HIV/AIDS Testing at WPHCC:
More women are tested at WPHCC for HIV as compared to men. Men are usually the last to come to the clinic to be tested. When a woman is suspected to be positive for HIV, she is encouraged to come to the Center to be tested. Some of the cases are related to sexual encounters with HIV positive partners and other cases are drug-related.
WPHCC does not treat HIV cases. There is a center in Kakata specifically for that. The government or other non-governmental organizations provide the antiviral drugs. WPHCC monitors treatment when the patient comes back to the Center.
Since WPHCC now has a good lab, nearly all patients are screened for HIV. The Center is seeing more positive HIV cases. The virus is more prevalent in Liberia as compared to East Africa where so many died in the 1980s and 90s. East and South Africa have more awareness of HIV/AIDS and available treatment as compared to West and North Africa.
Did you know about Senator Cooper?
Senator Cooper, a Senior Senator for Margibi County, Liberia, owns a rubber farm that has workers. Waterfield Primary Health Care Center (WPHCC) contracted with him to treat employees from his farm and he pays for their treatment. He donated $10,000 USD when Dr. Hena opened the clinic two years ago. The Center purchased the 10 examination tables that we have at the clinic along with some bedside cupboards in the short stay with that donation.
Overall Stats – 1st Quarter of 2019:
January
- No. of patients treated – 416
- Dewormed – 75
- Vaccinations: Children ( 80); Pregnant and Non-Pregnant (85)
- The 7 top diagnoses treated/service offered: worms (75); Family Planning (71); anemia (53); typhoid (52); hypertension (45); malaria 41; and respiratory (34). These were an additional 86 other diagnoses assessed and treated, which included pregnancy related conditions, as well as antenatal visits.
February
- No. of patients treated – 515
- Dewormed – 91
- Vaccinations: Children ( 84); Pregnant and Non-Pregnant women (119)
- The 7 top diagnoses treated: Worms (91); Anemia (72); hypertension (64); typhoid (56); malaria (49); diabetes (40); cataract s (37). These were an additional 93 other diagnoses assessed and treated, which included pregnancy related conditions, as well as antenatal visits.
March:
- No. of patients treated: 903
- Vaccinations: Children ( 64); Pregnant and Non-Pregnant women (93)
- The 7 top diagnoses treated: anemia – 148; typhoid 148; urinary tract infections 133; worms 66; malaria – 58; hypertension 53; diabetes 52. These were an additional 105 other diagnoses assessed and treated, which included pregnancy related conditions, as well as antenatal visits.
The WPHCC staff collect and distribute statistics and reports for the HWHL Board monthly.
