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Responding to a Changing HIV/AIDS Pandemic

Responding to a Changing HIV/AIDS Pandemic In Tanzania, the future for people living with HIV/AIDS is looking brighter all the time.  Anti-retroviral drugs are available, stigma against those living with the disease is slowly being reduced, and fewer people are in bed at home waiting to die.  This is not to say the epidemic has been contained, only that the needs of these folks have changed. What are the new set of needs? Well, the HIV/AIDS clinics are so full of patients that there is no time for doctors or other staff to discuss nutrition, medication adherence, or do any more than register a name and hand out some pills. Patients leave confused and without the support they need to re-engage with a healthy life. 
 So in October, Winfrida Mwashala, of St Lucia Nursing Home, and I developed a new way to support the folks previously served by our Community Health Worker Program. Monthly meetings are held for 25 local persons to provide not only the very important social support, but also to teach the best way to deal with daily medication and side effects, healthy practices for living with HIV/AIDS, and to distribute vitamins and protein supplements such as beans and ground nuts. By responding to the changing needs of people living with AIDS, we are promoting the best possible outcomes for the  AIDS- affected families we serve.