Sparsha Nepal
A continuum of care under one roof
For people living with HIV, their families and friends .
What we do
We work for prevention, treatment, care and support for PLHIV to reduce risk by creating awareness, increasing skills and employment opportunities for PLHIV
“At Sparsha Nepal, we strive to a create support network for people living with HIV through treatment, care and advocacy to prevent discrimination “
Prawachan K.C.
Prevention and Risk Reduction
Enhance knowledge and skills on sexual and reproductive health, safe motherhood, family planning…
Diagnosis and Testing
Regular checkups and testing for PLHIV
Treatment and Care
The only non-governmental ART clininc in the country. Social support and financial independence.
SPARSHA Nepal
(Society for Positive Atmosphere and Related Support to HIV and AIDS) is a community supported NGO working in the area of HIV and AIDS since 2002 and registered in 2004.
Want to know more
Sparsha Nepal Interventions
HIV testing and counseling
Infant testing and diagnosis
Antiretroviral therapy
Free ART Clinic.
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
- Family planning for pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS
- Infant feeding counselling
Prevention of sexual transmission
- Safer sex and risk reduction counseling
- Special interventions for sex workers, men who have sex with men and adolescents
- Risk reduction information and education
Clinical management of people living with HIV/AIDS
- Management of opportunistic infections and co morbidities (including mental health and hepatitis)
- Palliative care (symptom management and end-of-life care)
Information and education on preventing HIV transmission
- Provider-initiated testing and counseling
- Family testing and counseling
- Information and counseling on preventing HIV transmission
- Use of antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child
- HIV treatment and care for infected mothers, infants and other family members
- Basic STI Screening and management
- Condom promotion and provision
Harm reduction for injecting drug users
- Sterile needle and syringe provision and exchange
- Safe blood
- Safe injections
Prevention services for people living with HIV/AIDS
- Co-trimoxazole prophylaxis
- TB-HIV co-management
- Nutritional support
- Specific focus on care and
- treatment for health workers
Harm Reduction Philosophy
SPARSHA Nepal has developed the community HIV service model for effective and evidence based response to curtail rapid spread of HIV among key population and to prevent onward transmission to general population.
Resources
For more information on HIV & AIDS Please refer the links below
www.hiv.gov
www.webmd.com/hiv-aids
Get In Touch
Call
01-5537814
sparshanepal.care@gmail.com
Address
Sanepa-2, Sanchal Kathmandu, Nepal 44700
Hours
Sun- Fri: 10am – 5pm
Weekends: 10am – 3pm