Forearms of Change Centre to Enable Community for Community Empowerment, FOCCEC, sexual and reproductive health in Jordan, sexual and reproductive health services in Jordan, harm reduction in Jordan, HIV prevention in Jordan, reproductive health rights in Jordan, civil society organizations in Jordan, women's health services in Jordan, non-profit community health organizations in Jordan,سواعد لتمكين المجتمع, الصحة الجنسية والإنجابية في الأردن, خدمات الصحة الجنسية والإنجابية في الأردن, الحد من الأضرار في الأردن, الوقاية من فيروس HIV في الأردن, حقوق الصحة الإنجابية في الأردن, منظمات المجتمع المدني في الأردن, خدمات صحة المرأة في الأردن, منظمات الصحة المجتمعية غير الربحية في الأردن

HIV/AIDS

Sawaed Organization- HIV|AIDS -Social Support- Community Empowerment in Jordan- Free Medical and Social Support- Free HIV Testing & Counseling

Sawaed Organization- HIV|AIDS -Social Support- Community Empowerment in Jordan- Free Medical and Social Support- Free HIV Testing & Counseling

HIV/AIDS

populations (Kps) by focusing on prevention, protection, and advocacy. FOCCEC pursues prevention intervention by training outreach workers from the affected communities across Jordan. The five-day training will increase the trainee's knowledge of HIV and STIs prevention, enhance their outreach skills, and familiarize them with the outreach principles and ethics. Then the trained outreach workers will be qualified to hold awareness sessions and spread information education communication materials for target communities in Amman, Irbid, Zarqa, and Mafraq. The outreach workers also promote HIV prevention counseling services provided by FOCCEC counselors. By employing the aforementioned strategies, FOCCEC aims to make HIV prevention knowledge resources and services more accessible to PLHIV and Kps. To better address protection for the affected communities, FOCCEC collaborates with the private healthcare sector and the Ministry of Health (MoH) to conduct tests not available at FOCCEC, HIV medications, and medical consultations to the beneficiaries. If any beneficiary gets tested positive for HIV at FOCCEC, it will refer the person to the MoH for HIV medications and to physicians for medical counseling. In addition to that, the NGO will help beneficiaries seek medical interventions for STIs as needed.