Riga city Council Welfare department HIV prevention

Riga city Public Health strategy „Healthy Riga citizen– healthy Riga” for the years 2012–2021 In year 2012 Riga City Council approved the Riga City Public health strategy for the years 2012-2021 „Healthy Riga citizen in a healthy Riga city”. Strategy aims to improve the health of cities inhabitants and to reduce premature deaths.

Riga city Public Health strategy „Healthy Riga citizen– healthy Riga” for the years 2012–2021 One of the strategic directions determines: Carry out prevention of infectious diseases, educating public and promoting early initiation of treatment

NGO DIA+LOGS is public, not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation Riga Municipality is providing funding for NGO “DIA+LOGS”, support centre for those affected by HIV/AIDS NGO DIA+LOGS is public, not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation harm reduction points in Riga city

“DIA+LOGS” (D+L) overall goal is to eliminate the spread of HIV/AIDS, provide support and services for HIV infected and affected persons, their friends and families and people from at-risk groups, contribute to promote awareness about HIV/AIDS.

intravenous drug users, commercial sex workers, Target groups: HIV infected, AIDS patients, intravenous drug users, commercial sex workers, at-risk youth and their families and friends, social workers and health care providers. “DIA+LOGS” (D+L) overall goal is to eliminate the spread of HIV/AIDS, provide support and services for HIV infected and affected persons, their friends and families and people from at-risk groups, contribute to promote awareness about HIV/AIDS.

D+L main continuous activities HIV prevention and harm-reduction for intravenous drug users and at-risk community groups, including outreach and peer involvement, HIV tests, counselling, mobile unit, psycho-social support, campaigning, advocacy work (involvement in policy development).

NGO “DIA+LOGS” distributed and collected syringe, distributed condoms ( year 2010, 2011 and 2012)

Express test results NGO «DIA+LOGS» year 2010, 2011 and 2012. Pajautāt par pētījumu! Year 2012- research work

Clients (intravenous drug users) «portrait» year 2012 Native language: 74% - russian 21,9% - latvian Gender: 68,6% - men Education: 43% - secondary 25,2% - primary 7,3% - not finished secondary Age: ~ almost 20% youth at age 18 - 25 years

The Welfare Department of the Riga City Council offer to schools For students: Program „ Children risk group” for children who are at risk to start substance abusing and experimenting; Program „Social and emotional life skill development”; Discussions with children about health promoting themes, for example - tobacco, alcohol, marihuana and STI, HIV/AIDS... Next year Welfare department is planning to creat program separatly for girles and boys, where specialists (gynecologists, urologists) will talk with students about hygiene, STI, HIV/AIDS. For parents: Specialists are invited to parents meetings in schools, lecturer prepares presentations about many themes, for example: Addiction, developing in adolescent period; Experimenting with drugs, opportunities to help parents; Families part in addiction prevention…

The Welfare Department of the Riga City Council offer to schools For teachers: For specialists, who work with youth we offer training programms about addiction questions and they learn more about addiction prevention Lectures: Infections. Addiction. How it is developing. How prevent addiction. Specialist involvment in addiction prevention together with parents. Codependence, HIV/AIDS. Family’s part in addiction prevention And others..... Next year Welfare department is planning to creat programm separattly for gives and boys, where specialists (

More.... www.narcomania.com www.facebook.com/veselsridzinieks Cooperation with Latvian Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDPC) about infections, for example involve together in campaign ”HIV testing week 2013” Research “Risk and preventive factor influence to addictive substances abuse level in youth in Riga”

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