TI Migrants Project, Coimbatore
HIV/AIDS and STI awareness, counselling, testing and referral for migrant workers, at their workplaces and homes, across 12 blocks of Coimbatore district.
The Targeted Intervention (TI) programme works with migrant workers, many of whom have little awareness of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Outreach workers meet migrants at their workplaces and where they live, with information and services for HIV/AIDS and STI prevention.
The project takes a community-based outreach approach: identifying migrants at risk, educating and counselling them, and linking them with the right healthcare and government services. The work includes outreach and awareness sessions, counselling, events, condom promotion and demonstration, screening camps for HIV, STIs, TB and Hepatitis B and C, testing, referral and follow-up.
April to August 2026
38 new industries identified and 4,057 migrant beneficiaries registered.
1,052 group meetings reaching 19,294 migrants, 2,315 counselling sessions and 50 drop-in centre visits.
68 community-based screening camps where 2,166 people were tested, and 1,238 referrals to Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres.
3 people newly diagnosed with HIV, and 18 on continuing antiretroviral therapy.
87 STI camps where 3,411 people were tested and 68 identified with STI symptoms.
11 advocacy meetings, 10 street plays, 10 demand-generation activities, 16 exhibitions and 4 congregation events.
1,080 social-marketing condom sales and 4,654 free condoms distributed.
Intensified HIV/AIDS and STI Prevention Campaign, 2026
An intensified campaign among migrant workers in Coimbatore strengthened awareness of HIV/AIDS and STI prevention through workplace and residential outreach, counselling, HIV and STI testing, referrals, condom promotion and linkage to healthcare services.
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