Transcript Diapositiva 1 - VinFormation

Ana Maria
The grim reality of
AIDS in the world
Worldwide, AIDS killed 3.1
million people in 2005
Globally, HIV/AIDS reached its
highest level in history, an
estimated 40.3 million people
It remains the leading cause of
death worldwide for people
between the ages of 15 and 49
Sub-Saharan Africa
In Sub-Saharan Africa, 25.8 million
people have HIV/AIDS
95% of those with the virus do not
know they have it
South Africa has the highest number
of people (5,300,000) with HIV/AIDS
Swaziland has the highest adult
prevalence rate in the world, 38.8%
DREAM:
Drug Resource Enhancement
against AIDS and Malnutrition
The Community of Sant’Egidio
designed DREAM
It began a pilot project in
Mozambique in March 2002
Dream’s special focus is to prevent the
transmission of HIV/AIDS from a
pregnant woman to her new-born child
The method used is highly active
anti-retroviral therapy (HAART)
DREAM has been creative in inventing
means for keeping the adherencerate of participants high
DREAM provides for food distribution
to mothers and their families
DREAM works in partnership with
the host nations and focuses on
capacity-building within local
communities
The partners
the Community of Sant’Egidio
the Daughters of Charity
Sant’Egidio provides:
the DREAM model
formation
evaluation
The Daughters provide:
personnel
experience in health care
contacts within various countries
the assurance that the resources
of the program will reach the
poorest of the poor directly
In the immediate future, Sant’Egidio
and the Daughters look forward to
collaborating in Nigeria, the Congo,
Cameroon, and Kenya, in addition to
Mozambique
The Daughters “dream” of establishing
DREAM in Vietnam and India
Formation
month-long formation programs in
Mozambique, Tanzania, and Malawi
teachers aim to communicate
up-to-date scientific knowledge
the principles underlying the
DREAM model
Fall-out from AIDS
a huge number of orphans
and vulnerable children
the feminization of AIDS
Financing
startup costs in each country about a million dollars
ongoing costs:
laboratory work
staff training
provision of food
purchase of drugs
the annual per patient cost for drug
therapy is only $300
Financing
Seton Institute
International Project Services
CRS
Joãozinho