SAKSHAM- GFATM R-7 HIV/AIDS Counselling Programme Status of Master Trainers (Till May 2013)

Saksham Master Trainers (MTs) Saksham has trained multidisciplinary pool of Master Trainers who are spread out in 24 states, 1 Union Territory and the National Capital Region, Delhi MTs are voluntary persons attached with Saksham

Master Trainers trained & available 01-Sep May 2013 DescriptionNumber Total number of Master Trainers who have completed Induction and Refresher training 719 Master trainers trained in Thematic Annual Refresher Trainings 370 Master trainers presently available for conducting Saksham training sessions for counsellors (May 2013) 499

Master Trainers available under 6 SRs (Till May 2013) SR NameAvailable MTs Bangalore University + Osmania University80 Jamia Milia Islamia78 University of Lucknow72 Regional Institute of Medical Sciences62 College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai52 Tata Institute of Social Sciences-SR111 Grand Total499

State- wise location of Master Trainers (MTs) (Till May 2013) Name of StateNo. of MTs Andhra Pradesh14 Assam17 Bihar17 Chattisgarh15 Goa15

State- wise location of Master Trainers (MTs) (Till May 2013) Name of StateNo. of MTs Gujarat27 Haryana18 Himachal Pradesh16 Jammu & Kashmir18 Jharkhand11

Name of StateNo. of MTs Karnataka38 Kerala15 Madhya Pradesh32 Maharashtra14 Manipur15 State- wise location of Master Trainers (MTs) (Till May 2013)

State wise location of Master Trainers (MTs) (As per May 2013 data) Name of StateNo. of MTs Mizoram18 Nagaland23 Delhi (National Capital Region)19 Orissa17 Punjab20

State wise location of Master Trainers (MTs) (Till May 2013) Name of StateNo. of MTs Rajasthan21 Tamil Nadu20 Chandigarh (Union Territory)10 Uttar Pradesh34 Uttarakhand5 West Bengal29

Master Trainer’s Contribution Saksham has trained a total of 719 Master Trainers (with Induction and Refresher training) so far. Saksham presently has a pool of 499 available Master Trainers Saksham MTs have so far trained 14,052 HIV/AIDS counsellors and 24x7 PHC nurses located in: -ICTCs, - FICTCs - ART - STI - PPP - TI - Mobile ICTCs

Challenges in building the pool of Master Trainers MTs are persons associated with Saksham. Majority of them are working in paid jobs elsewhere. Most dropout Master Trainers were unable to give their time for regular training sessions over the four year period Most MTs were unable to get four days leave for the refresher trainings planned by Saksham

Plans for future - Master Trainers More focus on understanding social drivers of the epidemic- gender, sexuality, stigma, social exclusion and marginalization, migration, gender based violence, and such others to engage with vulnerability issues Lack of thrust on counselling for linkages with appropriate services- TB, STIs- treatment adherence counselling, preventing loss to follow up Enhancement of skills in the use of ‘self’ in the counselling process Enhancement of skills in counselling couples, from TI, MSM, migrant populations

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