In
aids awareness, common sense is least common of all senses. In messages
below, we think the problems through which many people including counselors and peer
educators can not do.
There is no
need for research at massive cost to the Australian taxpayer. The issues
surrounding the HIV pandemic are so basic and public knowledge.
The messages
should go out by the media rather than by aid money into bank accounts of new
chum researchers who can at best only reinvent the wheel in English not Tok Pisin.
Many issues are not explained
clearly enough to be understood by peer educators, PLWHIV, PLWHA and the rest
of the community. We must teach people how to think through the many HIV/AIDS issues. All issues are very basic and need common sense not research.
There are
basic issues that can be explained to TV viewers and newspaper readers in
simple words. Consider the following:
Young women
raped must go straight to the hospital or AIDS clinic within 60 hours for ART
as a precaution against the man being HIV positive. If not positive, she is
safe. If positive, she has already begun the treatment to remove the virus from
the blood.
Yangpela meri
i mas i go long haus sik o AIDS clinic insait long 60 aua sapos man i bagarapim em.
Em bai kisim ARV tritmen bilong blokim HIV sapos man i gat sik. Sapos man i orait,
meri bai orait. Sapos man i gat HIV meri i statim marisin tritmen insait long 60
aua.
A woman
diagnosed pregnant must go for an AIDS test before the child is born. If
positive, she must go on ARV medication (1) during pregnancy (2) during child
birth (3) while breast feeding and (4) for the rest of her life. The child
should be born HIV negative.
Sapos meri i gat bel em i mas i go kisim HIV test bipo em
i karim pikinini pinis. Sapos em i gat HIV sik, em i mas statim ARV tritmen bipo em
i karim pikinini pinis. Em i mas kisim marasin (1) taim pikinini i stap long bel (2)
taim meri i wok long karim ( 3) taim em i givim susu na (4) long olgeta laip bihain.
A man or
woman has to wait for 3 months to be tested after intercourse. Then the HIV
antibodies will show up on a test not before. If the person has further sex
during that time with another person without a condom, then another 3 month wait starts at the date
of the last intercourse. This will go on every time the person has unsafe sex with new people.
Man
o meri i mas i wet inap long 3pela mun bihain em i wokim sex pinis. Bihain long 3
pela mun bodi bai soim olsem HIV i stap. Sapos man o meri i wokim sex gen insait long
dispel taim em i mas i wet inap long 3 pela mun moa. Sapos man o meri i wokim moa sex, ol i mas wet 3pela mun wan wan taim moa na moa yet.
An HIV
positive person on antiretroviral (ARV) drugs must not think they are now
cleared of the virus. The virus is still in the hiding places and will rebound
if the person defaults on daily doses. An HIV infected person must always use a
condom. Check with the hospital for a viral load test to be sure.
Sapos
man o meri i stap long ARV marasin, em i no ken ting olsem HIV i pinis.
Ol binatang i stap yet insait long ol ples bilong hait. Sapos man o meri i les
na lusim tingting long kisim marasin wan wan de, ol binatang inap kalap i kam bek long
blut gen na pait strong moa.
A woman must
not smoke cigarettes while breast feeding. The tars will enter her blood and
then pass to the breast milk. The baby will drink contaminated milk which will
give chest infections. A mother’s HIV virus will enter the baby in breast milk
and through infections on the baby’s chest.
Meri
i no ken pulim simok taim em i givim susu long bebi. Ol simok marasin nogut bai go
insait long blut bilong meri na bihain tan insait long susu. Bebi bai dringim susu i pulap
long poison. Sapos mama i gat HIV bebi inap kisim tu.
People who
are HIV and on ARV medication may remain PLWHIV. That means that AIDS has been
blocked and the person should remain HIV all their lives. They are People
living with HIV. But if they default and the virus rebounds, the person may
move on to AIDS. They are then PLWHA – People living with HIV/AIDS.
Sapos
HIV tarangu i kisim ARV na kaikai marasin wan wan de em bai stap HIV na i no inap
slip I go long AIDS. Sapos em i les na i no kisim marasin wan wan de,
ol binatang bai inap nekim em insait long 2pela or 3pela mun.
Fathers and
mothers do not be angry if your daughter tells you she has been raped. Take her
straight to the AIDS clinic for ARV treatment within 60 hours. Tell her never
to be afraid to tell you.
Ol papamama i
no ken kros sapos pikinini meri i tok olsem sampela man i
bagarapim em. Kisim em i go long haus sik insait long 60aua bilong kisim ARV marasin.
Maski wet inap long 3 pela mun. Bihain long 60 aua ol binatang bai hait insait
long bodi. Bipo long 60aua ol binatang bai dai insait long blut. ARV inap kilim ol.
Daughters do
not be afraid to tell your parents if you have been raped. They have to take
you straight to the AIDS clinic within 60 hours for ARV medication. That will
protect you if the man is HIV positive.
Ol pikinini meri
i no ken pret long tokim papamama sapos man i bagarapim em. Ol i mas kisim meri i
go stret long haus sik bilong statim ARV tritmen. Sapos man i gat sik,
meri bai orait sapos em i statim ARV kwiktaim na kilim ol HIV i raun insait long blut.
All babies
need breast milk. If they do not have breast milk for the early months, they
will lack vitamins and antibodies. If an HIV mother has a new born baby and is
worried, she should see a doctor. If she is on ARV, her milk should be safe. To
be sure she could express, heat the milk to destroy any HIV and feed to the
baby with a spoon.
Olgeta bebi
i mas kisim susu bilong mama. Sapos em i no kisim long stat bilong laip,
em bai stap sik na lusim strong. Em bai sot long ol vitamin na antibody. Sapos mama i
wari gutpela sapos em i go lukim dokta. Sapos mama i sik long HIV na stap long ARV
marasin, ating em bai orait. Wari yet, gutpela sapos em i hatim susu na givim bebi long
spun. No ken boilim na kilim ol gutpela samting i stap insait long susu.
Major Bruce Copeland (Australian Army retired)
HIV/AIDS advocate and counselor
Lecturer in Tok Pisin
RAAF School of Languages 1978-1992.
No comments:
Post a Comment