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07-C0906 Humana People to People Botswana.
This activity has USG Team Botswana Internal Reference Number C0906. This activity links to the following: C0901 & P0205 & P0401.
This program aims to improve collaborations with traditional healers and herbalists and spiritual healers in preventing HIV and improving access to treatment. These individuals are widely respected in Botswana, and many Batswana rely on their advice about health issues. Their support for HIV prevention and treatment could be pivotal. With this in mind, the program will target 200 traditional healers and herbalists and 100 spiritual healers.
This program is a continuation of the Humana People to People Botswana community mobilization. This program trains community leaders to become advocates for HCT. More than 2,000 leaders have been funded through FY05 and FY06. Community leaders have shown great interest in the program, and have reported in follow-up community meetings that the program has been in the forefront in the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This activity has also contributed to the increase in the number of clients counseled and tested at the Tebelopele VCT centers, as Humana collaborates with Tebelopele to bring VCT to mobilized communities.
During previous community mobilizations, Humana's staff noted that very few traditional healers and herbalists attended workshops, though special efforts had been made to include them. Humana staff noted that efforts to mobilize traditional healers through their associations could improve the healers' involvement in HIV prevention efforts. Subsequently, Humana People to People discussed the issue with local stakeholders and with the MOH's Health Promotion and Education Unit, the unit that coordinates activities for traditional healers through the District Health Teams.
These discussions resulted in the following plan. Humana People to People Botswana will consult with the traditional healers association of 11 villages in Kweneng West sub-district, and with District Health Teams and Community Home Base Care. Together, these groups will plan together how best the traditional healers and herbalists can join the program.
Then, the program will conduct special workshops for traditional healers, herbalists and spiritual healers. The program will run two (2) workshops per month for the first six months, for a total of 12 workshops, each lasting three days. The focus areas of the workshops for will be (1) advocacy for HIV testing, (2) HIV/AIDS prevention, (3) positive living and (4) nutrition. In addition, program staff will conduct field visits after each workshop. The workshops and field visits will impart new knowledge and skills to healers, and involve them in new efforts to help their clients.
The program will help traditional healers, herbalists and spiritual healers become more aware of HIV counseling and testing as an entry point to prevention, care and treatment. In the future, their collaboration could be pivotal in efforts to disseminate information about HIV and about resources for testing, prevention and treatment in each community.
