Accelerating progress toward the end of AIDS in India
ACCELERATE is closing gaps in the response with innovative models that bring HIV services to the most vulnerable populations.
PROJECT ACCELERATE
Project ACCELERATE identifies and engages vulnerable populations, including key populations, and provides preventive and treatment services across the HIV care continuum.
COMMUNITIES SERVED
and transgender
Vulnerable Children
Sex with Men
Workers
with HIV
Inject Drugs
GOAL
The overarching goal of ACCELERATE is to design, implement and evaluate sustainable novel models of HIV testing and care that supports the Government of India’s National Strategic Plan (NSP) for HIV/AIDS and STI 2017-24 aimed at improving access to HIV prevention and treatment services, and social protection schemes among vulnerable populations including Key Populations (KP) and their families in India.
Objectives
To increase access and availability of KP-friendly prevention services
To improve access and uptake of HIV testing services among vulnerable Indian populations
To facilitate increased access, adherence, and retention to antiretroviral therapy and improve survival among PLHIV
To improve the well-being of orphans and vulnerable children, mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS
IMPACT
Locations
- Srikakulam
- Vizianagaram
- Visakhapatnam
- Kurnool
- Chittoor
- YSR Kadapa
- Anantapur
- Pune
- Thane
- Mumbai
- Imphal East
- Imphal West
- Churachandpur
- Chandel
- Aizawl
- Champhai
- Lunglei
- Mamit
- Kolasib
- Dimapur
- Tuensang (including Noklak)
- Mokokchung
- Hyderabad
- Rangareddy
- Karimnagar
- Mahbubnagar
- Nalgonda
Services
and treatment to India.
- Roll out new HIV prevention strategies in India (e.g., PrEP)
- Differentiated Prevention Model for NACO TI Programs
- Support to roll out revamped TI strategy
- First transgender comprehensive clinic, Mitr clinic, established in Hyderabad, Thane and Pune
- Identify strategies to improve efficiency of HIV testing
- Implement new HIV testing strategies (e.g., HIV self-testing)
- Peer navigation to link PLHIV with ART
- Rapid/same day initiation of ART
- Quality of Care Improvements
- Integrated models of Care (NCD/Ageing)
- Decentralized ART Model
- PLHIV Death Autopsy
- Advanced Disease Management Package
- Virtual Adherence monitoring (SVA/ 99DOTS)
- Improve access to viral load testing
- Package of services for at-risk adolescents
- Integrated adolescent model with HWC for HIV services
- Linkage to social protection & other schemes for OVC & families
- Adolescent Friendly Health Centers established in four states
Access a safe life through our comprehensive network of clinics, doctors, and counsellors, along with products like PrEP, and HIV self-testing kits! Safe Zindagi enables prevention and management of HIV and STIs by offering high-quality services and products at the lowest prices or for free!
Safe Zindagi is an online platform funded by USAID and PEPFAR and implemented through Project ACCELERATE, in partnership with the National AIDS Control Organization of India.
Begin a safe and fulfilling lifestyle here!
Project ACCELERATE launched India’s first comprehensive clinic with & for the Transgender Community in Hyderabad in January 2021. Mitr [Hindi for ‘friend’ implies extending conversations based on friendship and empathy that support understanding the real needs and issues of transgender population] clinic provides comprehensive services for the transgender community and serves as a working model on how to reach vulnerable marginalized populations.
Resources
For more information, write to accelerate.2030@gmail.com