention.
  9. To provide a variety of necessary and timely psychosocial supporting services for PLHIV (with emphasis on newly diagnosed) so as to help them sustain HIV treatment; actualise empowerment for the purpose of increasing their self-efficacy and acceptance; enrich their life skills in solving HIV related problems; and enhance their self-esteem and sense of well-being;
  10. To promote sexual health among PLHIV and help them maintain safer sex practice in order to achieve secondary prevention ;
  11. To provide services catering to the specific needs of PLHIV elderly;
  12. To involve PLHIV as peer educators and in voluntary services related to HIV prevention and participation in and organisation of self-help activities.
Project Duration: May 2018 to April 2019
Contact Person: Mr. Francis Tang
Senior Programme Manager
Health Education Service Supervisor
5/F, Shaukeiwan Jockey Club Clinic,
8 Chai Wan Road, Hong Kong
Telephone: 2560 8528
Fax: 2560 4154