Alive Medical Services

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1 Alive Medical Services Presentation to the Regional Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage Workshop 28 June 2011 Dr. Pasquine Ogunsanya

2 ALIVE MEDICAL SERVICES Established in February, 2007 as a nongovernmental nonprofit medical center Located in Namuwongo, Bukasa Parish, Makindye Division, Kampala Sponsored by Keep a Child Alive (KCA), co-founded by Leigh Blake and Alicia Keys

3 VISION, MISSION AND VALUES OF AMS A centre of medical excellence To provide a comprehensive range of high quality medical services accessible to all, and especially the poor and vulnerable Integrity Excellence Patient-focus Love and compassion Teamwork Diligence

4 AMS SERVICES In and out-patient services Comprehensive HIV/AIDS care Nutrition & HWTS Antenatal care Maternity Family planning Immunizations Well baby visits Child days Laboratory services Voluntary counseling & testing Community outreach Mobile clinics Home-based care Youth-friendly services Community-based education, service, and internship site for medical students

5 AMS AND THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MDGs numbers 1-6 and 8 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equity and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Develop partnership for development

6 NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM Critical element of comprehensive HIV/AIDS care 1,100 households currently on food program Food packs: Beans...10 kg Rice 10 kg Sugar...5 kg Cooking oil...1 litre Link between nutrition, safe drinking water, and overall wellbeing

7 HOUSEHOLD WATER TREATMENT & SAFE STORAGE PROGRAM PUR water purification program introduced in March, 2010 Over 2,000 households have been supplied with PUR materials Materials provided: Two buckets Stirring stick Two filtering cloths Instructional guide Unlimited PUR sachets

8 HWTS EDUCATION AT AMS Education about HWTS as a critical part of nutrition and medication regimens PUR group demonstrations Individual PUR consultation and instruction Ongoing support and provision of PUR water purification sachets

9 HWTS EDUCATION

10 AMS HWTS STATISTICS 79 percent of patients practicing HWTS 26 percent use PUR for HWTS 100 percent of food program participants surveyed do HWTS 70 percent decrease in cases of diarrhoea among patients who have begun practicing HWTS

11 THE SEVEN WONDERS OF PUR THE IMPACT OF HWTS 1. Increase in overall health 2. Adherence 3. Economic and social development 4. Education 5. Peer support among clients 6. Safety and trust 7. Prevention of other diseases

12 STORY FROM THE FIELD: BASHIR An AMS HWTS Program Success Story

13 BASHIR THEN Came to AMS in July, 2009 Weighed 28 kilos Extremely dehydrated and malnourished Suffered from chronic diarrhoea caused by cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis, water-borne diseases Received treatment and education about HWTS

14 BASHIR ONE YEAR LATER Free from diarrhoeal disease Had overcome TB, cancer, liver and kidney failure Able to start his own motorbike repair business

15 BASHIR TODAY Family remains free of water-borne disease

16 FACING THE CHALLENGES OF HWTS Inadequate education Lack of resources Program assessment Dependence Offer frequent, varied educational programs Provide water purification materials free-of-charge Conduct regular assessments consisting of questionnaires, interviews and home visits Counsel and encourage independence and record increase in patients ability to participate in education attainment and incomegenerating activities

17 FUTURE OF HWTS AT AMS Improve and expand our HWTS program until all 7,000+ patients have access to safe drinking water Provide patient households with a safe storage and serving container Offer community education about HWTS

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19 CONCLUSION Safe water is key to saving 3 million lives per year worldwide Cost of providing safe water supplies is a fraction of what it costs to care for a patient suffering from chronic water-borne illness Safe water supply costs are far less than the amount in human capital lost due to waterborne illness

20 Thank You!