Maternity Ward for HIV+ Women in Kamenge, Burundi

The maternity ward has been functioning.

Although we still need more medical equipment for the maternity ward,

ULTRASOUND CAMPAIGN REPORT OF JUNE 22, 2024

As of June 22, 2024, a medical team from FWA (Doctot Brigitte NIYOKWIZERA, Doctor Marie Salomé CISHAHAYO and two midwives Augustin HARUSHIMANA and Huguette IRIHO) carried out the obstetric ultrasound campaign

The aim of the obstetric ultrasound campaign is to contribute to the quality of prenatal consultations which are carried out at Ntaseka clinic. Indeed, we have noticed that there are pregnant women who do not have the means to carry out additional prenatal examinations. Since 2021, the NTASEKA clinic has already carried out ultrasound campaigns and 159 obstetric and pelvic ultrasounds have already been carried out. This has increased the number of women who attend the Prenatal Consultation (ANC) service and those who do ultrasounds.

This is how, as of June 22, 2024, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; 27 pregnant women benefited from obstetric ultrasounds.

It was also an opportunity to discuss risk factors and additional examinations during pregnancy.

These pregnant women were made aware to use the Health Services available at  NTASEKA clinic which include the minimum package of services, namely curative and preventive including curative consultation, prenatal consultation, family planning, HIV screening, taking in charge of HIV, Laboratory, pharmacy, Minor Surgery, Hospitalization and Maternity.

Then we informed about the different high-risk pregnancies to encourage women of childbearing age to come for early prenatal consultations and keep appointments and we talked about family planning after childbirth and the different contraceptive products that are available at NTASEKA clinic.

The examinations which reveal different diseases such as anemic diabetes, hypertension during pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, urinary infections, blood grouping, toxoplasmosis and others according to the state of health of each have been summarized.

Challenges and suggestions/Recommendations:

1. Regularly organize ultrasound campaigns and even add other complementary prenatal examinations because we have pregnant women who frequent us who need health support.
2. Organize discussion groups on different themes for pregnant women only and thus initiate CPN in Groups
3. We need leaflets talking about FWA and Ntaseka clinic in Kirundi so that our beneficiaries raise awareness in their homes
4. During the campaigns the one who does the ultrasound needs two assistants for recording the results in the register and the notebook and interpretations in order to save time and to be able to do as  many ultrasounds as possible

The activity started at 8:00 a.m. and ended at 2:30 p.m. on June 22, 2024

We are very thankful for those who have made it happen. Therefore, we give our heartfelt thanks all our donors including the GlobalGiving foundation, the African Great Lakes Initiative (AGLI) of the Friends Peace Teams and the John Gould Family Foundation. We would therefore invite everyone who reads this report to share it with his/her relatives or friends so that they can support this very important work particularly the maternity ward medical equipment

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