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STI/RTI Services at District level
STI/RTI Services at the district level are provided through the Out Patient Departments
of Skin & VD and Gynecology & Obstetrics Departments of Medical College/District
Hospitals. At District and select Sub District hospitals, if the concerned departments/specialists
are not available, services are delivered through general duty medical officers
in general OPD. These specific clinics are called Designated STI/RTI clinics (DSRCs)
or Suraksha Clinics. These also serve as referral sites for STI/RTI services for
sub-district facilities and for communities being covered through targeted interventions
of UPSACS. Such STI/RTI services are being supported by NACO through State AIDS
Control Society. NACO has branded its Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services
as “SURAKSHA CLINIC”.
At present, 96 DSRCs have been established all over the state with support from
Uttar Pradesh State AIDS Control Society (72 District hospitals; 5 District female
hospital and 19 Medical Colleges). Support provided to these clinics are in terms
of capacity building of Medical Officers, Counselors & Staff Nurse; Infrastructure
Strengthening; Appointment of Counselors on contract, provision of color coded drug
kits for Syndromic case management, consumables and syphilis testing kits.
STI/RTI SERVICES FOR HIGH RISK GROUP POPULATIONS through Target Intervention
Project:
It is estimated that more than 90% of HIV transmission in India is related to unprotected
sexual intercourse and by sharing of injecting equipment between an infected and
an uninfected individual. Not everyone in the population has the same risk of acquiring
or transmitting HIV. Much of the HIV transmission in India occurs within groups
or networks of individuals who have higher levels of risk due to a higher number
of sexual partners or the sharing of injection drug equipment.
These core high risk groups (HRGs) of individuals who are most at risk include:
- Female sex workers (FSWs)
- High risk men who have sex with men (MSM), and transgender (TG)
- Injecting drug users (IDUs)
STI services to HRGs through TI Projects are provided through PPP model & Static
Clinic.