Defaulting from AIDS treatment is still a serious problem in South Africa
FOCUS (Faith Based Organizational Capacity Strengthening Universal HIV Treatment Program Funded by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) South Africa has an estimated 7.1 million people living with HIV (PLHIV), with a projected increase to 7.5 million by 2020. In 2017, PEPFAR…
“Bringing back hope”: How Faith-Based Responses to HIV and AIDS Differ from Secular Responses
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Amolegang Support Groups for Those on Treatment
Amolegang in the North West sent us a brief message to tell us something about the support groups they run for adults and children on antiretroviral treatment. Amogelang Support Group Amogelang support group started in 2003 with 4 members, now…
Role of FBO health services in contributing to universal health coverage in Africa
Universal health care is a difficult challenge in developing countries, and calls for governments to work with faith based organisations and NGOs to reach remote under-served areas, and the poor. Role of FBO health services in contributing to universal health…
AIDS Relief’s vast contribution to ARV treatment in Catholic programmes
The AIDSRelief programme of the Catholic Relief Services consortium begun in 2004 has wound up operations in all of the ten countries in which it provided anti-retroviral treatment with a grant from PEPFAR. The SACBC AIDS Office was originally part…
Antiretroviral treatment continues at Tapologo and Nazareth House
Anti-retroviral treatment continues at Tapologo (Diocese of Rustenburg) and Nazareth House, Johannesburg for another year as a result of the no-cost extension granted by the Centres for Disease Control (CDC) to the SACBC AIDS Office. The two centres were among…
CRS meets SACBC AIDS Office and treatment partners, Zambia
PEPFAR funding to CRS for the original nine country treatment programme has ended, and treatment programmes are continuing in some countries under the local and some new partners. At a meeting of Catholic Relief Services with its treatment partners held…
Senwamokgope Clinic, Limpopo, transfers ART patients to DOH clinics
Senwamokgope, Sacred Heart Clinic, in Limpopo formed part of the Kurisanani ART programme of the Diocese of Tzaneen. With the changes in PEPFAR funding it has had to transfer patients to DOH clinics, and will cease operations by the end…
Tapologo and the DOH collaborate in the Bojanala District, North West Province
Tapologo ART project has been granted a one year extension on its treatment programme, allowing for improved collaboration with the Department of Health and the provision of quality ART services. Most patients now receive ART drugs in DOH clinics, but…