FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS (PLWHA)
Care, support and treatment needs of people infected with HIV vary with the stage of the disease. In the initial 3 to 4 years after infection, people infected with HIV remain asymptomatic. However, after 6 to 8 years of infection, the condition of most AIDS patients deteriorates further, necessitating palliative care for relief of symptoms and psycho-social support without treatment.
Major problems that arise relate to labelling, associated stigma and discrimination in the society. As immunity falls the threat to life is heightened by related infectious diseases and disorders that accompany it. Access to prompt diagnosis and treatment of such opportunistic infections (OIs), including TB, will ensure that a larger number of PLWHA are enabled to live longer and healthier than would have been possible otherwise.
Providing Care
The community based FXB Suraksha clinic at Visakhapatnam, Mumbai and Indore provides comprehensive, culturally sensitive, coordinated care for women, children, youth and families with HIV infection with support from AIDS- ARK (A charitable organization at London, UK).
A team of qualified experienced Doctors, Counsellors, Nurses and Social workers provide care, counselling, medical management, follow- up services and family case management. We have focused our efforts on developing family centred care facilities designed to provide or arrange for comprehensive treatment for women, children, youth and families infected with or affected by HIV disease.
Outreach
In the year 2007-2008, 2,400 individuals have availed the services across Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
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