The overall objective of the project is to contribute towards improved targeting, effectiveness, monitoring, and evaluation of HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support programmes in Somalia.
IOM will develop and implement a community based prevention, awareness and stigma reduction programme in Somalia, specifically focusing on most at risk populations (MARPs) and hot spot areas. This programme will increase awareness of key affected and vulnerable populations, increase capacity of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to better coordinate and address HIV and AIDS issues, and decrease stigma in key institutions, with religious leaders, and in the community.
Background: An increasing number of countries with low incidence of tuberculosis have pre-entry screening programmes for migrants. We present the fi rst estimates of the prevalence of and risk factors for tuberculosis in migrants from 15 high-incidence countries screened before entry to the UK.
