Inkomazi
Children in the Inkomazi area, Mpumalanga, playing pool on a home-made table made of clay. Marula fruits are being used as balls. The SACBC AIDS Office has received some funding to support the construction of two-roomed houses for orphans and…
St Kizito, Qwa, Qwa
Training on Child Development and Working with Vulnerable Children at St Kizito, QwaQwa. January 2012. Community carers from St Kizito Children’s Programme in QwaQwa, diocese of Bethlehem, attended a 2 day training workshop conducted by Avie Cherrington, SACBC AIDS Office…
Interrupted Laboratory Monitoring, Early Death, and Loss to Follow-Up
Not All Are Lost: Interrupted Laboratory Monitoring, Early Death, and Loss to Follow-Up (LTFU) in a Large South African Treatment Program From the Divisions of Infectious Diseaseand General Medicine and the Medical Practice Education Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts,…
Is Universal Access to Antiretroviral Treatment a Myth or Reality?
Some Experiences of the Catholic Church in South Africa Sr Alison Munro, OP The Catholic Church in South Africa has initiated over 40 000 people diagnosed with AIDS on anti-retroviral treatment since 2004 with funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for…
Abstract category: E44 Models of programme delivery and scale-up
Title: Scale-up of Antiretroviral Treatment in South Africa: A Partnership between the Catholic Church and the Government of South Africa Authors: R.D. Stark1, A. Munro2, J. Viljoen2, M. Wilke Institution(s): Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Johannesburg, South Africa, 2 Southern African…
SACBC AIDS Office, December 2011
Overview of the SACBC AIDS Office Programme The SACBC AIDS Office is actively negotiating with the Department of Health (DOH) concerning the future of the PEPFAR-funded treatment programme which covers 13 Church sites. One of these sites, in the Vicariate…
Abstract category: E87 International assistance and funding mechanisms
Title: Transitioning from Grant Recipient to Prime: Lessons Learned in the First Two Years Authors: R.D. Stark, A. Munro Institution(s): Catholic Relief Services, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference, AIDS Office, Pretoria, South Africa Download Here
The crisis of the international financial system and the consequences for the fight against AIDS
An experience of the Catholic Church in South Africa Sr Alison Munro, OP Director, Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC ) AIDS Office, Pretoria, South Africa[1] 1. Introduction The SACBC AIDS Office has experienced changing patterns of donor funding over…
Interventions Promoting Early Childhood Development in South Africa
An estimated 220 million children worldwide live in poverty; one-third of these children live in sub-Saharan Africa (Grantham-McGregor et al, 2007). Ten million children in South Africa alone experience extreme poverty (UNICEF, 2007). Poor children are at high risk for…
Is Universal Access a Myth or Reality at Local Level?
By Sr Alison Munro Director, Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC ) AIDS Office, Pretoria, South Africa June 2011 I. Introduction South Africa is the country with both the highest number of people infected with HIV, and the largest antiretroviral…