By Sonjelle Shilton | Director of operations, US
We are happy to announce that our Excellence in HIV/AIDS Health Care program continues to expand to help more children and adults suffering from AIDS in the Kpando area. Our program has grown to now care for 15 HIV+ people. After the loss of one of our patients, NA, in June, we have re-evaluated our program parameters. In the hopes of preventing as many future deaths as possible we have decided to both strengthen our efforts on adherence counseling with the patients, and to increase our efforts to identify persons living with AIDS in the Kpando area before they become too direly ill with secondary infections and thus beyond the medical help that we are able to provide.
The doctor who is heading our Excellence in HIV/AIDS Health Care program continues to make monthly visits to Kpando to evaluate and treat all of the participants. As of the doctor's October visit 13 of the patients presented in good health with only minor complaints. Two of the participants continue to be in poor health, and one has been admitted several times to the local hospital for blood transfusions and other medical care. We continue to work as hard as possible to help rehabilitate these two patients back to health, however the prognosis for the patient that is requiring the blood transfusions is not good.
With the aim of insuring that our patients are adhering as necessary to these live saving AIDS medications we have admitted one EHAHC participant, a teenage girl, into HardtHaven Children's Home. Previously this teenage girl was living in a remote village and did not have adequate care and supervision in terms of general health, nutrition, and in taking her medication. By having this young lady move to HardtHaven Children's Home we are able to better monitor her medication schedule as well as provide nutritional and health rehabilitation. We are happy to report that since coming to live at HardtHaven Children's Home this young girl has made significant gains in weight, health and over all well being!
We would like to thank all who have continued to help support this project and give these 15 people a chance at a healthy and happy life!
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