Avahan CMIS Data

Avahan - the India AIDS Initiative is a large scale HIV prevention intervention funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It Focuses on high-risk groups in selected districts of the six states most affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur) and along the national highways. Avahan had seven lead implementing partners (LIPs) working in six states who were responsible for implementing prevention interventions for female sex workers, high-risk men who have sex with men, and injecting drug users through sub-grants to grassroots NGOs. Two grantees were responsible for programming for men at risk. FHI 360 was responsible for coordinating at pan-Avahan level routine monitoring through output level indicators, whose collection was driven by LIPs. A standard set of core indicators were established in the year 2005 called as P2 indicators. The Data files consist of the routine programme monitoring data collected on the standard set of monthly indicators from the LIPs over the Phase I and Phase II of Avahan. The indicators are classified as follows for HRGs 1. Key Indicators (Subset of P2) - 22 Indicators Jan 05 onwards 2. P2 Indicators - 39 Indicators (Jan 07 onwards) 3. P2 Phase II Indicators - 36 Indicators(N ov 09 onwards) Key Indicators Size estimation and program infrastructure: Size estimation of KPs by type. Number NGOs and intervention districts/towns/sites, project sites by type(DIC, clinic, etc), intervention related staff, trainings, estimated sex acts/IDUs. Outreach and Condom uptake: Includes individuals tracked, contacted by the program, discontinued KPs(not accessedservice), condom/needle syringe distribution among KPs. Clinic Uptake: Individual KPs accessing clinical services, type of visit(STI, RMC, etc), STI consultaltions, STI syndromes treated by type, counseling, referrals (ICTC, TB-DMC, ART). Enabling Environment: Explores issues such as reporting of violence/crisis to KPs and addressed by the program. Community mobilization: Members of community groups, number attending meetings, membership in district level committees (DAC).