As a rule, such families are reluctant ...

In January 2005, at the Center for Prevention and Control of AIDS and infectious diseases (on the basis of branch Hepatology Center), with support from the International Research and Exchanges Board IREX is equipped with a chamber "Mother and Child". Its funding is from the budget, IREX provides financial support to establish a database of risk groups and ensure that beneficiaries of social packages. The House of Mother and Child "This is a relatively new form of work, not only with a young mother, but also other family members, c, in which the child is at risk of perinatal transmission of HIV or with confirmed HIV infection. What are the advantages of the specially equipped rooms? Conversation can be conducted in a relaxed, almost homely atmosphere, over a cup of tea. The situation has to communicate more trust in which all the family found out the circumstances and characteristics of the relationship. As a rule, such families are reluctant to admit to his house social and health workers, here they come to the whole family to pass ultrasound and other tests, a blood test. Here is one recent example. Two months of the child to a regular survey brought his grandmother. Accompanied by her (his mother) the child's father. While they were together, all questions answered smoothly: "Yes, we all was well ... we all look after a child relations are good ... ...." When dad was away for medical procedures (he is HIV +, is registered), grandmother honestly told me that her son was in no way implies their own health, working as a loader for 12 hours a day, his wife does not work, but the house is not the case, comes later, clearly agitated, most likely, she takes drugs among themselves their attitudes are terrible, her husband beats. Grandma is not without reason, worried about the fate of his grandson, who, if she dies, will be no use to anyone ... All of these circumstances could hardly open in a different situation on the stand taking up, a limited place and time. In this family were sent to support long-term social worker and psychologist. Mom arranged for cutting and sewing courses, began to treat drug addiction. The next scheduled scan family came in full force, without my grandmother. The child first HIV test showed a negative result, and this fact is very happy parents. Mother normal state (it is still HIV-positive, but not HIV-infected patients). But his father - a serious condition. A conversation with the mother was based on the understanding of the real facts: it alone - the mainstay of the family and the child, by whom and how it will grow, depends only on her. This is a very difficult job, it requires a large impact, constant attention. But if you organize the treatment of his father, social and psychological support for mothers, including instilling a sense of motherhood, if you perform real-time targeted assistance - this family will be saved, a child becomes an orphan. This, in fact, directed prevention program of social orphanhood. Author: Aza Rakhmanov Source: "AIDS, Sex, Health - Journal www.aidsjournal.ru

Drugs come

How to protect yourself, your loved ones, and most importantly, children from drugs, says MD, director of medical programs and projects, chief medical officer, "the Russian narkolinii" International Association against Drug Abuse and Drug Trafficking Elena Jaskiewicz. - Society must first deal with drug addiction.