AFRO-NETS> AIDS - A framework for Continuum of Care

[John Kiwanuka Ssemakula <jssemakula@medilinks.org>]

AIDS - A framework for Continuum of Care
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Dear colleagues,

The fight against HIV/AIDS is one that has to be fought on many 
fronts simultaneously. Because the AIDS epidemic affects such a wide 
spectrum of people, from the HIV infected individual, to the family 
members and children, to the community, no one single intervention 
method should take precedence over another. All must be promoted vig-
orously in order to save as many lives as possible.

The continuum is presented below as a list. A wonderful chart that 
graphically illustrates how this continuum affects an increasing num-
ber of people as the years pass by, and how interventions will even-
tually impact future generations has been prepared by Peel & Mavi-
yane. This chart can be viewed at:
http://medilinks.org

and is also available for download.

Prevention

? Education
? Information
? Public Awareness Campaigns
? VCT
? PMTCT
? Vaccine
? Microbicide
? Respect for Human Rights

HIV

? Hospital care
? Treatment of Opportunistic Infections
? Anti-Retroviral Treatment
? Voluntary Counseling and Testing
? Tuberculosis (DOTS) Directly Observed Therapy Short-course
? Home-based care
? Respect for Human Rights

AIDS ­ Palliative Care

? Psychological, social and emotional support
? Spiritual support
? Palliative and end-of-life care
? Permanency planning for dependants
? Community-based care at home

Deaths ­ Impact Alleviation

? Community-based care
? Orphans
? The elderly
? Replacement of teachers
? Skills replacement
? Social reproduction:
  how to be a farmer,
  how to be a parent
? Food shortages
? Common welfare
? Security threats

Impact
? Next generation

Sincerely,

John Kiwaanuka Ssemakula (MD, MPH)
CEO Medilinks
New York
Tel: +1-212-739-7893
Fax: +1-212-739-7923
mailto:jssemakula@medilinks.org
http://medilinks.org

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