GUIDE OF SÉDHIOU - Cesie

is not precise.
Once the patient reaches the hospital, the staff explains the
screening to him. Once screening has been done, the results
are presented to the physician. If they are positive to the virus,
the doctor shall convene the patient and explain him the route
to be followed during the course of the disease. If the patient
agrees to participate in treatment program, his case is
supported by hospital and the patient is considered
"included". The person may do the screening in the postes de
santé, but only the hospital is authorized to treat patients.
Treating HIV in Senegal is free. It is not uncommon that
patients abandon the treatment program. Often, patients do
not understand the characteristics of this virus. They feel well
for years and they often distrust doctors. The mere fact that
death is never caused by AIDS (but, of course, by all sorts of
diseases caused by the absence of an immune system, socalled
AIDS) leads the patient to often deny the very existence
of the disease.
Pregnancy: main problems
The total number of women in reproductive age in the
department Sédhiou is 34,013, out of a population of 147,881
people. In the first quarter of 2010, deliveries in age of
adolescence (10-24 years, according to WHO definition) were
31.03% of the total. During the second quarter, the
percentage increased to 39.01%. The total births during the
period from January-June were 1588, including 470 births by
teenage mothers, which is the 29.6% of the total. The number
of teenage abortions in the same semester is 37.
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