Cote d I'voire
Côte d’Ivoire, among West African countries, has the highest HIV seroprevalence rate at 4.7 percent. An estimated 800,000 of the country’s 17.2 million population are HIV-infected. The disease also has orphaned some 450,000 children.
Since 2002, ICAP’s MTCT-Plus Initiative has been supporting family-focused, multidisciplinary HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment at two health centers in Abidjan. ICAP-supported programs at these facilities focus on identifying HIV-infected pregnant women through PMTCT programs and enrolling them into care and treatment. Once enrolled, pregnant women and their families have access to comprehensive clinical care, including antiretroviral therapy and prophylaxis for opportunistic infections.
Additional ICAP-supported activities include:
- Integrated tuberculosis/HIV care and treatment;
- Rapid HIV testing for adults and children;
- Diagnostic testing/analysis, including Dried Blood Spot DNA PCR testing for infants;
- Training programs for all cadres of healthcare providers of HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment;
- Community outreach;
- HIV support groups, including medication and treatment adherence;
- Peer education programs;
- Social services/social support;
- Nutrition support;
- Referral services;
- Home-based/community-based visits;
- Development and implementation of patient-information systems;
- Pharmacy services;
- Laboratory support;
- Targeted evaluations.