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Health Empowerment &

Patient Networks

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Many women living with HIV struggle with stigma and exclusion, aggravated by their lack of rights. This, in turn, can

reduce prospects for education and employment.

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Beyond the Burden Project

The Beyond the Burden Project was born from the partnership between Blossom and Stop TB and is aimed at combating social stigma and discrimination against people with TB while promoting inclusive, gender transformative, stigma-free access to TB health services.

Our active/recent projects

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Beyond the Burden

BTB aims to enhance and ensure access to inclusive, gender-transformative and stigma-free health society by promoting community empowerment.  

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With health being one of the main pillars of our work, we have created multiple successful initiatives on World TB Day. 

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Our transgender project aims to help create a safe environment for the transgender community and to prevent them from contracting diseases such as HIV. 

Our previous success stories

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CC-TATA II Project

Built on the success of CC-TATA I, CC-TATA II focuses on enhancing access and adherence to treatment while combating discrimination and providing support to TB-affected communities.

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CC-TATA Project

Our CC-TATA Project, supported by Stop TB Partnership, aims at bridging the gap between the TB community response and the national level policy.

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Project Artemisia

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have worked to mitigate the devastating health, social and economic impacts of the virus on the most vulnerable communities.

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Educlowns

All the different past campaigns and projects that were supported by the theatrical performances from a group of volunteers from the community called EduClowns.

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CEPT Project

Campaign for Education, Prevention and Treatment for people affected by TB.

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World AIDS Day

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With health being one of the main pillars of our work, we have created multiple successful initiatives on World AIDS Day. 

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Goats for Gains

The Goats for Gains project is a sustainable capacity-building mechanism designed to break the chain of poverty in the most vulnerable parts of society often affected by HIV and/or TB.

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Universal Health Coverage Day

On December 12, 2019, Blossom, together with Rainbow TB Forum, observed Universal Health Coverage Day. This years theme was for our leaders to ''Keep the Promise''.

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Freedom Cups

From November 13 to November 16 2019, Blossom collaborated with Freedom Cups to provide women in rural India with a menstruation cups.

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Axshya

 Project Axshya was a civil society initiative to strengthen TB care and control in India. Project Axshya supported India’s tuberculosis programme to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

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World Diabetes Day

Diabetes is a major health concern, especially in India. Every year on November 14, the world observes World Diabetes Day.

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PPTCT

This programme provided a comprehensive, family-centred range of support, clinical services and public health initiatives with the central goal of preventing the transmission of HIV/AIDS from parents to their baby.

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Media Outreach

Television is a powerful educational tool and Blossom was able to use this means of communication to conduct live telecast TV programmes to raise awareness about TB.

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TNVHA

Blossom is the District Resource Center (DRC) of Tamil Nadu Voluntary Health Association. It coordinates the DFC’s and facilitates the DCC committee of Virudhunagar District.

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HIV/AIDS care and support project

Specialist Blossom counselors conducted meetings with people living with HIV/AIDS for emotional and psychological support, as well as act to build support groups within the community.

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TB Cured/Patients Association

The creation of local TB associations in December 2009 established a district-level network of TB patients and TB cured persons with the aim of bringing people together to share their experiences about TB.

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Red Ribbon Express Train

Blossom took part in the Red Ribbon Express Program organized by TANSACS: a train, called the Red Ribbon Express that went around the entire nation to create awareness on HIV/TB.

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