February 2013 Theresa Bossert reports on some of the activities around “transitioning Tapologo’s patients to DoH clinics as PEPFAR funding winds down in the programme: Tapologo has been receiving ARVs from DoH since December 2013, they have also been receiving…
Omphemetse Mokgathle recently completed research at Kids Care, Bronkhorstspruit, towards a post graduate diploma in monitoring and evaluation at the University of Stellenbosch. Here follows her report and an account of some of the activities of Kids Care, one of…
Theresa Bossert of the SACBC AIDS Office visited the Love of Christ Ministries (TLC) in Eikenhof south of Johannesburg on Wednesday 19 February 2014 and met Pippa Jarvis. Theresa reports that she “was blown away” by the love and commitment…
Sr Alison Munro of the SACBC AIDS Office and Yvonne Morgan of CATHCA participated in the Caritas Internationalis and UNAIDS Consultation on antiretroviral treatment held on 25 and 25 February on Rome. Participants from Catholic Church agencies across the world…
The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) AIDS Office and St Joseph’s Theological institute have collaborated on “Catholic Responses to AIDS in Southern Africa” launched recently during the plenary session of the bishops of the SACBC in Manzini, Swaziland, and in several…
Seventy adults and over forty children gathered at Mambane near Good Shepherd Hospital, Lubombo District for an HCT campaign conducted by Good Shepherd caregivers in October 2013. The community listened to various talks, and 28 people were counselled and…
Nandi Sithole of the SACBC AIDS Office participated in the HCT training that was conducted in 2013 for caregivers at SACBC AIDS Office funded sites. Caregivers from OVC, ART and TB sites undertook accredited training conducted by the Foundation for…
The home based care site, Lesedi, in the Glen Cowie area received a laptop from the SACBC AIDS Office to assist them in their project management and reporting. Here Sibonakaliso Mkhize of the SACBC AIDS Office hands over the computer…
The World Council of Churches works closely with churches and church leaders in a number of programmes addressing the AIDS pandemic.
The Church in Germany is interested in the response of the Church here to AIDS. View an article published recently in Germany in this regard.