The CHAZ AIDS Care and Prevention Programme has financial and technical support from the following partners: CHAZ is MAINSTREAMUNG HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER

The Global Fund
The Joint Financing Agreement
PEPFAR/FHI /The Zambia Prevention, Care and Treatment Partnership
PEPFER/AIDS Relief
PEPFER/CDC.

Overall Goal
To contribute to the prevention of HIV incidence and mitigate the social-economic impact of AIDS in Zambia.

The specific objectives for the ACPP are as follows:
• Prevent further transmission of HIV infections particularly in the youth, women and other vulnerable groups by reducing high-risk behaviors
• Improve quality of life of people infected by HIV.
• Strengthen prevention of Mother To Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS
• Reduce the socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS on individuals and families particularly in rural households.
• Strengthen capacities and increase number of CHIs and communities responding to the HIV/AIDS epidemic
• Promote Human Rights, Gender and Advocacy
• Conduct Operational Research to assess Project Efficiency, Effectiveness and to facilitate decision making and policy formulation

Achievements of the AIDS Care Programme

The provision of Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) has been scaled up to 30 church health institutions with the support of The Global Fund. CHAZ was able to reach 12,111 clients with ART. 4% (124) of these achievements are children. Through the AIDS Relief/PEPFAR programme 13 additional church health facilities ware activated to provide ART programme. Through this programme a total of 18,000 clients were reached with ART services., bringing the total to 30,000 PLWHA accessing ART services. On the Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) programme, a total of ----------- women were provided with services to prevent the spread of infection to their infants from 20 PMTCT sites. Drugs for opportunistic infections such as Diflucan have continued to be provided to church health institutions.

Care & Support (OVC & PLWHA)- By the end of December 2007, a total of 48,889 Orphans and vulnerable children were assisted with school and medical requirements. 369, 245 PLWHA benefited from the home care programme. CHAZ has facilitated the establishment /refurbishment of 23 new counseling and testing sites in rural Zambia

Add information from Yorum Re: HRG achievement
Victims of Human Rights Violations given assistance.
152 Human rights violation victims (59 male and 93 female) were given support to claim their rights. This included advise on the courses of legal action at their disposal, transport to Police stations, arbitration, referral to organisations that offer legal aid and following up cases to guard against corruption, intimidation and ensure compliance to rulings.

35 LCCB field staff refreshed in Human Rights Gender and Advocacy.
20 field staff refreshed in HRG. Some CHIs resolved to use the allocation for this activity to reach more community members. CHIs had conducted HRG refresher meetings earlier in the year.

300 community and opinion leaders sensitised in Human Rights and Gender.
2, 551 community and opinion leaders (1,148 males and 1403 females) were trained in Human Rights Gender and advocacy. This training has increased social support for victims of violations and acted as a deterrent against perpetration of HRG violations. CPTs have prevented property grabbing after funerals by educating family members gathered at the funeral on what the law requires in testate and interstate circumstances.

300 PLWHA, widows/widowers and OVC sensitised in HRG and advocacy.
1,417 vulnerable people (306 males and 1,111 females) were sensitised in HRG and advocacy. This intervention is essential to overcoming and preventing HRG violations because people are empowered with knowledge on their rights.

5000 people reached through World AIDS Day commemoration activities.
About 15,496 people were reached through World AIDS Day commemorative events.
The 2007 World AIDS Day Theme was: Leaders -Stop HIV; Keep the promise. This theme had a focus on the need for leadership in the fight against HIV. Leaders were challenged to lead by example through testing and exemplary behaviour.
This day was marked by drama, quiz, sports, focus groups discussions, prayers, debates, marches and other activities which served to increase people’s awareness of the magnitude of HIV in their communities. Many communities which are far from central meetings places were able to organise their own activities.

15 meetings between Duty Bearers and Claim holders held.
35 meetings between duty bearers and claim holders were held. These meetings attracted 1,566 people (512 males and 1,054 females).

Chikankata has continued to make great strides in HRG. The CHI managed to facilitate the incarceration of a man who had defiled his daughter, after he had bribed the police to change the charges to a civil offence. The man was later released on bail and started threatening the girl and her mother. The project intervened by facilitating the reporting of this misconduct to the Police. The man’s bail has since been revoked. The case awaits the courts decision.


Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission-
a total of 2,266 women were provided with services to prevent the spread of infection to their infants from 20 PMTCT sites. .

Prevention and Care & Support By the end of December 2007, a total of 48,889 Orphans and vulnerable children were assisted with school and medical requirements. 369, 245 PLWHA benefited from the home care programme. 1,700 people had been treated for TB. 672,607 ITNs (to prevent malaria) were distributed in this period, and close to 1.3 million people were reached through behavioral change campaigns

Income Generating Activities
Overall Goal

To mitigate the social-economic impact of HIV/AIDS on people infected or affected by TB/HIV/AIDS by providing Income Generating Activity (IGA) facilities in form of small loans to community support groups.


Specific objectives
· To improve livelihoods of communities and individuals infected and affected by TB and HIV/AIDS.
· To reduce external dependency and increase sustainability of community care and support initiatives.

Achievements