Our Mission:
A healthy island community aware of the STD problem, prepared to act for a change while caring for people living with HIV.
Description/Duties/Purpose of Office:
HIV/AIDS & STD Services are provided primarily through the Communicable Disease Control Unit. For providing the full continuum of care, the program partners with many other units and sections of the Ministry of Health. The program partners other governmental, semi-governmental, and non-governmental agencies in developing National Strategic Plan and in bringing greater awareness of the available services to the entire population of Palau.
The duties of these programs are to ensure that Prevention, Control, and Care services are:
- Accessible to all residents of Palau
- Services are of highest quality possible with available resources
- Efforts to improve and update the level of care is maintained
- The people affected, at risk groups, or individuals have the opportunity to participate in the development of policies and strategies that affect their care.
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Other Information:
The program is supported by multiple sources of funds and technical assistance:
• Local government – MOH staffs to provide services
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Grants:
o HIV Prevention- Program Announcement (PA) # 04069
o STD Prevention Program – PA # 05004
o Core Surveillance Grant – PA # 04017
• HRSA Grants:
o Ryan White CARE Act – Title II (RWCA) – PA # 5-X07-05-001
• International Grants:
o Global Funds – through Pacific Island Regional Multi Country Coordinating Mechanism (PIRCCM)
• Technical Assistance is sought for specific tasks from different local and international collaborating agencies including WHO, SPC, UNICEF, and UNFPA to name serve.
Palau’s Strategies for HIV/AIDS & STD Prevention:
• Raising Awareness and Ending Silence
• Building Partnerships for Change
• Changing Behaviors – Safer Sex
• Changing Behaviors – Promoting Healthy and Responsible Sexual Expressions
• Controlling Infection – Screening and Early Identification of Infection
• Prevention Transmission through Blood
• Caring for Persons living with HIV/AIDS
• Monitoring our Progress
Available Services:
• Free and Confidential Testing for HIV and all other STD’s
• Free Counseling, Referral, and Partner Notification and Investigation
• HIV 101 for Palau – Presentation is conducted in many different settings
• Free Preventive Supplies: Condoms (male & female), Lubricants, and Dental Dams
• Free Brochures and other information on specific STD’s as well as HIV
• Copies of the National HIV/AIDS & STD Strategic Plan for Palau is available for review
• Health Information Resource Center (HIRC) for HIV/AIDS and STD is open for the public to access above mentioned supplies and information.
• HIRC office is an alternate site for counseling and testing by arrangement. Tel. 488-1757
• Hotline: 488-3117 and can be accessed Monday to Friday from 7:30am – 4:30pm for more information
Staff Names and Title:
Johana Ngiruchelbad, Administrator
Francisca Xavier, Administrative Specialist
Deborah Sebalt, Administrative Assistant
Mayla D. Adolph, Administrative Assistant
Scott Daniel, Accounting Clerk
Allyne Andrew, Medical Record Clerk
Kolbas Kloulchad, Data Specialist
Lincoln Orrukem, Laboratory Technician
Adelina Bemar, Program Nurse
Salustia Mira, Program Nurse
Henrietta Merei, Program Nurse
Chesnee Jonathan, Quality Assurance and Infection Control Coordinator
Margaret P. Sisserson, Reproductive Health Promoter
2004 – Recent Community Educational Activities:
- Kayangel - Airai
- Melkeok - Peleliu
- Echang - Ngerkesoaol
- Palau Mission Academy - Palau High School
- Palau Community College - Palau Pacific Resort
- Palasia Hotel - Palau Hotel
- Head Start Conference - Ministry of Justice
- Ministry of Education - Ministry of State
- Palau Nurses Day 2005
Other on-going programs:
- Abstinence & Reproductive Health Program by Mrs. Margaret Polloi Sisserson
- Teen Peer Outreach Program: If you are 16 – 24 years of age and interested to be part of this program, please call Ms. Mayla D. Adolph @ 488-1757 for more information.
Address/Telephone/Email of Office:
P. O. Box 6027 IA Business Center, Rm.1, Madalaii, Koror 96940
Tel: (680) 488-1757 Fax: (680) 488-3115
Email: hircmoh@palaunet.com or moh-has@palaunet.com
Office Hours: 8am – 5:30pm
Special Reminder from the HIV Prevention Program:
Sexual Behaviors have to change. Each person has to take a personal responsibility to be safe and to be healthy, if not for their own sake then for the sake of their families and their nation. “AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE”.
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