Staying updated

Notable  research information from Dr. Amita Gupta , MD , Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Death in the early months following initiation of antiretroviral treatment is common among patients with advanced HIV living in resource-limited countries with a high prevalence of HIV.

Despite the success of antiretroviral programs in these resource-limited areas, many patients still present for treatment with advanced HIV disease and up to 17% of adults die in the first year of antiviral therapy, the researchers wrote.

"One of the biggest drivers of morbidity and mortality in this setting is tuberculosis,"

He noted that up to 70% of patients with tuberculosis living in sub-Saharan Africa are HIV positive.
 "Patients with HIV may not have commonly recognized symptoms of tuberculosis, which complicates diagnosis," he said.

GIFT GIVING AT XMAS TIME - DEC 2015

Many thanks to New Life Fellowship , we were able to provide baby fomula for all the new borns

There is hope Yet !!

On the Fast-Track
to end AIDS

We have what it takes to break the AIDS epidemic. 

Already 15 million people are accessing life-saving HIV treatment. New HIV infections have been reduced by 35% since 2000 and AIDS-related deaths have been reduced by 42% since the peak in 2004.

IT IS GREAT TO SEE THAT ALL LIVES MATTER

Johns Hopkins recently received approval from the United Network for Organ Sharing to be the first hospital in the United States to perform HIV-positive to HIV-positive organ transplants.

The institution will be the first in the nation to do an HIV-positive kidney transplant and the first in the world to execute an HIV-positive liver transplant.

"This is an unbelievably exciting day for our hospital and our team, but more importantly for patients living with HIV and end-stage organ disease. For these individuals, this means a new chance at life," says Dorry Segev, associate professor of surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

If they can make such progress , why is there no cure for this ailment . Guess I should still commend the fact that this population has not been forgotten. So Kudos all the same to the science world.

XMAS VIDEO

Click on the link below for a sneek peak at some our activities this past xmas.
Thanks



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRFyN-oR0N4#t=332

Happy New Year

Its a new year and we thank God for all the support he allowed us to have during the last year.

Your love and support helped us give our best to the children that needed some love this past holiday season/ We at foadac just want to say thank you. In the coming months we will furnish you with some pictures and videos that shows your donations at work.

Have a great rest of the month and don't forget to visit our website, your donations are always appreciated.

Have a peaceful Holiday Season

No matter what may be going on all around you today, you can still live in perfect peace. Peace isn’t about what’s going on around you; it’s about what’s going on inside of you.
 (Joel Osteen.) Peace can bring you power in your life. Have a peaceful, powerful, and productive end of year.

Tis the season of giving , be kind to one another . Give to someone different this year, put a smile on the face of a child that is less fortunate.

See you all in the new year . Foadac is off to spend time with the children at the orphanage. Sharing the gifts that you have given them throughout the year.

Have a safe , happy , healthy and prosperous new year.