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1 KOLKATA TESTING CENTRES School of Tropical Medicine (ICTC, ART) 108, Chittaranjan Avenue ( /4065, ) MR Bangur Hospital (ICTC, STI clinic, ART) 241, Deshapran Sasmal Road, Tollygunge ( /3354, ) NGOs & CBOs Calcutta Rescue Focus group: The economically disadvantaged Services: Free medical treatment; in-house counselling; nutritional support and aid towards travel, testing or education of dependent children. HIV/AIDS clinics are held every Thursday at their Tala Park address, from 2.30pm onwards. Contact: 4th Floor, 85, Collin Street ( ); 4, Tara Shankar Sarani (on the west side of Tala Park) ( ); HTUwww.calcuttarescue.orgUTH Society for Positive Atmosphere and Related Support to HIV/AIDS (Sparsha) Focus group: PLWHAs Services: Health and diet training for patients and family; prescription medicines not part of the ART programme; guidance and referral for testing; nutritional and travel aid; awareness and advocacy programmes; community mobilization to help infected or affected women and children. Contact: AE-36 Rabindra Pally, Prafulla Kanan, Keshtopur ( ); Solidarity and Action Against The HIV Infection in India (Saathii) Focus group: (In Kolkata) sexual minorities such as MSMs, transgenders Services: Counselling, legal aid and advocacy; training and fund-raising; situational research; information and networking. Contact: 229, Kalitala Main Road, Purbachal North ( ); HTUwww.saathii.orgUTH Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee Focus group: Sex workers (male, female and transgender), but also seeks to reach children and regular clients of sex workers. Services: Sexual healthcare and interventions; networking and advocacy; communitybased care and support; nutritional support. Durbar provides weekly rations (on Fridays), counselling and treatment to the HIV-positive through its Mamata Care and Treatment Centre (a VCT centre). Contact: 12/5, Nilmoni Mitra Street ( ); HTUwww.durbar.orgUTH Organisation For Friends Energies and Resources (OFFER) Services: Residential care and healthcare for HIV-positive children at Anandaghar (see Shelters ); education and rehabilitation; nutritional and medical support; rights-based advocacy. Contact: Flat 2-6, 1st Floor, 152, BT Road, Dunlop Bridge ( /8011);

2 SHELTERS Prothoma Services: Supported by PLUS (see Support groups ), can provide shelter for four MSM and transgender persons, irrespective of HIV status, at a nominal cost of Rs40. Contact: 95, Narkeldanga Main Road ( ) Anandaghar Services: Run by OFFER (see NGOs & CBOs ), this care home can take in 125 HIVinfected children. Undertakes ART monitoring and treatment, all meals and education through mainstream schools. Contact: Anandaghar, Yugipara Road, Dakshin Gobindapur, PS Sonarpur, 24 Parganas South ( , ) BANGALORE HOSPITALS AND LABS Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Bangalore KR Road, VV Puram ( / ) St John Hospital Check post, Sarjapur Main Road, Koramangala ( / ) Victoria Hospital Fort Road, Kalasipalyam ( ) NGOs and CBOs Freedom Foundation Focus group: Adults and children Services: Treatment for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, care and support shelters, with 50 beds each in nine cities and towns in the south; home for HIVpositive children in Hyderabad and Bangalore; free testing (for Rapid and ELISA tests) centres. Contact: No. 180, Hennur Cross ( /9766); HTUwww.thefreedomfoundation.orgUTH Vijaya Mahila Sangha Focus group: Female sex workers Services: HIV/AIDS testing facilities; counselling. Contact: No. 4, C/o Rajanna, New Gangadeshwara Building, Nayandahalli, Mysore Road ( /4551) Samara Focus group: Sexual minorities Services: Support group for sexual minorities; counselling on prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS. Contact: 43, KGN Complex, 3rd floor, NR Road ( ) SHELTERS Snehadaan Services: Provide shelter; counselling; treatment for 50 HIV-positive people with palliative treatment for 10.

3 Contact: Ambedkar Nagar, Sarjapura Road, Camelaram Post ( / ); HTUhttp:// Services: Run by Freedom Foundation (see NGOs and CBOs ). It provides food, shelter, education and medical care to children under the age of 14. The foundation also has a 20- bed facility for adults. Contact: (see NGOs and CBOs ); HTUhttp:// Aids Counseling Care Education Prevention Training Society (ACCEPT) Services: 35-bed shelters with in-house doctors, nurses and counsellors; free testing (for Rapid and ELISA tests) centre; home for 20 children orphaned due to HIV/AIDS; support group for family and persons living with HIV. Contact: 245, KRC Road, next to Visthar, Doddagubbi PO ( ) CHENNAI TESTING CENTRES Stanley Medical College and Hospital Old Jail Road ( ) Santhome Health Post 17, Ramakrishnan Nagar II, Main Street, RA Puram ( ) Saidapet Health Post 15, Jeenis Road, Saidapet ( ) Lister METROPOLIS Laboratory and Research Center Pvt. Ltd 3, Jagannathan Road, Nungambakkam ( ) NGOS AND CBOS Corporation AIDS Prevention and Control Society (Capacs) Services: Sperad awareness about use of condom; adolescent clinics; family health awareness campaigns and ART. The range of regular services include medication, psychosocial support, clinical care, human rights education and legal support to help HIV-positive people create a network for themselves. Contact: 82, Thiru-Vi-Ka Salai, Mylapore, Chennai ( /0081); HTUwww.capacs.orgUTH Sahodaran Services: Spreads awareness on human rights issues of sexuality and gender; writing proposals for fund-raising and raising funds; networking and sharing of resources and understanding the impact HIV/AIDS/STD has on MSM and male-to-female transgender populations. Contact: 27, New No.75, 3rd St Extn, Railway colony, Aminjikarai ( / , ) YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education Services: Education on HIV for school students; counselling; testing; laboratory research. Contact: (see Testing centres for address); HTUwww.yrgcare.orgUTH

4 SHELTERS Home of Hope Supported by Hope Foundation, Home of Hope provides shelter for widowed mothers and orphaned children infected with HIV/AIDS. Contact: See NGOs and CBOs SIP Memorial Home Besides offering home-based care; educational, medical and recreational support; the South India Positive Network s SIP Memorial Home provides a roof to HIV/AIDSinfected orphaned children (from newborns to children up to 15 years of age). Contact: No. 15, Nabigal Nayagam Street, Vetriselvi Anbazhagan Nagar, Periyar Nagar ( ) Community Health Education Society Provides child welfare, health awareness and advocacy; and a shelter for children infected with HIV/AIDS. Contact: 198, Rangaraja Puram Main Road, Kodambakkam ( , ) DELHI TESTING CENTRES Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital Services: Serological Testing for HIV by Rapid kits, for all direct walk-in clients, as well as for clients and patients referred by NGOs, doctors, the hospital s OPD. The ART centre provides treatment and counselling to AIDS patients. Contact: Near Clock Tower, Hari Nagar ( /08); Hospitals/DDU/index.html AIDS SPECIALIST S.C. Sharma Contact: Room No. 4. Casualty 1st Floor, Dr RML Hospital, Baba Kharak Singh Marg ( ); rmlh.nic.in Atul Kakar Hon associate consultant, department of medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital; MNAMS Post Graduate Certificate in HIV/STD Management Short Term Training Rheumatology; MBBS University College of Medical Sciences ( UCMS ), University of Delhi; DNB ( Medicine); Fellow, Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine Contact: Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar ( ) NGOs and CBOs Modicare Foundation Services: Support group meetings for PLWHAs; nutritional support; training and awareness sessions for schoolchildren in private schools; VCTC at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital (L-2, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Indraprastha HO), with pre- and post-test counselling. Contact: 4, Community Centre, New Friends Colony ( ); HTUwww.modicarefoundation.comUTH

5 AIDS Awareness Group (AAG) Services: Provide shelter and counselling for PLWHAs; awareness programmes and counselling. Contact: 119-D, Humayupur, Safdarjung Enclave ( ); HTUwww.aagindia.orgUTH Action India Services: Medical and nursing care, support and counselling; diagnosis and treatment (including ART); advocacy. Contact: D-237, Defence Colony, ( ); HTUwww.actionindia.org.inUTH Drishtikon Focus group: Sex workers, truck drivers, migrants and adolescents Services: Prevention and awareness programmes; care and support for PLWHAs. Contact: See AIDS SPECIALISTS Sushma Sengupta Francois Xavier Bagnoud India Society Services: Medical camps and counselling for PLWHAs and their families, with special focus on children; educational and psychosocial support for children; vocational programmes. Contact: L-104/105, ground floor, Jal Vihar Road, Lajpat Nagar-II ( ); HTUwww.fxb.orgUTH Sharan Services: Counselling; crisis care; awareness and prevention programmes detoxification for drug users. Contact: W-127, Greater Kailash- II ( ); HTUwww.sharan.netUTH Delhi Positive Women Network Services: Facilitate guidance; counselling, for women living with HIV/AIDS; help dealing with livelihood issues. Contact: E-882, Ist Floor, Chittaranjan Park, Near Market No. 2 ( ); HTUwww.pwnplus.org/network/delhi-positive-women-networkUTH SHELTERS Naz Care Home Services: Supported by the Naz Foundation, the home can accommodate up to 50 children. Contact: See NGOs and CBOs Shalom Care Home Services: In-patient facility, offers treatment for HIV-positive people; can accomodate 10 people. Medicines have to be purchased by the patients themselves; the stay and food is free of cost. Contact: See NGOs & CBOs Sahara Michael s Care Home Services: Dedicated to the care of people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS and to the provision of abscess management of IDUs; can accomodate upto 15 people, free of cost. Contact: See Counsellors Deep Gupta

6 MUMBAI SUPPORT GROUPS Samabhavana Society Services: Networks PLWHAs to doctors and counsellors who are sensitive to homosexuality. Contact: 4th floor, SS Phule High School, Meherpada Compound, NM Joshi Marg, Byculla West; HTUwww.samabhavanasociety.orgUTH SHELTERS Kripa Foundation Vasai Region AIDS Control Society (VRacs) Services: VRacs residential treatment centre takes in HIV-positive people who are also substance abusers. For people living with PLWHAs who are not addicted to any substance, it provides ART facilities, dedicated counsellors and support groups. They can accommodate 20 people at a time, at Rs10,000 for three months per person. Contact: See NGOs & CBOs National Addiction Research Centre (Narc) Services: This 15-bed centre admits only PLWHAs who are also substance abusers. It has counsellors, doctors and caregivers, with facilities to administer ART; can accommodate 15 people at Rs4,000 per month. Contact: Floor 5, Bhardawadi Hospital, Bhardawadi Road, Andheri West; / );

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