Title | Fighting AIDS affecting Children in the Centre Médical Saint Camille, Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) |
Place | Ouagadougou |
Duration | Ongoing 2003 |
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Project goals | The project reinforces the medical assistance given to children affected by HIV/AIDS in the Centre Médical Saint Camille, Ouagadougou, by providing:
• Support to the medical assistance given to HIV+ children in the medical centers in charge of the Camillian Vice Province. This include salso treating malnutrition, in cooperation with several other local Recreational and Nutritional Centers (CREN); • Giving local medical staff training in technical skills related to antiretroviral therapy and to fighting malnutrition; • Supporting research activities aimed at defining pilot modes of intervention; • Facilitating access and administration of antiretroviral medications and drugs treating malnutrition. This involves the creation of a specific database and the acquisition of medical-diagnostic devices for the treatment of patients affected by HIV/AIDS and by diseases connected to HIV (logistic aim). |
Beneficiaries |
• around 200 children aged 0 - 18 mesi with HIV+ mothers benefit from the PMTCT at the Centre Médical Saint Camille (CMSC) • around 150 HIV+ children under 18 months of age are under constant medical screening • around 60 HIV+ teenagers are attending a communication course on their condition as AIDS patients • around 250 children, indirect victims of HIV (Children of HIV+ mothers) benefit from a long-distance support program • around 1,500 pregnant women receive counseling before being tested for HIV/AIDS • around 400 women receive psychological help through the support groups created by our partner association AEM |
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