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Issue 34, July 2008
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Welcome to the readers of HIV@MSD, the newsletter from the MSD Interpharma HIV Team
White or black..., provided that the cat catches the mouse”, says the Chinese saying...
In the realm of HIV screening, let’s give ourselves the means to reach our goals!
In general, the major brakes on screening are ignorance of the existence of the medical and psychosocial coverage in the event of seropositivity, and the fear of stigmatization, often linked to discrimination within the community and the workplace.
In a rural setting, additionally, there is the lack of free time in very busy days spent in the fields, a relatively high ignorance of the care structures available in the environs and the lack of means (money and transportation) to go to the treatment center nearest the village.
Much needs to be done to convince the people to be screened, and all new opportunities in this domain must be examined in order to limit the spread of the disease.
Despite the low HIV prevalence rate reported in 2007 by UNAIDS and WHO in Côte d’Ivoire, this country remains the most affected by HIV in Western Africa.
With the support of the American government's emergency plan to combat HIV/AIDS (PEPFAR) [President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief], ANADER (National Agency for the Support of Rural Development in Côte d’Ivoire) launched in April 2006 a pilot program aimed at “The rapid expansion of access to prevention, coverage and treatment for HIV/AIDS to the poorly-served, rural populations of Côte d'Ivoire”. One of this program’s innovations is local screening performed by mobile units.
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