Bangalore Urban , DAPCU – Response to Question of the Month February 2012 - Facilitating Pre ART Registration

Period	ANC positive	CD4	Eligible for ART	Put on ART
April 2010 to March 2011	226	106(47%)	23	12 (52%)
October 2011 - December 2011	48	40(83.3%)	10	10(100%)

Strategies in Bangalore Urban district to ensure people diagnosed HIV positive from ICTCs to reach the ART Centre for Pre - ART registration are as follows

1. We held NGO Co-ordination meeting at the DAPCU Office and discussed in detail about the situation of the gap between positives detected and the ART reached status in Bangalore Urban. 
2. The number of outreach workers was assessed and each ORW was allocated one or two ICTCs according to their concerned area of work. After this meeting the ORWs visited to their respected ICTCs once or twice in a month and took the list of positives not reached to ART centres and followed them up mainly through home visits and gave the feedback to the ICTC counsellors. This aspect was strictly reviewed during the monthly meetings.
3. The help of ORWs of DLN was also used in the same manner.
4. All the MOs of PHCs were instructed to utilise the help of ASHA workers for the follow up of HIV positives. Thanks to the NRHM for the incentives given to the ASHA workers for this work.
5. The Saturday outreach activity of ICTC counsellors is mandatorily reviewed in our monthly meetings.
6. The list of Non ART reached cases is being collected from the ICTC counsellor in the monthly meeting and shared with the RCHO, MOs for the follow-up using their field staff.