| Community Care Centre (ASHRAY) - KORAPUT |
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| Background |
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Koraput district comes under risk zone for various reasons with about 680 people living with HIV by the end of December 2007 including its adjacent district Nawarangpur and Malkangiri with highest numbers in Koraput.
With support from OSACS, the Community Care Centre was started in Feb’ 2007 for care, support and treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS. The centre has been graded ‘A’ in the external evaluation conducted by NACO in the month of December. It was recommended by NACO to continue the centre under PACT Project of GF round 6 in partnership with Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI), Health Commission as a SSR. Currently the centre is funded by CBCI-HC. |
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| Goal |
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| To reduce HIV related morbidity and mortality in adults and children, and mitigate the impact of HIV on Children & women headed households |
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| Objectives |
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• To provide care for PLHIV on adherence to ART, opportunistic treatment, nutrition, and psycho-social support through in-patient and out-patient service.
• To provide health education, home based care & psycho-social support through one to one or telephone counselling or out-reach service.
• To promote cross referrals with ICTC, PPTCT, ART centres, TI project, District Head Quarter Hospitals and RNTCP
• To assist PLHIV in coping with the continuing illness and helping them and their families for coping life after HIV. |
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| Inward Patient Care (Diagnosis & treatment, nutrition, counseling, recreation) for 15 days. |
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• 75 PLHIV enrolled in the centre
• 44 new and 60 readmitted cases have received the in-patient services
• 33 new & 30 readmitted cases have received the out-patient services
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| Referral Services: |
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• HIV testing - 21.
• ART Centre for CD4 count and accessing ARV drugs -28
• RNTCP for starting ATT -06
• STD service - 10
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| Outreach care programme |
Counseling support is offered and follow up programmes and interventions are carried out to create a friendly environment
Patients and families were provided with psychological support during their stay in the Centre. When a patient recovers from his/her HIV associated disease he is sent back in the community. The out-reach workers sensitise communities on how to deal with the family member who is HIV infected and how the HIV patient shall deal with the disease. Family members of the patients are also trained to provide care at home to the infected members and to prevent further infection. |
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