Welcome to The Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa Community Based Health Care & AIDS Relief Project.

 

 

The Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa CBHC and AIDS Relief Project began in 1996 as an exclusively community based home care program providing, initially, medical care to HIV positive people and other sick-poor individuals. Volunteer CHWs (community health workers) from Catholic parishes form the “backbone” of the project leading nurses to the homes of their sick neighbors.

 

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PROGRAM SUCCESS STORY

 

The program started in 1996 with 1 staff nurse and 12 volunteer CHWs taking care of patients in one parish, Bomu. Currently, the number of staff has grown to 44 and we are able to offer quality care to growing numbers of patients.

 

No laboratory tests were done in the initial years but right now we are able to do almost all the necessary tests for our clients.

 

Program and patients’ database was manual; over the years, computerization has made it easier to capture patient data and generate useful reports.

 

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SUPPORT GROUPS

 

These groups have helped a great deal in trying to eradicate stigma since many clients have been able to testify of how ARVs have improved their lives & that there is life after one gets infected with HIV. ..... More