Word: alenga
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...typical symptoms of AIDS for what they are. He immediately sent Ajam to the nearest hospital to start her on antiretroviral drugs (ARVs)--an approach even a traditionalist like Ajam heartily endorses. "For minor cases, I still use local herbs," says Ajam, 51, a roadside bread vendor in Alenga, Uganda, a sprawling settlement overlooking the Nile River. "But it's the ARVs that are keeping me alive...
...flood of money for medical care is running into a roadblock common in almost every Third World country: an infrastructure incapable of delivering it. In Uganda, for example, there is only one doctor for every 20,000 citizens--and there far fewer doctors in rural areas like Alenga. It's a challenge simply to identify the needy in this country, much less ensure that patients stick to their therapies...
...Apac district hospital near Alenga, where THETA has encouraged the nurses to accept traditional approaches, it's not uncommon for patients to ask a healer for supplemental herbs or to check themselves out to seek traditional remedies. But even in Apac, the doctors are not so accommodating. Okello carefully fills out referral forms provided by THETA, but they often come back with no comments or diagnosis. "We don't get the feedback," says Okello, who takes it upon himself to make sure patients are following their regimens. "Maybe they feel it time wasting...
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