Words alone cannot express our sincere appreciation and gratitude for your benevolence, this time as regards the provision of much needed shelter improvements to shacks housing 44 families in our OVC programme. We initially budgeted for 36 families to benefit,…
Sixty households housing ninety four children were assisted by the SACBC AIDS Office with various household items. Child Care workers identified the household in need of the items. Their recommendations were checked on by the management of Romedys (Rorisang) and…
1 Jul – 30 Sep 2012 All ART clients have been absorbed into the DOH system. This includes ART drugs and laboratory analysis. Sometimes patients leave the programme opting for traditional medicine, or they feel better and no longer feel…
July-September 2012 The last three months were used effectively in terms of reviewing and adopting project policies. SACBC initiated discussions with DoH regarding staff takeover and other matters related to the future of the project. Also this period was used…
30 September, 2012 Quarterly Report The priority at our centre is transferring out stable clients to our local government clinics since PEPFAR funding will end at the end of May 2013. The plan is to scale down the number of…
1 July -30 September 2012, quarterly report In this period we saw 70 new patients testing for HIV. This does not include the number referred to us by the local clinics or others joining our programme due to relocation. Most…
18th October, 2012 Tony Linden of the SACBC/CRS ART team visited St Joseph’s ART Clinic and reported on the installation of the Tier.net system there to manage patient data. Today was another milestone is the transitioning of patient data to…
1 Jul – 30 Sep 2012 We held another Male Medical Circumcision campaign for 2 days in each of the two sites and it was successful in Malenge and Riverside halls for boys from the age of 12 and upwards….
Theresa Bossert of the SACBC AIDS Office visited the Diocese of Tzaneen, for a meeting in Giyani on 11 October with the DoH district team. She also met with Fr Chris the parish priest at St Scholastica and he expressed…
June – August 2012 HIV testing is being done on ART clinic days so that we can collect a blood specimen for the CD4 test at the same time so that patients do not need to incur additional transport costs. …