Fondacio in Togo – Lomé – Le Jade – For life!
Nearly 1500 patients living with HIV/AIDS cared for in Lomé, Togo.
AIDS, paradoxically a banal word, but 4 letters carrying suffering, isolation and death, now creates fewer new infections in the world. Sub-Saharan Africa is no exception, but this is where most new infections are still recorded (UN AIDS Report 2010).
In Togo, the AIDS prevalence rate since 2013 is 2.3% for a population of approximately 5 million people. The border nature of District 4 makes it an area of high population migration, sex work, and all kinds of social crime.
Jade – For life! A medical and social center (CMS) which helps people living with AIDS.
Faced with this situation, Le Jade – Pour la vie! implements activities that are part of the overall pandemic response strategy in this area.
As part of its contribution to the fight against HIV / AIDS, the association Le Jade – Pour la vie! set up a medico-social center (CMS), which opened its doors in September 2002 to provide assistance and support to people living with AIDS.
These actions also affect the families and in particular the children, or orphans, of people living with HIV/AIDS.
Jade – For life! contributes to improving the medical and psychosocial care of people living with HIV / AIDS and their families, as well as the prevention of infection, by addressing medical, psychological, social, home and hospital visits.
In 2015, 1378 patients are treated by the center, and the number of active patients increases every year, which puts increasing pressure on the center’s activities. Special attention is given to children under 18 to enable them to live better with HIV.
Contact
Association Le Jade – For life!
153 rue des Bruyères, BP 13538 LoméTogo.
Tel (228) 22225282/91681901.
JADE in pictures
For life !
Jade – For life! helps improve medical and psychosocial care for people living with HIV/AIDS and their families.
A project for street children in Lomé, which promotes their social reintegration, in particular through schooling, vocational training and socio-educational activities.