Integrated Counselling Testing Centre is the programme that is offering quality Counselling and testing services in Private Hospital and for the people who are reluctant to avail the services at a Government setting due to fear of prejudice or confidentiality being broken. With the ample support of Tamilnadu State AIDS Control Society, the Integrated Counselling and HIV testing center is functioning from the premises of Peace Health Centre. It is very heartening to inform that a new Counsellor and lab technician have been appointed for effective service delivery. The Aim of this centre is to provide Confidential Counselling and HIV Testing for

. ANC Mothers

. Spouses of ANC Mother

. Most of Risk Persons

. General Population

Background of our ICTC

      50% of the AN mother seeking health care services from the PVT hospitals of Tirunelveli District.
      They are missed ICTC services

Objectives of this ICTC

      To linkage with antenatal mothers seeking delivery care in private hospital to identifies the HIV status
      Providing pre/post teat couselling and other who are seeking health care in private hospitals
      Linkage with PVT Hospital for testing
      To prevent the HIV from pregnant mothers to the child in private Hospitals
      Providing NVP to infected AN mothers and giving NVP syrup to the new born of them mothers
      Importing training to the PVT Doctors to treat the OIs of the PLHA
      Train the staff of the PVT hospital to reduce the stigma and discrimination

Activities

      Registering AN Mothers and other clients seeking private medical service
      Counselling and Testing
      Training giving to PVT Hospital Nurses and Lab Technicians
      Awareness programme conducting to Hospital utility worker
      Linkages between PVT Hospitals
      Referral services
            ART centre
            RNTCP
            STD dept
            Care centre
      To ensure quality assurance of testing