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Mercury III Intensive Support and Preventive Programme for AIDS and Blood Borne Diseases Service / Social Rehab. & Crime Prevention Service
 
Service Brief
 
Health Education Service consists of four projects of “Mercury III Intensive Support and Preventive Programme for AIDS and Blood-borne Disease”funded by AIDS Trust Fund and “Primary Health Care Service”. “Body-Mind- Spirit Approach” is adopted as the intervention model to provide holistic care to target service users.
 
Service Objective
 
The spirit of Mercury III is to deliver preventive education with initiative care to the target populations.
 
Service Users
 

- Prisoners
- Drug abusers (including non-Chinese)
- Sex industry workers and their clients
- Men who have sex with men
- Non-Chinese clients

 
Scope of Service
 
 Project PATHS - Preventive Education among Inmates & Supports to HIV+ Service: 

- AIDS and Blood Borne Diseases preventive education services for the inmates under custody of Correctional Service Department and Immigration Department
- Health talks, intensive groups and mass educational programmes
- Case follow-up and counselling for HIV+ clients

      

 
 Project COMPASS – Cease Opioid, Methadone & Psychotropic substance Abuse Social Strategies: :

- Outreach service in Methadone Clinics
- Mutual support groups for Hepatitis C+ infected person
- The "No Reused Needles" programme – an outreach service aiming at promoting public hygiene
- Health education talks and Voluntary Counseling Test for drug addiction treatment organisations and hostel units in our agency
- Recruitment and training for peer supporters in HIV preventive education for Chinese drug abusers

      

 
 Project Care Mobile Net-Health Education for the Sex Workers and Clients: :

- Outreach service (community and internet), group work and individual work for workers in sex industry and their clients in AIDS and Blood Borne Diseases preventive education services
- Distribution of free condoms and lubricants
- Voluntary Counselling and Testing (including HIV, Syphilis, and Hepatitis B & C)

      

 
 「Project Member Special Mission – Health Education for men who have sex with men :

- Provides AIDS and blood-borne diseases preventive education for men who have sex with men through online outreach, community outreach, case and group intervention.
- Distribution of free condoms & lubricants and self-test kit.
- Voluntary Counselling & Testing (VCT) and mobile VCT (including HIV, Syphilis, and Hepatitis B & C).
- Participation and collaboration in community activities to provide health education for public.

 

 
Service Fee
 
Free of Charge
 
Service Hours
 

Monday to Friday

Saturday, Sunday and public holidays

9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Closed

 

Service Application

 

Applicant may submit the application directly or through referral made by other organizations/institutions.

   

Service Withdrawal

 
Service can be terminated upon worker's professional judgment and mutual agreement made with the service users. Service users may terminate service voluntarily at any juncture of the service process.
   

Enquiries and Contact

 
Address:2/F., 402-404, shanghai Street, Yaumatei, Kowloon (Yaumatei Station A1 Exit)   Map
Tel:(852) 2780 1331
Fax:(852) 3747 0456
Email:mercury3@sidebyside.org.hk
Website:www.sracp.org.hk/m3