INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN - Throughout the multiple waves of COVID-19 in Iran, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has provided critical
help communities, developing information, education, and communication materials, and developing a community-based monitoring and evaluation
framework have been on the agenda, according to the UNAIDS website.Personal protective equipment, such as masks, shields, gloves, and
protective equipment to the Ministry of Health and Medical Education and the State Welfare Organization to be distributed through
gloves, among other equipment.Multimonth dispensing, ensuring that people living with HIV who are on HIV treatment receive enough treatment
to last several months in order to avoid frequent visits to health centres, is a key pillar of an HIV response in humanitarian crises and
their life-saving medicines, UNAIDS procured and delivered more than 650,000 doses of Vonavir, which covered the needs of more than 7,000
people living with HIV for nearly three months, and more than 520,000 doses of Truvada, which covered the needs of nearly 3,000 people
the country.Ten nongovernmental organizations working on HIV were awarded 26 small grants to increase community engagement and help people
include income generation schemes, home-care services, online sales and commerce, mental health support, the development of e-learning
platforms, the distribution of hygiene kits, food, and medicines, and holding virtual events and forums for awareness-raising and stress
reduction.UNAIDS also helped in creating impactful information, education, and communication material to enhance knowledge and build
such as the basics of HIV in relation to COVID-19, prevention of the virus in the context of HIV, the importance of continuing HIV
treatment, and addressing stigma and discrimination
The videos were featured across a number of online channels and platforms, receiving more than 15,000 views to date
This was born out of field monitoring activities carried out together with government partners and civil society organizations.Online
training sessions were organized for more than 200 people living with HIV and service providers
was to improve the effectiveness of monitoring and evaluation practices for HIV within the framework of the national strategic plan in order
managed to be a part of the overall support to people living with HIV, who had to deal with the health, social and economic challenges
partners for the wide range of activities undertaken as part of the project.MGPhoto: Fardad Doroudi, the UNAIDS Country Director for Iran,
visiting a personal protective equipment warehouse run by the Ministry of Health
Credit: Saeid Honaramooz/UNAIDS
