In the late 1990s, the Bhoruka Public Welfare Trust established "free tea parlors" at major truck halt points where truckers were encouraged to utilize STI clinic services.
This intervention was redesigned in 2006 by halving the numbers of implementation sites from 36 to 17 focusing on the major truck halt points in nine Indian States.
To enhance accessibility of clinical services to truckers Khushi (meaning 'happiness' in Hindi/Urdu) clinics were established at 36 truck halt points.
It recruited peer educators, increased the emphasis on professional media expertise in mid-media and mass media events, improved signage and satellite clinical services at the halt points.
26 Likewise, in the late 1990s, the Bhoruka Public Welfare Trust established "free tea parlors" at major truck halt points where truckers were encouraged to utilize STI clinic services.
Some interventions also used one-to-one and one-to-group education sessions through peers, and provided treatment for STI at truckers' halt points [ 22, 23].
30, 31 The project provided promotive, preventive, and clinical services through Khushi clinics (Khushi means "happiness") located at 17 major truckers' halt points (total numbers of clinics have been reduced lately) in nine states in India.
The Kavach intervention was redesigned in 2006 by halving the number of implementation sites from 36 to 17 to focus on the major truck halt points in nine Indian states.
The project offered services including treatment and counseling for STIs, condom promotion, dissemination of educational materials, and face-to-face behavioural change communication to truckers at major halt points where at least 50 trucks were parked at any time of the day or night [ 24].
When a partition fault is detected, the trailing trains are not allowed to enter into the area between the locations where train partition was detected and its final halt point, until the parted coaches are coupled.
