J. Colaco wrote: > And WHO has the responsibility to ensure that the "orphans" are appropriately > tested and > treated? I wonder why you chose to call the 'parents/guardians' ignorant. > What IF they are > actually quite aware of HOW the 'system' works, and have NOT YET seen > evidence that the > orphans are cleared for school (say) as they would be in the UK or Canada or > should be in India?
Doc, The responsibility for orphans lies on my shoulders. And yours. It would be a cruel place where people care less for the weakest members of society. >jc (3) : My experience with HIV kids is surely not as vast as yours. Even so, >please advise us: >[A] Were THOSE HIV+ individuals CD4 regularly monitored and treated with >anti-retroviral > medications? >[B] Were THOSE HIV+ individuals TB tested and treated if necessary? >[C] Were THESE HIV+ ORPHANS managed according to the same regimen THOSE >individuals were/are? Doc, the short answer is that HIV+ people are monitored much more closely than those without HIV. The reason, I am told, is that HIV+ people are much more susceptible to diseases. TB being the leading cause of death for them. Again, since HIV+ kids are monitored much more closely, I feel those with TB will be identified much more faster than kids who are not HIV+. In other words, there is a greater danger of finding a "TB Mary" in the non-HIV population than in the HIV+ population. Mervyn
