By Mali Rochas | Executive Director
Food is critically important to the well being of our patients, and in the African context one cannot provide ARVs without thinking also about nutrition. As a result of donor support the GAIA Vaccine Foundation is still able to provide a weekly meal to 25 HIV positive patients and their children.
As you may recall our patients founded their own peer support group and association –“l’Association Espoir” - in order to reduce stigma, improve communication and psychological support. We hired Socrate a year ago to coordinate the Association’s activities. As a result adherence to therapy and therefore effectiveness of medications have improved and our patients’ health statuses are better. Significantly, our physicians have reported that patients have fewer opportunistic infections while on treatment.
Nutritional support is a key aspect of our care program and the number of patients continues to expand. Donors’ support is sincerely appreciated. Thank you for your continuing support!
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