CABA Pilot Scheme

WORD co-ordinates the pilot Scheme called CABA in Salem District with the support of India HIV AIDS Alliance and National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO). To implement the scheme, WORD has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tamilnadu State AIDS Control Society (TANSCAS) and District AIDS Prevention and Control Unit (DAPCU)-Salem district for the past one year. It is to be noted that the pilot CABA Scheme is to be implemented only in 10 districts in India while two in the state of Tamilnadu.

Under this pilot CABA project, WORD serves as a District Co-ordination Action Agency (DCAA). India HIV/AIDS Alliance, New Delhi act as a Task Force Agency.

A Project Co-ordinator and the training cum mainstreaming Officer have been recruited and the project is being implemented in full swing in Salem District under the direct supervision of DAPCU. The scheme has been extended till March 31, 2012 with the entrusted support from UNICEF.

The scheme will be evaluated sometime early next year and the results would pave way for its expansion/replication in other districts in the next phase of National AIDS Control Program IV (NACP-IV).

In this regard, UNICEF will be hosting a review meeting, organized by Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), Government of India and NACO on September 27 - 28 at New Delhi.