Table 2 Family-centred care "wish list"
HIV + TB care | Paediatric + adult primary care | Psychosocial/economic support | Administrative |
|---|---|---|---|
• PMTCT | • Immunizations | • Adherence counselling for adults and children | • Follow up and patient tracking |
• VCT, including viral diagnostic tests for early infant diagnosis | • Growth monitoring | • Psychosocial support for both HIV+ and HIV- caregivers, including substance abuse, mental health, and domestic violence education | • A tight network of referrals and linkages with community-based organizations |
• Opportunistic infection prophylaxis | • Routine neurodevelopmental assessments | • Psychosocial support for children: social and educational activities | • Monitoring and evaluation systems |
• HAART for adults and children | • Nutritional supplementation and infant feeding support | • Early childhood development programmes |  |
• Regular TB screening, INH prophylaxis, and treatment | • Reproductive health services, including cervical screening and STD care | • Subsidized patient transport to and from the clinic |  |
|  | • Family planning services | • Income assistance |  |
|  | • Insecticide-treated bed nets, malaria screening and treatment |  |  |
|  | • Management of other endemic disease (e.g., helminths) |  |  |
|  | • Management of chronic illness: cardiovascular disease, Type II diabetes, hyperlipidemia |  |  |
|  | • Safe drinking water |  |  |
|  | • Pain management and palliative care |  |  |
|  | • Home health visits for pregnant mothers and young children |  |  |