Focus on
 Published in February 2008
NAMIBIA

Reaching out to the most isolated communities

TCE sets out to achieve what its name suggests: Total Control of the Epidemic. Financed by the Global Fund, this programme which is run by a Danish NGO (Humana People to People - website) recruits groups of field officers. Each one patrols an area of 2,000 people, who will be reached at some point during the three year action campaign, giving friendly and informal advice about AIDS and HIV and how to deal with the consequences. The field officer is one of a regional team of 50 and together they cover an entire geographic area of 100,000 people. The TCE program was introduced in one province in northern Namibia and was so successful it is now active in five of the Northern provinces, reaching a million people - that is over half the total population and there are plans to expand to reach the entire country.



"Community workers discuss HIV and AIDS with everyone individually"

Interview with Oscar Chiueva, deputy corps commander for TCE Namibia
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" A field officer is going from one house to another until he covers all the houses "