By Diana Richardson | Executive Director
Meet little "Muthi", an HIV infected child receiving care from Makindu Children's Center. Muthi is very friendly and he loves playing football at the centre with other children. He loves visiting the Centre every day.
Muthi lives with his grandmother, sister and 6 other cousins. Their grandmother sells fruits and peas at Makindu town. Her little earnings are never enough to cater for all her family needs and therefore she seeks frequent nutritional support from the office.
Muthi and his sister were suffering from malaria for one month. They were taken to hospital. Sister recovered, and Muthi is healing slowly, with his body continuing to adhere well to his HIV medications. He has resumed visiting the Centre.
Recently, MCC staff noted that some of the children on care had high viral loads, which raised a concern. To address this, MCC formed "Kids Club", a safe haven where kids on care meet to discuss drug adherence, social and reproductive issues with the help of a social worker and a nurse as facilitators.
In 2019, MCC will conduct a training targeting the guardians of the children on care, to educate and synthesize them on the challenges and the support that these kids need to effectively adhere to medication.
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