Youth Vision in partnership with the
National Center for AIDS and STI Control (NCASC), Teku Kathmandu successfully
conducted three days Oral Substitution Therapy (OST) training cum workshop in
Kathmandu since 8-10 September 2017.
The objective of the training was to
capacitate staff nurses and counselors directly involved in providing OST
services. The objective of the training was also to discuss the best practices
and identify the measures to overcome the common challenges faced concerning
the OST service delivery.
During the training the present context
of the drug use, the positive impact and the strengths and weakness of the OST
guideline were discussed. In addition to it, the content had also covered the
service delivery, and in the documentation and uniformity of the statistics and
the need of effective monitoring.
In the training 19 participants from 8 districts and serving in 14 OST sites run by Youth Vision and Government of Nepal in support of the Global Fund/Save the Children has participated.
The training was facilitated by the
Joint Secretary Mr Kedar Naupane of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Under
Secretary Mr. Uday Bahadur Singh, MoHA, Director of National Center for AIDS
and STI Control, Dr. Tarun Paoudel, Dr. Saroj Prasad Ojha, Professor and Head of Department
Psychiatry and Mental Health TUTH. Program Manager (s) of Save the Children and
the Executive Program Manager of the Youth Vision, Mr Rajendra Thapa, Program
Coordinator Mr. Madhu Sudan Sijapati. The experts in OST, counseling, client
management, data recording and documentation had also shared their
experiences.
The training was conducted in support of
the Mainline Foundation of the Netherlands.