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“Community‐led monitoring of HIV and viral hepatitis services: lessons learned and impacts from India and Indonesia” Journal of the International AIDS Society.

Community-led monitoring (CLM) assesses healthcare services and improves health outcomes. It provides insights about the state of local or national HIV responses, assisting managers and policymakers to improve services under the framework of availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality (AAAQ) [1]. Interest in CLM is growing, with support from the International AIDS Society, the Joint United […]

CLM addressing legal entitlements of people living with HIV

After our CLM findings that 95% of people living with HIV (PLHIV) are not aware of the India HIV/AIDS Act 2017, we organized different sensitization workshops among PLHIV along with the State Ombudsman for HIV which established under the Act. Post these workshops, during August and September 2024, we received four (4) complaints from individuals […]

Indicators developed by Peduli Hati Bangsa and TREAT Asia’s community-led monitoring in Asia project will be implemented nationwide

Community-led monitoring (CLM) enables communities and care recipients to collect data about healthcare and support services that can help facility managers and providers improve the quality, accessibility, and effectiveness of care. Ultimately, this person-centered approach to healthcare delivery aims to aid governments and other providers tailor existing services to site-specific needs and fill gaps in […]

Successfully assisting for re-treatment of HCV

On 2nd of April 2024, we came across a person who use drugs who had completed his HCV treatment in November 2021with Sofosbuvir 400 mg & daclatasvir 60 mg for 12 weeks. Later he found that the treatment had failed while doing his SVR 12 test. But unfortunately, he was not really bothered about possible […]

Peer PWID filling the gap of viral hepatitis awareness

During March 2024, we interviewed a person who has not done his HCV RNA test after being HCV antibody reactive two years ago. He was not aware of the HCV services available under the National Viral Hepatitis Control Program. Action Taken: Our data enumerators provided him with counselling about the interpretation of HCV antibody reactive result and […]

Implementation guidelines for Community-led monitoring (CLM) of hepatitis B and C services in Indonesia

The Indonesian Directorate General of Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Health in collaboration with Peduli Hati Bangsa, Jakarta has developed “Implementation guidelines for Community-led monitoring (CLM) of hepatitis B and C services in Indonesia”. This is the first national program adoption of indicators developed by community groups on hepatitis B and C.   […]