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Foto: Paulo dos Santos From the left to the right: Dr. Christoph Uleer, Chairman Rainer Ehlers, Chairman advisory board Dr. Ulrich Heide, Executive chairman Prof. Dr. Rita Süssmuth, Honorary Chairlady Daniel Bahr‚ Federal Minister of Health, Member Board of Trustee Reinhold Schulte, Chairman Board of Trustees 7
4. Report Chairperson Dr Monika Esser The HOPE Cape Town Annual Report once again promises to bring to you an update on a variety of innovative projects and new activities, on sponsorships and on the people that make the difference in our work. We are proud of our flexibility to address the changing needs of our HIV affected communities. At the same time we are dependent on longstanding loyal sponsors and volunteers to provide a stable platform for our work. While not all can stay with us, we are very grateful for the time, energy and finances which people contribute to HOPE Cape Town for whatever time they can. 4.1 New projects Third line drug sponsorship for selected children that have failed standard government HAART first and second line treatment regimens is being supported by HOPE Cape Town. This is instituted after careful review and merit of each case according to predefined criteria. To support the selection process of children who are in need of alternative HAART regimens HOPE Cape Town also started sponsoring selected HIV viral resistance testing for paediatric HIV patients who are no longer responding to conventional HAART and for whom this test is not routinely available. These tests are crucial to be able to direct patients’ further treatment decisions; tragically the numbers of patients resistant to standard ARVs available in the public sector are on the increase. Further we are starting to focus increasingly on the parents of our HIV positive patients in line with the President’s plan to access patients who qualify for HAART treatment such as in the Ithemba Children’s ward for infectious diseases at Tygerberg Hospital. Even though the parents of our little patients are often very ill themselves, they are not automatically attended to when their children have been admitted and they frequently neglect to access healthcare for themselves. Subsequently, many children are not cared for adequately after being discharged due to one or both parents being sick or even dying. The company Alere Healthcare generously loaned a novel mobile point of care CD4 testing unit to HOPE Cape Town, with which we are able to perform instant CD4 counts for Ithemba ward parents. With a finger prick and within 20 minutes the results are available. Depending on the result of the rapid test and with counselling, the patient can then be referred for further testing and treatment. We hope to lead the way to comprehensive treatment of the whole family by this and other holistic approaches. Family at the Ithemba ward 8
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