Transitioning to Local Partners in South Africa
Authors: Ruth STARK, Catholic Relief Services, Johannesburg, South Africa Alison MUNRO, Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference, Pretoria, South Africa Celicia SERENATA, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pretoria, South Africa Location of Program: South Africa Key words: transition, local,…
Access to Early Testing and Treatment of Children Experiences from Southern Africa
– Sr Alison Munro, OP SACBC AIDS Office, Pretoria, South Africa, October 2009 The SACBC AIDS Office The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) covers twenty nine dioceses in South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland. Its AIDS Office attempts to co-ordinate…
Master thesis ‘You cannot eat a sweet with a paper on it’
Sexual autonomy, gender inequality and HIV Case study at four HIV clinics in the North-West province in South Africa Mariëlle, T.W.G Lunenburg, August, 2009 South Africa is one of the countries, which has to handle a large proportion of people…
Blood is definitely thicker than water.
Social support for black HIV – positive individuals in a resource limited setting in South Africa. Maaike M. Hootsen, August, 2009 Download Here
“HIV is definitely not the end of the world!?”
Contextual and cultural factors that might cause differences between the patients’ health experience and the professionals’ health perception at four Tapologo HIV/AIDS clinics around Rustenburg, South Africa. This master thesis is the end result of a wonderful and interesting learning…
Catholic Relief Services – CRS
This newsletter is intended to promote learning within CRS’ HIV and AIDS programs. The newsletter is produced quarterly, and the next edition will be released at the end of October 2009. Submissions from all country programs and partners are welcomed….
ADDRESS TO THE SACBC AIDS MEETING
“How can I understand a figure or a statistic unless I have held the hand that it represents? The people we are talking about are the same as us. By the way we treat them, we know just how much…
Transitioning to a Local Partner
The SACBC Experience of a PEPFAR Treatment Programme in South Africa Sr Alison Munro, Director SACBC AIDS Office March 2009 The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) brings together the bishops of the…
The Cognitive Functioning of Children Infected with HIV/AIDS on Antiretroviral Treatment Compared to a Control Group in South Africa
February 2009 With an estimated 5.7 million people living with HIV, South Africa is the country with the largest number of infections in the world. Patients with HIV/AIDS can be treated with Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART). The introduction of…
SACBC AIDS OFFICE 2008
Section One: ARV PROGRAM Johan Viljoen 1. Major Objectives for 2008 Reaching a target number of 20 120 patients on ART by the end of February 2009. Increasing the number of children on ART to at least 10% of the…