Peer-driven intervention provides more services in China

CAHR project is being implemented in Chengdu (Chenghua and Xindu) with a new strategy and implementation model since its handover from Alliance China to AIDS Care China (ACC) in April 2013, and with new site established in Ruili City in Yunnan province in China.

The change of model and strategy made some innovations possible to cover more unregistered PWID and to provide more qualitative services for already registered clients on NSP and MMT programme. The objectives are realized by PDI (Peer-Driven Intervention) approach, a “chain-referral” outreach model, in which peers are motivated to educate people who inject drugs who are not reached with HIV/AIDS preventive knowledge, and to refer them to available harm reduction services including provision of Naloxone, syringes and consumables and relevant services of HIV, HCV test, counseling, as well as referral to MMT and medical care support.

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