AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - National award presented to San Camillo Hospital in Ouagadougou first centre in the country to offer HIV tests to pregnant mothers

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Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - On World Aids Day December 1 San Camillo Medical Centre in Ouagadougou was among five hospitals awarded the national medal of merit for activity in the field of healthcare, in particular care for HIV+ patients.
It was Camillian Father Jean de Dieu Belembaogo accompanied by other members of the staff and two HIV+ mothers who received the award on behalf of the hospital from the Burkina Faso’s minister of health.
In 2002 San Camillo in Ouagadougou was the first centre to offer HIV tests to pregnant mothers- 4% in Burkina- and a protocol of prevention of mother/child transmission. A total of 400 mothers have benefited from this protocol based on anti-retroviral drugs and where hygienic conditions permit, bottle-feeding.
San Camillo follows about 600 HIV+ patients half of whom are receiving anti-retroviral treatment and it is one of very few centres in Burkina which cares for children with AIDS.
Commitment in the field of HIV/AIDS demands increasing technical resources and funds if the hospital is to continue treating patients affected by other diseases who come ever more numerous to the Centre from the poor districts of the city.
Besides the hospital in Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso the Camillian Fathers run two other health care centres, Our Lady of Fatima Centre for AIDS patients and St Camillo district hospital in Nanoro about 100 km from the capital and the first centre in the country to offer anti-retroviral treatment for AIDS in a rural area. (GG/AP) (15/12/2005 Agenzia Fides; Righe:29; Parole:316)