Special features of the organization
Swasti is a health resource centre working in the area of HIV and AIDS. It seeks to advance health and well-being of communities it works with by mobilising them to better address healthcare priorities; improving the efficiency and effectiveness of organisations in the health sector; combining sector knowledge with gender, equity, vulnerability and anti-poverty perspectives and management skills. , , , Swasti has been successfully running project Pragati, an empowerment initiative for women in sex work, covering over 16000 women in Bangalore city of Karnataka. It is engaged in a Rural Intervention Project working in 100 high priority villages of 5 talukas in Chickballapur and Kolar districts of Karnataka focusing on women in sex work. It supports a network of three community based organisations of women in sex work implement a project addressing stigma and discrimination of PLHIV. It is also running a learning systems project for HIV targeted and care and support interventions in Karnataka. , , Through technical and management support Swasti has worked with district, state and the central government departments in planning and reviews. Swasti wrote the Round 7, 8 and 9 proposal for the Global Fund on behalf of the India CCM. The Round 7 proposal was awarded to India. It has conducted functional reviews of state health departments of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. It has conducted three rounds of State Project Director s Induction Programme in collaboration with NACO and UNAIDS. It has conducted mapping of high risk activities in 436 urban towns of 4 states and 9700 rural areas in 85 districts of 26 states of India. It is the Zonal Agency in the South for concurrent evaluation of National Rural Health Mission 2008. It is engaged in the impact evaluation of the Balasahayoga program (comprehensive HIV care and support program for infected and affected children) in Andhra Pradesh, India. It has also supported international agencies, including UNAIDS, UNODC, Govt. of Phillipines and Maldives, Save the Children UK, on various proposal development and monitoring and evaluation assignments. Apart from this it has also worked with numerous national agencies in providing technical and management support. , , Swasti seeks to contribute to the health sector through sharing of its experiences and learnings, networking with agencies working in health and participating in policy forums. Swasti has participated in NACO s technical committee on female condoms, mapping and mainstreaming HIV. It has developed resources (training modules, case study compendiums, films, audio-visual CDs) on topics related to empowerment of women in sex work, care and support and personal advancement and career enhancement of female garment workers. It provides training to different organisations public and private on different aspects of HIV. It supports organisational development initiatives of Arunodaya Network of HIV+ people. It has also put together a repository of HIV and Health systems related documents and research studies.
