Monday, June 13, 2016

10 Fast Facts about WE-ACTx for Hope Clinic

1.  WE-ACTx for Hope is located in downtown Kigali, the capital of Rwanda.

2.  They only treat HIV positive patients.

3.  Clinic runs from 8am-4pm each day, except for Fridays (8-12pm).

4.  Each clinic day is started with an educational session for all patients in the waiting room where the nurses, doctor or technicians lecture briefly about topics related to patients’ health.

5.  They treats about 80-100 patients per day.

6.  Wednesday is Children’s Day.  This means that only children are treated on Wednesdays each week.

7.  Friday is Screening Day.  New patients can come to be screened for HIV/AIDS on each Friday.

8.  They have has 1 doctor, 4 nurses, 1 lab tech, 2 pharmacy techs, 4 counselors and multiple other staff members that help the clinic function fluidly each day.

9.  The nurse only give out 30 day supplies of medication, including ART’s.  Special exceptions are made in circumstances where children are going away to boarding school and adults are going on business trips.

10.  Patients can send their parents, siblings, significant other or guardians in lieu of themselves.