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The program is a partnership between the city government and the<br />

Human Development and Empowerment Services (HDES), a nongovernment<br />

organization working on AIDS prevention and advocacy.<br />

The City Health Office (CHO) spearheads the implementation of the program<br />

in coordination with HDES and supported by USAID through the Path<br />

Foundation. The Zamboanga City Multi-Sectoral AIDS Council (ZCMSAC)<br />

was established to ensure the implemetatyion of a comprehensive plan.<br />

Well Thought Out Plans<br />

The general objectives are to monitor, control and prevent the possible<br />

outbreak of AIDS/HIV and STDs/STIs in the city and, in the process,<br />

safeguard the whole country.<br />

The strategies and activities of the project are the following:<br />

a. Design and develop local plans to prevent the spread of STDs/<br />

STIs/AIDS/HIV and reduce the impact of the disease on individuals,<br />

families and communities;<br />

b. Advocate/lobby for the passage of local ordinance on AIDS/HIV;<br />

c. Upgrade knowledge, attitude, skills and service delivery of the<br />

City Health Office personnel and Community Health Outreach Workers/<br />

Peer Educators of HDES; and<br />

d. Increase public awareness thru information, education and<br />

communication activities and utilize participatory community approaches.<br />

Among the many support activities are the following:<br />

a. STI/AIDS/HIV Education: annual AIDS/HIV dissemination forum<br />

for the ZCMSAC; education of owners, registered female sex workers<br />

of entertainment establishments, freelance sex workers, policemen,<br />

drivers, fishermen, seafarers, porters, students and the general public;<br />

and production and distribution of IEC materials in the vernacular.<br />

b. Health Service Delivery: establishment of Community Health<br />

Outreach Stations; condom outlets in entertainment establishments, sarisari<br />

stores and cigarette vending stalls; provision of voluntary HIV testing<br />

and pre-/post-testing counseling; and issuance of yellow cards to<br />

freelance sex workers.<br />

c. Surveillance and Monitoring: surveillance activities through<br />

serologic testing; operations of Task Force Buenas, i.e., monitoring of<br />

entertainment establishments, inspection of business/sanitary permits<br />

and health certificates of entertainers; and data bank established through<br />

the Sentinel Surveillance System and AIDS/HIV registry.<br />

64 Kaban Galing

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