By Rebecca Dias | Project Leader
9 years old, Harsh (name changed) resides with his mother at Omerga in the Osmanabad district of Maharashtra. When he was just 2 years old, he lost his father due to HIV infection. His mother also being HIV infected, became the sole breadwinner of the family. Due to the increase in weakness and viral infections in Harsh, he was taken to SPARSH Community Care Centre (CCC) for treatment, where the doctor sensitized his mother on the importance of drug adherence and intake of proper supplementary nutrition which would help to build and maintain their immunity, keeping them away from opportunistic infections.
The regular medical treatment, nutrition, counselling and care and support intervention programmes through SPARSH CCC significantly improved his health by increasing his CD4 level from 600 to 823 and also increasing his weight from 20kg to 25kg. This improvement has enabled him to live an active life and also helped him to attend his school regularly.
However gradually it became a struggle for Harsh’s mother to make ends meet for the family. On further analyzing her condition and background, SPARSH CCC then provided her with goat farming livestock which then added as additional support to her family. SPARSH CCC also linked Harsh and his mother to the ‘Sanjay Gandhi Niradhar Yojana’ a government scheme for pension plans. Harsh's mother thanked PRIDE India and all its supporters for providing them with accessible and timely quality treatment, nutrition and livelihood support for her and her family.
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