07/20/2016
In Sierra Leone, saving lives with early infant diagnosis of HIV
https://www.unicef.org/stories/sierra-leone-saving-lives-early-infant-diagnosis-hiv
Early infant diagnosis is essential for saving the lives of HIV-positive babies. But in Sierra Leone’s Kenema Government Hospital, out-of-date testing kits meant that health professionals like Gladys Gassama often had to wait until children were 12 months old to determine their HIV status. Last year, with support from UNICEF and the EU, the…, KENEMA, Sierra Leone, 20 July 2016, – On a sunny day eastern Sierra Leone, Gladys Gassama gently welcomes a middle aged woman into her counselling room with a broad smile. Gladys is an HIV counsellor at the Kenema Government Hospital who, along with four other health workers in the district, was trained last year on early infant diagnosis of HIV. About 138 health workers from across…