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Improved Health Status

FXB India Suraksha recognizes that good health is a fundamental human right and a precondition for social development. A paramount objective of all FXBIS programmes is to address health vulnerabilities by improving access to quality health services, clean water and sanitation facilities within its intervention geographies.

The overall impact of the FXBIS health strategy is a significant decrease of communicable and vector borne diseases, as well as the infant, maternal and child mortality rates within marginalized communities of intervention. FXBIS' comprehensive health agenda includes direct support by way of health camps, care and support services for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV), BMI measurements of children, supplementary nutrition and counselling for them and expectant/ lactating women. FXBIS also facilitates construction of low-cost toilets in both urban rural landscapes.

Strategy Intervention

Achievements

  • Through customized BCC (Behaviour Change Communication) campaigns on W.A.S.H and communicable diseases, FXBIS has reached out to thousands of villagers/ almost all population within its intervention areas.
  • Provided regular access to treatment through regular costless medical camps at intervention villages and slums of intervention.
  • Facilitated construction of toilets for over 10000 households in Eastern and Southern parts of India.
  • Promoted safe W.A.S.H – Water And Sanitation Hygiene practices in schools; constructed related infrastructure in 28 schools, thereby benefitting over 25000 students in total.
  • Promoted nutrition among expecting and lactating mothers and adolescent girls; in this context-promotion of kitchen gardens, demonstrations on preparing food which is high in nutrition yet low on cost and locally available.
  • Achieved close to 100% adherence in anti-retroviral treatment & follow-ups with the almost 1200 PLHAs (People Living with HIV/AIDS) assisted by FXBIS.

Key Interventions

Water Security Promotion Programme in Jharkhand, (Ranchi)

  • Enhancement of KAP (Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices) on water, sanitation and hygiene (W.A.S.H) through intensive behaviour change communication workshops. Connect of the project interventions with relevant government schemes for village residents. Ensuring sufficiency of safe drinking water for all villagers through Participative Ground Water Management (PGWM) process with community and local government departments in 5 villages. Reviving and engaging the defunct Village Water and Sanitation Committees of intervention villages – streamlining their roles and responsibilities in promoting safe WATSUN (Water & Sanitation) practices. Construction of household toilets through connects with the local government bodies for Swaccha Bharat Initiatives. Conduct regular disinfection of the common water resources, improvement of the infrastructure disallowing entry of run-off water to enter the sources and demarcate defecation zone separate from these water sources, maintenance of these sources through regular testing of water quality.

Children and Youth-led Behavioural Change In W.A.S.H and Financial Practices in Uttar Pradesh (Noida)

  • Behaviour Change Communication workshops on Water, Sanitation, Health and Hygiene (W.A.S.H), including menstrual hygiene. Construction of toilets, girls’ changing-rooms and wash-stations in the 12 intervention schools; provision of safe drinking water and ahygienicambience for students to want to come to school.

Care and Support for People Living with HIVAIDS in Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam)

  • Treatment for HIV-related illness and other common illnesses or ailments to PLHAs; viral load tests; supply of monthly supplementary nutrition; counselling.

Holistic Rural Development Programmes in Assam (Darrang & Kamrup) and Meghalaya (Ri-bhoi)

  • Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) Campaigns through intensive sessions on communicable diseases, maternal and child health to the target community; nutrition demonstration sessions; promotion of kitchen gardens. Promote safe WASH practices through construction of household toilets; installation of safe drinking water units; access to clean water sources through renovation and maintenance of community ponds. Catalyse improvement of facilities and services in the local sub-centres and Primary Health Centres. Setting up village-level paramedical team(s) with basic knowledge of first-aid and referral network to qualified health service providers. Promotion of kitchen gardens, nutrition demonstration sessions for women and adolescent girls and anemia screening camps

Integrated Rural Development Programmes in Manipur (Imphal) and Tamil Nadu (Villupuram)

  • Improvement in KAP (Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices) through intensive sessions on communicable diseases, maternal and child health to the target community. Health camps along with referral services for village residents. Promotion of kitchen gardens. Nutrition demonstration sessions especially for pregnant and nursing mothers.

Urban Slum Development Programme in Uttar Pradesh (Noida)

  • Improvement in KAP (Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices) through intensive sessions on communicable diseases, maternal and child health to the target community. Health camps with referral services provision for slum people.

(For more details, contact: gkiran@fxbsuraksha.org)

(2013-2017)

VIHAAN

FXBIS was India HIV/AIDS Alliance’s implementing partner in the 6 NE states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura. The project was aimed at scaling up care and support as well as treatment services in HIV/AIDS affected communities in active partnerships with local NGOs, CBOs and Positive networks. 13776 PLHAs were supported during the tenure of the programme.

(2010-2017)

The MSM Targetted Intervention Project

The project was aimed at prevention of spread of HIV/AIDS among the high risk groups through community mobilization and sensitization, behavioural change communication, STI management and referral to government services.

(2012-2015)

Health, Hygiene & Sanitation Programme

The primary goal of the program, supported by Arghyam, was to further broaden and facilitate access to safe water and sanitation facilities in 25 backward tribal villages of Ranchi district, Jharkhand. FXBIS promoted effective low-cost water and sanitation technology, and stimulated behaviour change for better hygiene and sanitation to help people to lead an improved healthy life.

(2013-2014)

Health Hygiene & Sanitation – Noida

Multi-Stakeholder approach towards HWTS awareness and Advocacy among the bottom of pyramid.

(2012-2013)

Link Workers Scheme

FXBIS implemented the project in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh, with support from SACS. The project aims to reach out to high risk groups and vulnerable men and women in rural areas for dissemination of information and knowledge on STI/HIV prevention in order to enhance safeguarding measures for risk reduction.

(2010-2012)

Care, Support and Treatment to PLHAs

Community Care Centre (CCC) is a community based facility for accessible, affordable, and sustainable counseling, support, and treatment of PLHAs. With an introduction of treatment into the programme, CCCs played a critical role in helping the PLHAs to gain easy access to ART (Anti-Retroviral Therapy) treatment and counselling on primary prevention, nutrition and drug adherence. FXBIS implemented the CCC model managed by HLFPPT in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan.

(2007-2012)

Care & Support {Nagaland}

Provide care, treatment and support services to the people living with HIV/AIDS and their families. The project also links beneficiaries with various welfare and development schemes of the Government programmes.

(2008-2010)

Care & Support

In Kerala, to provide care, treatment and support services to the people living with HIV/AIDS and their families. The project also links beneficiaries with various welfare and development schemes of the Government programmes.

(2007)

Work Place Intervention Programme

Aimed at reducing the risk of transmission of STIs/HIV/AIDS among migrant labourers and their family members by enhancing access to knowledge and information at the construction sites. FXBIS had reached out to 2900 workers at Polavaram Project in Andhra Pradesh, Godazari in Maharashtra, Elevated Highway Project at Badarpur in Delhi, Chamera Hydroelectric Project at Chamba in Himachal Pradesh and Lucknow Highway Project, Uttar Pradesh.

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Barber Intervention Programme

Through this programme, FXBIS trained over 1700 barbers across the 24 states, to function as hubs of information dissemination on health, HIV/AIDS and condom distribution, and also prevention of STIs due to poor self-hygiene practices. 140,000 condoms were distributed through our trained barbers, over 10,000 clients educated on condom use and benefits, 24 HIV cases detected and referred for HIV counseling through barbers, 31 cases identified with symptoms of STI and referred to appropriate centre/clinic for help through barbers.

Care & Support Project (2008-2019):

Mizoram

Making it Happen (2014-2015):

LSTM

Targeted Intervention Among Migrant Labourers (2010-2012):

West Bengal

FSW and MSM Targeted Interventions (2010-2012):

FSW and MSM Targeted Interventions…

Work Place Intervention Programme (2010-11):

Sankalp Project…

Care, Support and Rehabilitation Programme for HIV-AIDS infected and affected in Aizawl, Mizoram (2008-2010):

FXB International

Hygiene and Sanitation project {Jharkhand} (2010):
Care & Support Project (2009-2010):

Arunachal Pradesh

Telephone Counseling Project (2009-2010):

UNDP

Technical Support in implementation and Monitoring of HIV/AIDS (2008-2009):

Jharkhand

Care & Support Project (2008-2009):

World Bank

Care & Support (2008-2009):

Rajasthan

Commercial Sex Worker Project (2007-2010):
Telephone Counseling Project (2007-2010):

Mizoram SACS

Field Stories:

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