This past year has been one of winding down activities at the ART sites in preparation for the termination of the grant in May 2014. A huge emphasis has been placed on the transfer out of patients on treatment to…
The SACBC AIDS Office and St Joseph’s Theological institute will launch “Catholic Responses to AIDS in Southern Africa” during the plenary session of the bishops of the SACBC on Saturday 25 January 2014 in Manzini, and on Saturday 1 February…
As we mark Word AIDS Day, the SACBC AIDS Office applauds the work of church organisations working in local communities and in collaboration with others committed to the fight against AIDS. The SACBC AIDS Office applauds the commitment of the…
Dr Nontando Hadebe has suggestions to help us make our response to AIDS part of our faith practice. > Download
Johan Viljoen, SACBC AIDS Office 1 December is World AIDS Day – an opportune moment to evaluate the past and assess the future. AIDS has been with us for more than 30 years. During that time it has killed millions…
The IHM Sisters have prepared a prayer service for World AIDS Day and invite you use it or something similar in your own setting. World AIDS Day, 1st December, is noted throughout the World, remembering the millions of people who…
October 2013 Priscilla Rakhetsti of the SACBC AIDS Office visited Sasolburg, Deneysville, Parys, Vredefort, Heilbron, Edenvale, Bothaville , Viljoenskroon, Kroonstad and Virginia in the Diocese of Kroonstad which oversees an extensive orphans and vulnerable children project. These sites are in…
On Thursday 24 October 2013 a small group of lecturers from the School of Nursing at the University of the Free State visited the Mentor Mother’s project in Dundee. The purpose of the trip was to visit NGOs with promising…
The past week the SACBC AIDS Office conducted a small workshop for some of the SACBC ART project’s nurses (2 from each site). The workshop focussed on the core standards for health establishments prescribed by the DOH. As a result…
Johan Viljoen The SACBC’s ARV treatment program began in February 2004 with funding obtained from Cordaid (Netherlands). Five home based care projects were selected, using a courier laboratory services to do tests, and a courier pharmaceutical supplier to provide ARV’s….