NONGOR has been working together partnership with Family Health International (FHI) Bangladesh since June 2006 by establishing MODHUMITA Integrated Health Center financed by USAID under the project “HIV & STI Prevention Project among Injecting Drug Users” and thereafter a VCT (Voluntary Counseling & Testing) Clinical Lab Services has also been set up in October 2007 which is still successfully running with its quality of global standard.
NONGOR are the first lunching VCT Services among most-at-risk groups preferable for (I)DUs at South Chittagong, found HIV positive cases and ensure care, support & treatment as well. We continuing TB promotional activities through referral mechanism and suspected TB patients referred for taking treatment to nearest treatment center of TB.
However HIV/AIDS is a top priority to the world communities as it is a disease that kills hundreds of thousands of people every year. In Bangladesh the number of HIV affected people is still a few but it is in danger zone as the country is bordered with two highly affected countries named India and Myanmar. As we know Cox’s Bazar is in very suitable geographical position in communication with “The Golden Triangle”- the most terrible zone of drug production and traffic.
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