August 4th 2010- News from the Lighthouse Clinic, Malawi.
This clinic was built by The Rose Project in 2006, to provide HIV counselling, testing and treatment to people living with HIV or Aids.
In 2008, Lighthouse extended its clinical services to the rural areas bringing HIV counselling, testing and treatment to 33 rural health centres surrounding the capital city of Malawi. So far, 102,568 people have been tested. Those who are negative attend an education programme which deals with health and lifestyle which focuses on remaining negative. 8230 people who tested HIV positive were referred for treatment of whom 2345 were expectant women. Placing a HIV positive woman at 36 weeks on treatment almost eliminates the chance of HIV transmission to the baby.
Education is also provided on condom use and since the start of this programme 137, 370 male condoms and 5860 female condoms have been distributed.
