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Objective: To provide comprehensive package of care, support and treatment services that are effective, inclusive, equitable and adapted to needs of PLHIV.

ART center gives comprehensive and holistic care to PLHIV. Medical, psycho-social, and programmatic services are indicated below

1)Provide ART to all PLHIV
2)Provide baseline and follow up investigations to PLHIV, including CD4 cell count and viral load testing
3)Provide prophylaxis and management of opportunistic infections
4)Provide TB preventive and management services as per guidelines
5)Identify PLHIV with advanced HIV disease for the appropriate management and refer to a higher level of care to reduce mortality
6)Provide patient-centric differentiated care to PLHIV
7)Monitor, manage and follow up PLHIV for adherence, retention, and adverse effects (if any)
8)Provide treatment education and counseling on 100% adherence to therapy and retention for long term effectiveness of ART
9)Facilitate linkage to specialist care /in-patient care, as and when necessary
10)Referral/e-referral of PLHIV with treatment failure to SACEP for review for second-line/third ART and complicated adverse effects
11)Provide appropriate interventions for PPTCT and care of the exposed children.
12)Provide linkages with other health services, including non-communicable diseases and other comorbidities

1)Provide psychological support to PLHIV and caregivers
2)Provide counseling for adherence to ARV drugs
3)Educate PLHIV on proper nutrition and healthy living
4)Assist in the disclosure of HIV results to spouse/family
5)Counseling for testing of spouse/partners/children
6)Step up counseling to PLHIV who have poor adherence and are virally unsuppressed
7)Counsel for risk reduction behavior including safe sex practices
8)Provide appropriate counseling to PLHIV belonging to special groups (key populations, children,
9)Adolescents, migrants, pregnant women etc.)
10)Facilitate linkages with care and support centers to improve:
11)Retention for sustained viral suppression; and
12)Access to social protection schemes provided by various line ministries under central and state governments.

1)Contribute to achieving goal of 95:95:95 to ‘End the AIDS’ epidemic as a public health threat by 2030 in line with Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
2)Proper recording and timely reporting as per national guidelines
3)Tracking of missed for ART refill (MIS) and lost to follow-up (LFU) cases in coordination with DAPCU, CSC, ICTC, link workers, TI NGO and other NGO approved by NACO/SACS
4)Coordination with National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) for management of HIV-TB co Infected patients and to ensure availability of drugs for anti-TB treatment (ATT) and TB preventive treatment (TPT) 22 National Operational Guidelines for ART Services
5)Mentoring the LAC and co-ordination with LAC staff for ARV drug indent, monthly reporting CD4, and Viral load test
6)Sensitize the hospital staff on care support and treatment (CST) services