We meet our patients in many different places even under the mango trees!!
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| Why go to ‘hard to reach’ villages?
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is usually started from clinics in the towns. Many poor people miss therapy because of poverty and an inability to reach services
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| We in Kitovu Mobile AIDS organization are moving out to reach these people
needing medicines ART.
We have to educate the people how to take the medicines and the dangers involved |
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| Where are the PlHA seen?
PLHA are seen at 120 HBC centres deep in rural areas of 5 districts in South West Uganda. Community workers' homes, under mango trees or the back of churches serve as HBC centres. |
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| Preparation for ART includes:
Good examination and blood tests which have to be done |
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| CD4 counts estimation:
After collecting blood in the outstations it is taken to a special laboratory — quite a long journey |
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| Selecting clients for ART
after one week CD4 results are given to PLHA at the centres and those eligible for ART are informed |
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| In conclusion .
With the help of community workers we are successfully reaching people who would otherwise not be able to access ART so that this treatment does not become the privilege of those living in urban towns or near to health centres |
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