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Increasing Awareness of Police Helps to Overcome Barriers to Accessing MARPs

 
An outreach worker ID card for the USAID Dialogue on HIV and TB Project
 
Protecting the safety of workers conducting HIV and TB prevention activities among most-at-risk populations (MARPs) is a priority for the USAID Dialogue on HIV and TB Project. Lessons learned from previous outreach programs in Uzbekistan showed that outreach workers might be stopped and detained by police while conducting outreach activities. To avoid this, three round tables with 54 police officers from Sergeli, Chilanzar and Bektemir rayons of Tashkent city were conducted in close collaboration with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Republican DOTS and Republican AIDS Centers.
 
The goal of the round tables was to increase awareness of the police staff about the necessity of outreach work with MARPs as well as to increase their knowledge about HIV and TB infection. The police were informed of the USAID Dialogue on HIV and TB Project’s objectives and goals and were introduced to outreach workers.
 
Together, police and project staff discussed the need for prevention outreach programs targeting MARPs and the technical role that outreach workers play in the project. Participants raised many questions about project implementation, as well as questions regarding preventive measures that should be followed when working with MARPs.

As a result of the round tables, it was decided that outreach workers would be issued ID cards endorsed by the AIDS Center and shown to any police officers if stopped, protecting their safety and strengthening collaboration. The police officers expressed their understanding and support of the USAID Dialogue on HIV and TB Project activities, which was very encouraging for project staff to observe.

USAID DIALOGUE ON HIV AND TB PROJECT | 2009 – 2014

USAID Dialogue on HIV and TB Project is one of the many assistance projects supported by the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Since 1992, the American people through USAID have provided more than $1.5 billion in programs that support democratic institutions, health care system, education system and economic growth in the Central Asian countries.

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