 | Aids Home Care Handbook (WHO, 1993, 178 p.) |
 |  | (introduction...) |
| | Acknowledgements |
| | Preface |
|  | Introduction |
| | Who can use this handbook? |
| | What is home care? |
| | How can you use this handbook? |
| | Part I: Teaching Guide |
| | Chapter One: Teaching people with AIDS and their families |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Whom should you teach? |
| | Why is teaching important? |
| | Stories about teaching |
| | What is teaching? |
| | What are the benefits of teaching? |
| | What should you teach? |
| | How should you teach? |
| | More stories about teaching |
| | Chapter Two: From HIV to AIDS |
| | (introduction...) |
| | A story: Yulia and Mukasa |
| | Teaching notes on HIV and AIDS |
| | What are HIV and AIDS? |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Box 1: Ways in which HIV is transmitted |
| | How can you avoid AIDS? |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Box 2: What is ''safer sex''? |
| | How do you use condoms to prevent pregnancy and HIV transmission? |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Box 3: How to use a condom |
| | Box 4: HIV Testing |
| | Box 5: Ways in which HIV is not transmitted |
| | Chapter Three: Living positively with AIDS |
| | (introduction...) |
| | The next part of the story: Yulia and Yokaana |
| | Teaching notes about living positively with AIDS |
| | Responses to AIDS |
| | What is counselling? |
| | Preventing HIV transmission in the home |
| | Avoiding other infections |
| | Avoiding malaria |
| | Special issues concerning children with AIDS |
| | General rules on caring for a child with HIV infection or AIDS |
| | Chapter Four: Care of the dying |
| | (introduction...) |
| | The last part of the story: Yulia's legacy |
| | Teaching notes care dying |
| | Part II: Reference Guide |
| | Chapter Five: Management of the common symptoms of AIDS in the home |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Fever |
| | Diarrhoea |
| | Skin Problems |
| | Mouth and throat problems |
| | Coughing and difficulty in breathing |
| | Genital problems |
| | Nutrition problems |
| | Nausea and vomiting |
| | Anxiety and depression |
| | Pain |
| | Tiredness and weakness |
| | Mental confusion and dementia |
| | Chapter Six: Conditions that need special attention in people with HIV infection |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Tuberculosis |
| | Pregnancy and birth |
| | Chapter Seven: General guide on the use of medicines |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Teaching notes on the use of medicines |
| | Medicines commonly used to treat symptoms in people with AIDS |
| | Annexes |
| | Annex One: Resource List |
| | Annex Two: Pictures for Teaching |
Acknowledgements
The World Health Organization (WHO) developed this handbook in collaboration with:
The AIDS Support Organization (TASO), Kampala,
Uganda
Nsambya Hospital, Order of St Francis, Kampala,
Uganda
Salvation Army Chikankata Mission Hospital, Mazabuka,
Zambia
Their valuable contribution is gratefully acknowledged.
Special recognition is given to TASO and its Executive Director, Noerine Kaleeba, for the innovative ways they have found of communicating and working with people with AIDS. These include the development of a story with pictures that TASO has used and refined, based on the responses of people living with AIDS, their families and community members. The TASO story formed the basis of the story told in Chapters Two, Three and Four of this handbook.
A booklet called Living with AIDS in the Community was the source of several ideas and drawings used in this handbook, including the faces revealing the variety of feelings about AIDS. WHO wishes to thank the organizations in Uganda (the National AIDS Programme, TASO and the country offices of UNICEF and WHO) for publishing this booklet and for sharing its contents. A revised WHO/UNICEF version of this booklet is now available - see the resource list at the back of this handbook.
Acknowledgement is also given to Sharon McDonnell and to the following for their contribution during the field-testing of this handbook: Rebecca Bunell, Sam Mulindwa, Francis Mubiru and Molly Eriki from TASO; Miriam Duggan and Jody Blanchard from Nsambya; Clement Chela from Chikankata; and Pascal Kwapa from the National AIDS Programme, Zambia.
The assistance given to the WHO Global Programme on AIDS by a number of other WHO units and programmes is also gratefully acknowledged.
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