Across the statutory and voluntary sectors outreach work has a long history as a means of engaging individuals and communities, typically those marginalised by processes of social exclusion and socioeconomic deprivation [ 1].
To ensure sustainability of services and further improve the cost effectiveness of the strategy, voluntary clinical specialist outreach services should be institutionalized in the current health service delivery system of the country.
The welfare rights advisors also undertake outreach work to voluntary and community groups in order to facilitate awareness among the wider public.
Starting in 2006, a programme targeting MARA including outreach, confidential and voluntary counselling and testing, and STI diagnosis and treatment was piloted in three cities in Tajikistan.
Starting in 2006, a programme encompassing outreach, confidential and voluntary counselling and testing, and STI diagnosis and treatment for most at risk adolescents (MARA) was piloted at three sites in Tajikistan.
Reissmann criticised the transfer of NHS services to voluntary sector providers, citing an assertive outreach team helping people in the community cope with mental illness.
In 2002, the hospital launched a comprehensive HIV prevention and intervention program with emphasis on voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) through outreach services and antenatal clinics.
And more outreach work, carried out alongside voluntary organisations, can ensure a more inclusive approach and allow more older people to benefit from prevention, maintain their independence and promote a sense of wellbeing.
But Hummels's outreach work at Columbia is voluntary and heartfelt.
Services within this package include voluntary counselling and HIV testing (VCT) with outreach by youth friendly services, active TB case-finding, TB preventive therapy, an HIV-clinic, HBC, and a hospice, each within a coordinated network of service providers and referral systems.
