By Mali Rochas | A work in progress
Dear GAIA Supporter,
Further to Julie and Lauren’s hard work in Mali this summer, our Peer Educators have been trained to educate the public about signs and symptoms of TB and now keep referring possible TB cases to the Hope Center Clinic. As previously mentioned, each person at risk receives a ticket for a consultation and medical exam. This ticket covers 80% of the costs (expenses are covered by GAIA). The Peer Educators have distributed 354 tickets between July and October 2009!
Thanks to your support and the donations made on Global Giving, the Hope Center Clinic in Sikoro has a new lab! A TB Lab to analyze sputum and smears! We also hired and trained Awa our new lab assistant.
Julie and Lauren also wrote an abstract about our work on TB in Mali. The abstract was chosen for oral presentation at the 14th Annual conference of the Union-North America Region to be held Miami in March 2010. Lauren will attend and make a presentation!
… and this wouldn’t have happened without you help… Thank you!
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