KULOB, July 7, 2001, Asia-Plus  -- Information and educational sessions for labor migrants and members of their families took place in Vose, Shuroobod and Muminobod districts, Khatlon province yesterday.

Bahodur Hoitov, the head of the Kulob NGO Nakoukor, told Asia-Plus that the sessions were part of the project, Community Mobilization for HIV/AIDS Prevention among Labor Migrants and their Families.

“With financial support from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), Nakoukor in partnership with local NGOs Madad, Nisojon and Subhi Tandurusti has been implementing this project in the city of Kulob and the mentioned districts since May 2010,” Hoitov said.

According to him, some 200 HIV sufferers, including labor migrants and members of their families, have been registered in the project target area over the last seven years.

Activities within the project include community mobilization; assistance on building the capacity of governments and NGOs to address STIs/HIV/AIDS vulnerability among labor migrants and their families; promote access to adequate STIs/HIV/AIDS prevention; and facilitate the provision of STIs/HIV/AIDS counseling, education, diagnosis and treatment.