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Health Action Charity Organisation (HACO)
Health Action Charity Organisation (HACO) (www.healthaction.co.uk/) works
with African communities in Medway on sexual heath issues. HACO
aims to bring about a significant and long-term improvement in the
sexual health of people from African and other black and ethnic
minority communities in Medway.
More than two decades have now passed since we all heard about
HIV and almost 40million people are living with HIV worldwide. The
impact and spread of HIV is crossing borders and Medway is no
exception. Today, HIV has a massive impact across African
populations, despite being entirely preventable.
HACO:
- presents information and available options to local African
people about sexual health and HIV;
- provides one-to-one support to individuals, accompanying people
to testing clinics, hospital and prison visits and going with
clients to solicitors and MPs' surgeries to sort out immigration
issues;
- works with African and other black and ethnic minority groups
around events associated with World Aids Day, Black History Month
and Independence Day;
- works with statutory health services such as genito-urinary
medicine clinics (GUMs), primary care trusts (PCTs) and
hospitals.
A great deal more information is needed to improve the way that
HIV prevention and education helps Africans in Medway. As well as
primary prevention, HACO supports African people living with HIV
and carries out secondary HIV prevention among them.
HACO is an Associate Partner of National HIV Prevention
Programme (NAHIP). NAHIP is a Department of Health funded project
managed by the African HIV Policy Network (AHPN) to carry out HIV
prevention work with African people living in England. Since 2006,
HACO has been carrying out the following campaigns in Medway:
- Beyond Condoms Campaign (www.nahip.org.uk/campaigns/index.php?page_id=79)
This campaign seeks to encourage debates within communities, not
only on condom use but also on other safer sex practices that
reduce the spread of HIV and promote the building of a safer sex
culture.
- African HIV testing campaign (www.nahip.org.uk/campaigns/index.php?page_id=80)
The testing campaign was developed to encourage African people to
think about the benefits of testing as part of good sexual health
and to encourage people to access local testing services.
Other campaigns include the gender campaign, concentrating more
on working with African men and working with faith groups.
HACO Health Care
HACO Health Care (HHC) is an arm of Health Action Charity
Organisation (HACO). HACO is a registered charity, registered
in England and Wales. HHC undertakes to provide care to
individuals in Medway and Kent who live in their own homes.
For more information download the HACO Healthcare
Service (359KB) booklet.
Health Action Charity Organisation is a registered charity,
number 1101235.
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