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Programmes/ Projects Supported by ATF

2020

Programmes / Projects supported by the AIDS Trust Fund in December 2020

PPE 709 PM
Application: Mercury III - Intensive Support and Preventive Programme for AIDS and Blood Borne Disease
Applicant: Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention, Hong Kong
Objectives: The objectives of this project are:
  1. Continuously provide AIDS and Blood Borne Diseases preventive education services for inmates under custody and in isolated institutes
  2. Found and support different high-risk target groups in keeping their behaviours from risk by consolidating their healthy lifestyle mentality
  3. Found a supportive environment in the isolated institutes by staff training and initiative
  4. Enhance the maintenance of medication of HIV+ clients by linking them up with local medical system
  5. To enhance knowledge of HIV and Sexual Transmitted Diseases among the target community;
  6. To enlarge the coverage of HIV educational service and HIV antibody test among the target community;
  7. To facilitate the target community to sustain a habit of adopting safe sex practice through diversified and strategical intervention;
  8. To facilitate the target community’s involvement in AIDS prevention programs and enhance their acceptance towards PLHIV.
  9. To support and encourage IDU in all ethnicity to maintain a safer practice in Harm Reduction strategy, in order to prevent HIV and other blood-borne disease transmission in the community.
  10. To enhance the social hygiene awareness as well as the personal hygiene awareness of the IDU community by practicing safety syringe disposal and wound treatment, so as to reduce the risk of general public on used needle incident.
  11. To expand the geographical coverage of Voluntary Counselling and Testing Service and boost motivation on VCT by providing convenient testing venue and mobilized service.
  12. To provide graduate training to rehabilitated drug users, promote them as full-time Peer Supporters or Peer Placement Volunteers; make good use of the positive peer influence to promote Harm Reduction in the community.
  13. Provides HIV combination prevention services to the high risk MSM community; aimed at enhancing their knowledge of HIV/AIDS and blood borne diseases, and reduce the chance of risky behavior.
  14. Expand the coverage of receiving HIV combination prevention services and HIV antibody test among the high-risk target communities.
Project Duration: July 2021 to June 2023
Contact Person: Mr. Anthony WONG Lai Yin
Room 603,
Duke of Windsor Social Service Building,
15 Hennessy Road,
Wanchai,
Hong Kong
Telephone: 2527 1322
Fax: 2865 1089