Health Care for 500 HIV+ Children in Zambia

Happy Mother’s Day! This Mother’s Day help a Mom/Grandma keep her children/grandchildren healthy.

You will be happy to know as a result of your generosity and caring, we were able to add 50 children to our pediatric HIV care program last March. We now have 300 children under our care! Each of these 300 children receive food, medicines, and a package of life-saving healthcare services until they turn 18 years old. In addition, each child will have a personalized health plan for 2016. The 50 new children just completed a comprehensive health check-up last month. We are confident that over the next few months the new children will improve in health as measured by a sustained increase in weight and CD4 counts, so that they are able to attend school regularly.   

Children enrolled in November 2015: Last November, 15 children who were in very poor health were added to our pediatric HIV care program. Since then these children have been receiving food, medicines, weekly health visits from community health workers, regular visits from the Project Nurse, psycho-social counseling, education in HIV prevention, and adherence monitoring and training for older children. In addition, family members (most are single moms and many are grandmothers caring for multiple orphans) were trained in HIV care and training. As a result of this quality care, the health of all 15 children has stabilized, and they are able to attend school.  

Thanks for your caring and support. 

Links:

• Addition of Children in 2016
• What makes our pediatric HIV care program unique?
• About our pediatric HIV care program