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From: "Jhpiego" <
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Date: 1 Dec 2014 02:12
Subject: Working Towards an AIDS-Free Generation
To: "Dr Hermengild" <
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Cc:
 | | | | | | | World AIDS Day 2014 | | | | | | Today, as we mark continued progress toward an AIDS-free generation, I want to introduce you to Guilhermina Marcos. She is among nearly 200 lay counselors, who go door to door, bringing HIV testing and counseling services to Mozambicans where they live. Guilhermina and her colleagues are on the frontlines of an innovative and determined effort by the Government of Mozambique to save lives and ensure that HIV-positive citizens receive the care and treatment they need to stay healthy and reduce the chance of transmitting the virus to a partner or child. These lay counselors are doing extraordinary work, having reached more than 1.2 million Mozambicans. Their success exemplifies the 2014 World AIDS Day theme—"Focus, Partner, Achieve: An AIDS-Free Generation." Mozambique focused its efforts on high prevalence HIV areas and, with funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and support from Jhpiego, engaged nine local organizations in a unique partnership to test and counsel residents in their homes, no matter where they lived. Through the dedication of these lay counselors, Mozambicans who tested positive for HIV or TB were linked to treatment and follow-up care. This accomplishment is particularly significant when you consider that Mozambique has one of the most serious shortages of health workers and less than 25 percent of the country’s 23 million people know their HIV status. Counselors also screened residents for other health conditions and referred nearly 148,000 people to health facilities to receive further care. Guilhermina and so many others like her are making a difference in the lives of millions of people around the world. "I will to do my best to save more lives and ensure that in the near fucontinueture we could have a generation free of HIV/AIDS." – Guilhermina Marcos Thank you, Guilhermina Marcos, for giving people the opportunity to live full, productive lives.  | | | | | | | | | | |  | | |
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