HIV/AIDS
Control Programme By Lonical Kusiluka HIV/AIDS Co-ordinator.
HIV/AIDS Programme is co-operated with
PHC in our Hospital. Hence all
activities done with collaborations with PHC team.
The main objective is to reduce the
rate of infection of HIV/AIDS in general populations.
Aids control at Bulongwa Lutheran
Hospital performing duties under through the following.
(i)
Education
(ii)
V.C.T. & HIV
testing
(iii)
Home Based Care
Education .
BLH has introduced the system of
education through seminars and meetings, this seminar are for pastors, leaders,
government leader`s and political leaders.
The leader`s can easily send the
message to community when they conduct the public meetings, and during the
praying in the church.
V.C.T.
In this part we have success, up to now
we already have one VCT centre in our Hospital and one staff who undertaken the
training on VCT at Kibaha for duration four months.
At least 5 people are coming daily for
post test counselling.
PEOPLE TESTED
IN 2003 COMPARED WITH 2001, 2002, 2003.
YEAR
|
TOTAL
TESTED |
POSITIVE |
NEGATIVE |
DEATH |
% |
|
2001 |
868 |
661 |
207 |
39 |
76% |
|
2002 |
423 |
231 |
192 |
32 |
54% |
|
2003 |
623 |
355 |
268 |
42 |
57% |
Plan Activities for 2004.
(i)
To continue to
educate the community on HIV/AIDS transmission and VCT.
(ii)
Visiting and
Supporting PLWHA as and orphans
(iii)
To evaluate how much
the community is involved in preventing this deadly disease.
PROBLEMS.
-
Lack of funds is the
main problem in running this programme in our hospital.
-
Lack of staff
-
Lack of the major
means for training especially, video, Camera etc.
THE CURRENT SITUATION IN OUR
HOSPITAL.
The
condition is very bad in our hospital because the death of AIDS patients
increase day after day and in 10 people who entered in our hospital 9 of them
have already affected by HIV/AIDS.
The
increased number of the AIDS patients has been observed to be due to the
increase numbers of infected persons usually at late stage entering in our
hospital coming from other places e.g. Mbeya, Tunduma, Tukuyu, Kyela,
Dar-es-Salaam, Songea, Makambako etc.
Those
people when asked for their treatment or discharge card from other health unit
they don`t provide hence we are forced to do testing to confirm our diagnosis I
hope and I believe by the help of God we are to reduce this percentage of
HIV/AIDS transmission when we will work together.
HOME BASED CARE.
In
our hospital we have three staff nurses who are dealing with visiting people
with AIDS, and they support with simple medications and little money to buy
food while orphans were supported with materials and uniforms. Both PLWHA have normally opportunistic
infections, they come for treatment at BLH OPD.
SUMMARY OF HOME BASED CARE AND ORPHAN SUPPORTED IN 2003.
|
Target
Visit/year |
Actual
Visit |
PLWHA
Target |
Visited |
Orphan
target |
Supported |
|
150 |
86 |
100 |
60 |
250 |
50 |
VOLUNTARY COUNSILLING AND
TESTING SERVICES.
By Vicky Alanaga VCT Co-ordinator. I attended
a voluntary counseling and testing workshop at Kibaha for six weeks and had
practical from May to August 2003. I am
thankfull that on my arrival back I got a room with cupboard, chairs and
coaches. I have also got testing
reagents and medicine to treat STDS from CUAM office Iringa.
|
|
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
genital discharge |
23 |
47 |
70 |
|
Genital ulcers |
19 |
18 |
37 |
|
Pelvic
Inflammetory Disease |
|
50 |
50 |
|
VDRL/RPR Positive |
9 |
27 |
36 |
|
Other STD`S |
2 |
|
|
|
Total
Number of STD is 390 Patients. |
|||
July – September HIV+ 12 male. HIV – 2 male
and 10 female.
Report
for voluntary counseling and testing July – December 2003
October
– December HIV+ 9 male and 7 female HIV 8 male and 5 female. Total number of counseled and tested was
44.