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El Salvador
In 2022, the Joint Team supported El Salvador in developing guidelines and building capacity of health professionals to further guide delivery of quality HIV services. For instance, 40 health workers were oriented on the latest HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) counselling guidelines, while 235 representatives of the National Health System and regional offices received training on the new national condom distribution guidelines to strengthen estimation, management and distribution of condoms in the country (UNFPA). Besides, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is now available in facilities delivering HIV/STI prevention, testing and treatment services (VICITS) to further prevent new HIV infections (UNAIDS Secretariat). The Humanitarian Response Plan was also revised and now includes HIV prevention and treatment as well as mental health services for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, in line with the minimum package of sexual and reproductive health services.
With technical and financial support from the Joint Team, Rosales National Hospital established a counselling and clinical care unit for adolescents, including adolescents living with HIV to provide friendly and differentiated HIV prevention and treatment, STI, sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence services. The family orientation guide on HIV, sexual and reproductive health, and gender-based violence was completed becoming the first resource in the country on this subject, thanks to the technical support from the Joint Team and collaboration with government institutions, networks of people living with disabilities, and academia. In addition, 94 healthcare providers completed the online courses on these subjects via the University of Antioquia. A total of 5670 students also received comprehensive sexuality education from 379 trained teachers (UNFPA).