Challenges and Opportunities in HIV/AIDS Counseling: A Case of Jharkhand

Abstract

The study highlights the challenges and opportunities in HIV/AIDS counseling. The major challenges are recruiting the right individuals and their capacity building and retention. The finding shows that most of the counselors are not befitting in terms of qualification and experience besides motivation, remuneration, and other issues. The study suggests that to ensure the effective counseling to reverse the epidemic, it is important to focus on such issues through appropriate policy interventions.

KEYWORDS:

• AIDS
• counselling
• HIV
• Jharkhand

Notes

The case is written under the capacity building program of the State Training and Resource Centre at Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi, India. Authors are thankful to counselors and other State Training and Resource Centre team members for their cooperation in conducting the study.