PROJECTS AND RESEARCH:

-Evaluation of Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) Services in Pakistan (14 cities)   2004-2005, Funded by UNICEF Pakistan

-Canada-Pakistan HIV/AIDS Surveillance Project Mapping of vulnerable groups: Completed. Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance (in progress)
 *(A project funded by the Canadian International Development Agency- CIDA)
 *Pilot Study of HIV/AIDS Vulnerable Populations, Second Generation Surveillance (SGS) In progress: Field work completed.  Report being prepared

-Establishment of VCT Centre in public sector hospital in partnership with Marie Stopes Society. A project funded by GFATM (Global Fund to Fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria)

-Evaluation of blood bank practices in Karachi, Pakistan, and the government’s response. Published in Health Policy journal of UK

-Evaluation of trainings:  HIV/ AIDS/STIs & Sexual & Reproductive Health Services for VCT centers established through a grant from 2nd round of GFATM

-HIV/AIDS advocacy in collaboration with Positive Action Society, 2003

-Peer Counseling for PLWHA in collaboration with SACP and PAPS, 2003

-HAART in Pakistan-Opportunities and Constraints 2001

-Workshop on Harm Reduction among IDUs in Sindh 2003

-Seroprevalence of Syphilis and HIV and Risk Factors among long distance truck drivers in Karachi, Pakistan

-Delivery of services for the prevention & spread of HIV infection & treatment and prevention of other sexually transmitted infections among jail inmates in Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur.

-HIV/AIDS Sero-epidemiology and Surveillance in Pakistan 1987-88 13) Cutaneous and visceral Leishmaniasis in Sindh, published in Pakistan Medical research journal Specialist

-Paper/poster presentation at International Conferences on Developing Strategies for Prevention of HIV Transmission from Mother to Child Transmission held in Vancouver, Canada and Washington DC, USA

-Poster presentation at second and fourth International Conference on anti-retroviral therapy in the management of HIV Infection held in UK, 1998 and 2000.

-Published several articles of public interest in all the leading newspapers of Pakistan

-Consultation and advisory services to various organizations for health promotion and prevention of diseases

Infection Control Society Pakistan has started a project to empower Persons Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). This is known as "Tameer O-Tarqqi"-
Through this project
 1) Primary Health Care facilities will be provided to PLWHA and their families
 2) Skills buiolding trainings in trades and small businesses will be provided to PLWHA and their famiuly members
 3) Assistance will be provided to trained PLWHA and family members to make them economically self sufficient. Thjey will be assisted in getting Soft loans and donations to set up small businesses.

The project is partially supported by a grant from Pakistan National AIDS Consortium (PNAC)- which is assisted by Interact Worldwide.