Salt Visit - Mozambique Matola & Boane

[Inacio T. Paruque]

The month of June have been engaged in the salt visits into Disability & HIV  Project in Mozambique (Maputo Province - Municipy of Matola and Boane District. It really was a unique moment when we see the communities sharing, learning, transfering as it has answered the questions of HIV through local response to minimize its impact. I'll tell you one thing struck me very in the community for I visited. a house of a very young couple together, share a view that as the situation has somewhat ACP encouraged this family. Recently the head of the Young family had / lived with his brother not long ago that he was in good health. So that concerned about the situation of his brothers decided to take him to the health center for diagnosis. Enquaanto that the brother had already is weakened (weak physically) the result was diagnosed with the virus that causes AIDS. So the brother advised him to take treatment, but the challenge was to take all day to the clinic without resources ( transportation and food) but even without these features do not let your brother to take him back by traveling more than 5km to the health post to take the cocktail (ARV) The result is that after some time the young man recovered and now the second brother is in good health ...
The love of neighbor, the will to live - hope was visible through the acceptance of the young to join the treatment ...

[Gaston]

Dear Inacio, many thanks for this sharing. I do see this story as a powerful example of the third practice of the self-assessment: linking care and prevention. I'll use it in future facilitation efforts.