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Report on Testing INOCHI AIDS Treatment Narrative Project Schedule: October 1st 2005 until December 15th
2006. Progress Report: Instead of the initial 13 patients, we ended up testing for and giving medication to 15 patients, with 2 patients passing away. We were faced by many challenges, such as: the patients who were enrolled in this project all had families, and did not want to declare their HIV status because of the strong stigma attached to it in the rural areas (people get ostracized by the local community). The HIV/AIDS outpatients could not be kept under constant medical monitoring. Since they have dependents, they could not remain at the hospice for extended periods and definitely not for a year. Hence, they were not able to benefit from the proper nutritious food items that we supply to the hospice. We were saddened that 4 of the patients moved and were unable to continue with the project. Once the patients showed signs of improvement, they either looked for jobs elsewhere or lost interest in the project. One of them has gone back to her old life style, resulting in getting re-infected. For the above reasons, the testing of these patients became inconsistent. We are encouraged by the fact that 4 patients were healed and 5 patients are improving. The 2 patients who passed away did so after having gone back to anti-retroviral treatment. This indicates that Inochi and ARV cannot be used simultaneously. From the doctors who conducted the study, their opinion is that this pilot project can be the basis of further research on testing other HIV/AIDS patients and improving their lives. This project also highlighted the fact that even if a miraculous treatment,
such as Inochi, is made available, it is not sufficient in itself to eradicate
AIDS. Without proper education and motivation, people do not easily change
a promiscuous lifestyle. To donate to this Family Care Foundation Project, please note Project NAME and then click here. |
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