{"id":4367,"date":"2024-10-02T11:21:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T11:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4367"},"modified":"2024-10-02T11:21:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T11:21:38","slug":"elderly-living-with-hiv-aids-to-receive-ncds-treatment-nac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4367","title":{"rendered":"Elderly Living with HIV\/AIDS to Receive NCDs Treatment: NAC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Health Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National AIDS Council (NAC) has taken a significant step forward in addressing the growing concern of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among the elderly population living with HIV and AIDS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent research conducted by NAC revealed an alarming increase in NCDs such as cancer, diabetes, and hypertension among this demographic over the past few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Edgar Muzulu, Mashonaland Central provincial manager for NAC,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Zimbabwe is one of the countries in Southern and Eastern Africa that has successfully initiated and rolled out anti-retroviral treatment (ART) over the past decades.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, he noted that despite this progress, &#8220;we have realised that over the years, the elderly who are on ART are now being diagnosed with NCDs such as cancer, diabetes and hypertension.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To combat this challange, NAC has integrated NCD treatment into its HIV\/AIDS programs for the elderly in Mashonaland Central. This comprehensive approach aims to provide holistic care for individuals living with HIV and AIDS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Initiatives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Community Health Worker Empowerment: Community health workers have been trained and equipped with medical equipment to screen for hypertension and diabetes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Referral System: Those in need of medical assistance are referred to professionals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Integrated Treatment: NCD treatment is now incorporated into HIV\/AIDS care for the elderly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As Muzulu emphasized, &#8220;We have trained our community health workers to screen for hypertension and diabetes and refer those needing medical assistance to professionals.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This integrated approach is crucial in addressing the emerging threat of NCDs among the elderly population living with HIV and AIDS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health Reporter The National AIDS Council (NAC) has taken a significant step forward in addressing the growing concern of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among the elderly population living with HIV and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4369,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4367\/revisions\/4369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}