Care, love vital to stem HIV/AIDS
28/4/08
Providing practical help, care and love to people living with HIV/AIDS is the best way to reduce the infection rate in the country, says manager of Friends Foundation Inc, Rory Sitapai. Mr Sitapai is also the co-ordinator of the Henari Dalana Ita Hanamoa (which means improving our care, in the Motu language), which is implemented by the foundation under the community and home-based palliative care (CHPC) program with support from the Family Health International (FHI). Since the program was introduced in Port Moresby and parts of Central Province, 400 people with all sorts of illnesses, including those with HIV and AIDS in 92 sites, were identified, assisted by health workers, referred to counsellors and whose basic human needs were met.