Capacity building programs

• Train community-based agents and peer educators to the outreach activities of AAU-HAPCO;
• Establishing in-service training unit and strengthen in-service trainings programs of the University;
• Develop HIV/AIDS and SRH related policy/guidelines;
• Providing in-service trainings to student clinics of AAU on HIV counseling and treatment (HCT), TB Infection Control, and TB/HIV and STI Syndrome management;
• Train mentors to work effectively with female students;
• Increase the number of student clinic staff members trained on Youth-Friendly Services.

Modeling and reinforcement activities

• Organizing different events and carrying out behavioral change and communication (BCC) activities in the University;
• Organizing peer training among students in all campuses of the University;
• Organizing orientation programs for new students joining the University;
• Producing and distributing IEC/BCC materials, etc;
• Initiate Strategic Behavioral Communication (SBC) promoting STI and HIV prevention.

Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS

• Allocate university budget to the HIV and SRH activities of the university;
• Include HIV and SRH activities in the university strategic and annual plans;
• Including HIV/AIDS and SRH education in the undergraduate/pre-service education curricula;
• Protect students and staff members from AIDS-related stigma and discrimination in the workplace at Addis Ababa University including recruitment and selection.

Care and treatment

• Providing clinical testing and counseling services;
• Providing care and treatment services;
• Establishing a referral linkage

Outreach Events

• Develop and implement innovative informational campaign to heighten awareness about HIV, RH, STI and Family Planning;
• Organizing events for the University community on different international days (World AIDS Day, Women’s Day, World TB Day, and University Sport Week) with messages related to HIV and AIDS;
• Organizing other outreach events in collaboration with other partners.
• Establishing a referral network within AAU for behavioral change support services;
• Promoting and popularizing HCT services and free condom distribution to the university community;