ASUTA receives a 12-month PEPFAR sub-award to deliver HIV prevention, testing and OST linkage to sex workers, people who inject drugs and their partners across Tandika, Temeke and Azimio.
Why Temeke, why now
Temeke carries one of Dar's heaviest HIV burdens among Key and Vulnerable Populations. AHADI's design recognised that without dedicated KVP-friendly outreach, the gains made under SAUTI risked plateauing. ASUTA was selected as the community implementer because of its long history with sex worker peer networks built under RFE and SAUTI.
Year-one targets
Reach 4,200 KVPs with combination prevention, test 3,150 with HIVST and provider-administered options, and link 95% of new positives to ART within 14 days. OST linkage for PWID is the harder metric — the team set an internal floor of 220 active enrolments by month nine.