What role do NGOs play in AIDS control?
NGOs have an important and very special role to play. The close interpersonal interaction that NGOs have with people in the communities they work in is extremely usefid for implementing the behavioural interventions necessary for HIV/AIDS prevention and care. NGOs are also not under the same political constraints as government programmes are. They therefore have greater flexibility and the capacity to accommodate changing programmes and public needs and can innovate and implement new initiatives more easily.
NGOs have an important and very special role to play. The close interpersonal interaction that NGOs have with people in the communities they work in is extremely useful for implementing the behavioural interventions necessary for HIV/AIDS prevention and care. NGOs are also not under the same political constraints as government programmes are. They therefore have greater flexibility and the capacity to accommodate changing programmes and public needs and can innovate and implement new initiatives more easily AIDS and the Workplace Q: Is it safe to work with someone infected with HIV? A: Yes. Most workers face no risk of getting the virus while doing their work. If they have the virus themselves, they are not a risk to others during the course of their work. Q: Why are people safe from HIV infection during work? A: As explained already, in adults, the virus is mainly transmitted through the transfer of blood or sexual fluids.
