Indian Health Organisation’s ‘Project Saheli’ for Sex Workers – A Replicable Model

By Dr. I. S. Gilada

With 14 years experience of innovative IEC approaches from street–corner meets to the World Congress, health care and support services, targeted intervention, NGO networking and training, Indian Health Organisation (IHO) has been described as a torch–bearer and watch–dog in the AIDS control efforts in India and the Asian continent.

Sustainability of any NGO is crucial and depends on its philosophy, achievements, and wider acceptability and focused approach, for which financial support needs to be guaranteed.

IHO, a non–profit, apolitical and secular NGO with 19 branches in 8 states has whipped up an unparalleled campaign to provide succor and hope to the poor and hapless.

IHO has been spearheading the fight against child prostitution since 1982 and HIV/AIDS ever since it started India’s first AIDS awareness campaign in 1985. IHO is uniquely positioned to understand dynamics of these issues, accurately predict their socioeconomic fallout and intervene effectively.

Dr. I. S. Gilada is the Honorary Secretary, Indian Health Organisation (NGO),
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