This year, MSF added antiretroviral therapy to its HIV/AIDS program in the
urban district of Pissy, north of the capital Ouagadougou. Around 600 people
get regular follow-up, including treatment of opportunistic infections, and
around 100 more have begun ARV treatment since April 2003; 700 people
are followed in the program as a whole. MSF offers them comprehensive care, including home-based care, voluntary HIV counseling and testing and
prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission. Medical and psychosocial
health care to street children continues in the capital. Support to rural health
centers is ongoing in Sindou, near the borders with Mali and Côte d'Ivoire. In
October 2002, to prepare for a possible influx of refugees fleeing civil war in
Côte d'Ivoire, MSF sent medicines to Banfora, Bobo, Yendéré and Koupela,
and implemented a preparedness plan in the capital with the capacity to
support up to 10,000 people.
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The
Year in Review Rafael Vilasanjuan,
MSF Secretary General Dr. Morten Rostrup, President,
MSF International Council
