SAKSHAM- GFATM R-7 HIV/AIDS Counselling Programme

Status of Master Trainers(Till May 2013)

Saksham Master Trainers (MTs)

Saksham has trained multidisciplinary pool of Master

Trainers who are spread out in 24 states, 1 Union Territory and the

National Capital Region, Delhi

MTs are voluntary persons attached with Saksham

Master Trainers trained & available01-Sep-2008 - May 2013

Description Number

Total number of Master Trainers who have completed Induction and Refresher training

719

Master trainers trained in Thematic Annual Refresher Trainings

370

Master trainers presently available for conducting Saksham training sessions for counsellors (May 2013)

499

Master Trainers available under 6 SRs (Till May 2013)

SR Name Available MTs

Bangalore University + Osmania University 80

Jamia Milia Islamia 78

University of Lucknow 72

Regional Institute of Medical Sciences 62

College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai 52

Tata Institute of Social Sciences-SR 111

Grand Total 499

State- wise location of Master Trainers (MTs)(Till May 2013)

Name of State No. of MTs

Andhra Pradesh 14

Assam 17

Bihar 17

Chattisgarh 15

Goa 15

State- wise location of Master Trainers (MTs)(Till May 2013)

Name of State No. of MTs

Gujarat 27

Haryana 18

Himachal Pradesh 16

Jammu & Kashmir 18

Jharkhand 11

Name of State No. of MTs

Karnataka 38

Kerala 15

Madhya Pradesh 32

Maharashtra 14

Manipur 15

State- wise location of Master Trainers (MTs)(Till May 2013)

State wise location of Master Trainers (MTs)(As per May 2013 data)

Name of State No. of MTs

Mizoram 18

Nagaland 23

Delhi (National Capital Region) 19

Orissa 17

Punjab 20

State wise location of Master Trainers (MTs)(Till May 2013)

Name of State No. of MTs

Rajasthan 21

Tamil Nadu 20

Chandigarh (Union Territory) 10

Uttar Pradesh 34

Uttarakhand 5

West Bengal 29

Master Trainer’s Contribution• Saksham has trained a total of 719 Master Trainers (with

Induction and Refresher training) so far.• Saksham presently has a pool of 499 available Master Trainers• Saksham MTs have so far trained 14,052 HIV/AIDS counsellors

and 24x7 PHC nurses located in: -ICTCs,- FICTCs- ART- STI- PPP- TI - Mobile ICTCs

Challenges in building the pool of Master Trainers

• MTs are persons associated with Saksham. Majority of them are working in paid jobs elsewhere.

• Most dropout Master Trainers were unable to give their time for regular training sessions over the four year period

• Most MTs were unable to get four days leave for the refresher trainings planned by Saksham

Plans for future - Master Trainers • More focus on understanding social drivers of the epidemic-

gender, sexuality, stigma, social exclusion and marginalization, migration, gender based violence, and such others to engage with vulnerability issues

• Lack of thrust on counselling for linkages with appropriate services- TB, STIs- treatment adherence counselling, preventing loss to follow up

• Enhancement of skills in the use of ‘self’ in the counselling process

• Enhancement of skills in counselling couples, from TI, MSM, migrant populations

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