Children’s Club
Providing care and treatment to HIV-infected children is a priority for the Lwala Community Health Center and FACES, our partner in providing comprehensive HIV services to the community. HIV positive children often go undetected because parents are reluctant bring their children in for testing. Using a family-centered approach, Lwala’s staff have worked with FACES to counsel, test, and enroll children into care.
Poisoned Baby Odhiambo Gets Second Chance at Life
On June 3, a 7 month old male baby named Odhiambo was brought to the health center in a semi-catatonic state. The child had accidentally been fed a highly concentrated insecticide, which was mistaken for cough syrup by the baby’s teenage mother.
Watoto Wabili – Two Babies
On May 28, 2010 the Lwala Community Alliance welcomed two 18 year old first time mothers on a Saturday morning: Millicent, a nearly silent struggler in one corner, and Maureen, a vigorous and loud laborer in the other.
