The Missions of the Sector Committee as defined by the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications during its installation on 12 July 2010
The committee's mission is:
1. To provide peer educators in the P & T sector with clear, accurate and up-to-date information on infection;
- To help P & T patients cope with the emotions and difficulties of diagnosing HIV and those experienced afterwards: shock, depression, anger, fear, guilt, Anxiety, suicidal tendencies, stress, discrimination and stigmatization;
- To help PLHIV in the P & T sector solve their financial and sexual difficulties;
- To help P & T patients make choices that will extend and improve the quality of their lives;
- To assist P & T patients in avoiding HIV transmission or reinfection;
- To raise awareness among PLHIV in the P & T sector in order to avoid stigmatization and discrimination;
- To facilitate discussions on risk behaviours and situations, with the aim of promoting awareness and behavioural change among workers;
- To disseminate basic information on transmission methods and means of prevention from sexually transmissible infections and HIV / AIDS through educational lectures;
- To propose training sessions for peer educators in the P & T sector;
- To hold 02 training sessions of 30 peer educators annually with sector staff.
- To organize at least two educational talk sessions per year within each structure of the Post and Telecommunication sector.
- To produce and distribute outreach materials to target groups;
- To organise awareness-raising workshops on STD / HIV / AIDS staff in the post and telecommunication sector in the 10 regions, one workshop per year.
- To organize a voluntary HIV testing campaign at the central and regional level each year to analyse the results and to propose means and facilities for the care of patients.
- To determine a day to promote the use of condom every year for events such as: World AIDS Day, International Women's Day, World Post Day, World Telecommunication Day and The African Post and Telecommunication Days.
- To identify and appoint 40 focal points at the regional level that is, 4 per region
- To hold an inception workshop of the 40 appointed focal points on the mechanisms and methods of coordinating the monitoring and evaluation of the plan to fight against AIDS.
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