SAATHII- GFATM (Phase-III) – Blended Training Programme (Kshamata Kendra)

Programme Manager

Dr. Amol Ade (Chief Medical Office)

Project staff

Mr. Prathamesh Patil (Training Coordinator)
Ms. Jyoti Gupta (Admin & Finance Officer)

SAATHII, a Principal Recipient (PR) of the Global Fund grant, is implementing phase - III of the GFATM program that includes components of capacity building for HIV prevention, testing-treatment, and care service providers, HIV interventions among incarcerated populations, and the Elimination of Mother-To-Child Transmission. This program is being implemented between April 2021-March 2024.

SAATHII, as part of its support to NACO through phase - III of the GFATM program, aims to establish institutional mechanisms for the training of TI service providers based on the previous experiences of NACO through establishing 19 Kshamta Kendra (Targeted Intervention training centre across the states). Out of 19 Kshamta Kendras, NIPHTR is the only central government institute which is selected as regional Kshamta Kendra for Mumbai district & Goa state.

Objective of the Kshamta Kendra is to train the TI staff of NGOs and CBOs who work among core groups such as Female Sex Workers (FSW), Men who have Sex with Men (MSM), Hijra/Transgender, People Who Inject Drugs (PWID, and the staff of the Link Workers Scheme.

NIPHTR KK conducts training activities in coordination with SAATHII, Mumbai District AIDS Control Society (MDACS) and Goa State AIDS control Society (GSACS). There are 23 and 13 TI NGOs are functioning in Mumbai and Goa respectively. In Mumbai, 4 batches of Outreach Workers (ORWs), 10 batches of Peer Educators (Pes), 1 batch of Programme Managers and M&E cum Accountant each were conducted between November 2023-January 2024. In Goa, 1 batch of ORWs, 2 batches of PEs and 1 batch of PM and M&E cum Accountant were conducted between November 2023-January 2024.

Pool of Master Trainers were trained prior to initiation of down training for TI staff. NIPHTR KK has trained 272 and 107 personnel working in TI NGOs of Mumbai district and Goa State respectively. Training details of trainees are entered in the MIS to analyse their performance. Training Outcome assessment will be done to identify additional support and training needs for TI staff based on which refresher training will be conducted.

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  National Level ToT of TI Master Trainers at NIPHTR, Panvel.
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  State Level ToT of TI Master Trainers at NIPHTR, Panvel
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  ORW Batch-1 interacting with Dr. Sunil Gitte (Director, NIPHTR)

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  Training Of Peer Educators at Goa Batch-1
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  Exposure visit for ORWs to TI NGO (Darpan Goa) at Goa.
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  Training of ORWs (Batch-3) at NIPHTR, Panvel

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  Field Training for Peer Educators (PEs) at Shape India- Damini TI NGO, Chembur, Mumbai.
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  Training Outcome Assesment visit at ARPHEN TI NGO, Govandi, Mumbai.

Multi Centric Community-Based study of prevalence, KAP (Knowledge, Attitude & Practice) for prevention & First Aid of Burns, Quality of life and out of Pocket Expenditure of burns Injury and Evaluation of IEC (Information, Education, Communication) Interventions

Principal Investigator

Dr Suparna Khera CMO(SAG)

Co- Principal Investigators

Dr Sunil Gitte , Director, NIPHTR
Dr Shubhangi Bhaviskar, Dy. Commissioner

Burn injury involves significant economic and social burden and calls for a sound prevention strategy. Hence a community-based study to understand the socio-cultural and economic interplay in causation of burn injury with an aim to devise and implement specific IEC interventions is being conducted in NIPHTR. for the ICMR’s National taskforce in collaboration with ten other medical institutes as peripheral centres and Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences, Dr. RML Hospital as the nodal centre. It is the first multicentric community-based study on burns in the country to assess the prevalence and burden of disease.

The Objectives of the study are to determine the prevalence, risk factors, KAP for prevention of Burn, out of pocket expenditure, health related quality of life of patients with burn injuries and effect of IEC interventions on KAP Regarding prevention and first Aid of Burn. The duration of the project is three years and is being done in phased manner

Phase I includes a KAP study of the respondents from Urban and Rural households in Urban and Rural field Practice areas of NIPHTR. This will be followed by the intervention in form of IEC for burns prevention, followed by assessment of impact of intervention, in phase II and III. The total sample size is 3400 households of which half are Urban and remaining 50% are rural. Representative population is taken from urban sector to include slum, semi slum and non-slum population and from rural areas to have respondents from kuccha and pukka houses.

The Data is being collected by using standardized questionnaire and entered in BICS App. The data will be analyzed centrally from all the centers and IEC will be done using standardized material across centres.

The ICMR project team includes two Project Technical Officer, two field workers and one Data entry Operator and one Junior Medical officer .

Current Status
Phase I : KAP data collection from the community completed

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  Rural area Beherale village – Ajiwali PHC - PANVEL
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  Tulsiwadi (slum area) –Urban
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  Poyenjewadi village -AJIWALI PHC-PANVEL

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  Urban area (slum)-Rathod lane in D ward
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  Tulsiwadi (slum area) –Urban
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  Banganga (slum area) -Urban D ward

Studies

• GIS Mapping of Leprosy in Jharkhand State ( 2021-22)
• Mapping of NLEP indicators at the district level and Geo-Special Distribution of Leprosy cases at habitat Level-Maharashtra state ( 2022-23)
• Identification of transmission zones and hotspots at villages town level using GIS mapping of leprosy incidence in endemic Palgarh district Maharashtra
• Prevention of delay in diagnosis and Technology guided intervention for NLEP
• Profile of Leprosy cases in peri-urban area of Maharashtra state ( 2021-22)
• Community-Based cross-sectional study of Knowledge attitude and Practice of leprosy among Tribal Village of Maharashtra (2021-22)
• Study of some Epidemiological Aspects of Leprosy at Ajiveli PHC, Panvel. ( 2021-22)
• Study of some Epidemiological Aspects of Malaria at Ajiveli PHC, Panvel. ( 2021-22)
• Prevalence, trends and associated factors of hypertension in Petrol Pump workers in Panvel City.
• Prevalence of Postpartum depression and risk factors in the sub-urban area of Panvel.
• Assessment of Antenatal Services in Tribal, Rural Areas of Panvel, Raigarh District Maharashtra.
• Menstrual Hygiene Management Practices, Waste Disposal Awareness and Misconception among Adolescent School Girls in a Rural Area of Ajivali, Raigad, Maharashtra.
• Menstrual Health & Health Seeking Behavior among Middle Age Woman in Semi - Urban area of Panvel.
• A cross-sectional study on musculoskeletal and mental health disorders among occupational two-wheeler drivers, in panvel.
• Prevalence of hypertension and association between various factors of hypertension in rural area of Poyanje village (Rural area) and Poyanje-Wadi (Tribal area) in Raigarh District.
• Assessment of -A cross-sectional study on musculoskeletal and mental health disorders among occupational two-wheeler drivers, in panvel.
• NCD screening of Anganwadi workers of Panvel taluka (2023)