Focus on HIV/AIDS in Malawi
The aim of DanChurchAid's HIV/AIDS programme work in Malawi is to claim and uphold the rights of those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, and to reduce new incidences of HIV-infections.
15.08.2006
© Mike Kolllöffel
By working with the programme type Basic Social Services in Malawi, DanChurchAid is focusing on securing the right and access of marginalised people to basic social services and to combat the structural causes of disease and vulnerability, with particular focus on HIV/AIDS.
The overall objective for the HIV/AIDS work in Malawi is to reduce the susceptibility of the vulnerable, especially young women and girls, to HIV/AIDS, as they become empowered to exercise and uphold their rights.
The problems to be addressed:
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Poverty
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Culture and religion
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Gender imbalance
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Lack of protection by the law
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Stigma and harmful practices.
Main intervention areas:
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Advocacy and legal reform
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Home based care support
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Rehabilitation of street children
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Capacity building of partner institutions
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Awareness raising in prevention and behavioural change.