A new strategic plan is in the making which when completed, will guide the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS)’s operation for the next seven years.Programme Manager of NAPS, Dr Shanti Singh, during an interview revealed that the Strategic Plan,Authentic Adidas Hockey Jerseys China, which is being dubbed ‘HI-Vision 20/20’, is geared at focusing on a number of key areas of the HIV/AIDS fight such as the most at-risk populations,Jerseys Cheap NFL, quality of service and the importance of data analysis.With a completed draft of the plan,Cheap NFL Jerseys, the Ministry of Health’s HIV/AIDS fighting arm is in the process of preparing to engage a consultant to undertake the finalisation of the document,NFL Jerseys China, Dr Singh said. She disclosed that currently NAPS is reviewing the curriculum vitae of a number of potential candidates.The NAPS Head is optimistic that the strategic plan will be completed by this year-end,Wholesale China Jerseys, paving the way for a number of areas it details to be implemented.“There are a number of things in this plan that we are looking forward to,” said Dr Singh, as she alluded to the need to pay keen attention to the more at risk populations, such as the female Commercial Sex Workers (CSW) and Men who have Sex with Men (MSM).Additionally, it is expected to channel more attention towards dealing with some of the mobile populations such as miners and loggers, even as efforts are intensified in the area of educating adolescents and young adults.Further still, the plan is aimed at examining services offered by the national AIDS programme such as prevention, care, treatment and support. According to Dr Singh, “not only are we going to be having more focus on the most at-risk populations, but at the same time, we will be monitoring closely to ensure that there is a high quality of service.”“Previously we responded and we did everything very quickly to get people on treatment and so forth, but now we are paying close attention to the quality of those services that we offer and the care that we deliver to all our patients and persons who access our facilities.”Speaking to the importance of data, Dr Singh disclosed that a vast amount of work has been done as it relates to the analysis ofprogramme data. However, she noted that the next critical step is a move towards operations research “where we will be asking ourselves questions about the programme and trying to find the answers and hopefully that can modify our programme.”To this end, Dr Singh added, that there is a need for a great deal of operations research to be undertaken in order to better understand the existing programme. She pointed out that NAPS, as of next year, will introduce the planning process for a number of things, even as the result of the HIV drug-resistance surveillance survey is unveiled.“Hopefully we would be able to complete a number of biological behavioural surveillance surveys for MSMs and CSWs, and we will be doing for the first time,Wholesale Jerseys, one for miners and another for loggers too,” Dr Singh related.“We have a wealth of additional information coming out next year that will guide the programme. When we look at the programme we have done significantly well in terms of prevention and in addressing some of the most at-risk populations and we have plans to do even more.”According to Dr Singh, NAPS is also looking to facilitate training programmes to encourage capacity and skills building, a move which is expected to translate into safer sex practices which will further build on the indications of consistent and regular condom use, particularly among the at-risk groups.