April
- Total patient visits (396): new (245); revisits (141)
- Dewormed: 51
- Vaccinations: Children (>5 years old) (332); women pregnant and not pregnant (128)
Top diagnoses treated/services offered: Malaria (125); Typhoid (64); Urinary Tract Infection (60); Deworming (51); Hypertension (45); Abdominal Ulcer/ GI Reflux (41); Anemia (35).
There was an additional 83 diagnoses assessed and treated; pregnancy related conditions were also treated, in addition to antenatal visits.
May
- Total patient visits (682): new (447); revisits 235
- Dewormed – 92
- Vaccinations: Children (>5 years old) (378); women pregnant and not pregnant (220)
Top diagnoses treated/service offered: Typhoid (187); Malaria (125); Deworming (86); Urinary Tract Infection (63); Anemia (58); Hypertension (58); Pregnant Women Visits (37); Respiratory Tract Infection (cough) (32).
There was an additional 91 other diagnoses assessed and treated; pregnancy related conditions were also treated, in addition to antenatal visits.
25 communities received prenatal vitamins and vitamin A supplements.
June:
- Total patient visits (528): new (357); revisits (171)
- Dewormed: 121
- Vaccinations: Children (>5 years old) (97); women pregnant and not pregnant (50)
Top diagnoses treated/service offered: Typhoid (184); Deworming (121); Malaria (119); Urinary Tract Infections (110); Anemia (84); Hypertension (55); Abdominal Ulcer/GI Reflux (38); Eye Problems (27).
There was an additional 90 other diagnoses assessed and treated; pregnancy related conditions were also treated, in addition to antenatal visits.
Typhoid fever: There was an increase of typhoid fever, which is being addressed by the medical team. Update to follow in next edition.
The WPHCC staff collects and distributes statistics and reports to the HWHL Board monthly.
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.
