Nondumiso Jwara and Kabelo Huma of the SACBC AIDS Office attended the CATHCA Annual Conference at Good Shepherd Retreat near Haartebeespoort north of Pretoria from 31 March to 01 April 2012. CATHCA is an associate body of the SACBC and…
– Johan Viljoen, April 2012 They came. They saw. And they conquered the hearts of the people of Hlabisa. They were a group of 18 Homeplan members, who spent the week of 26 March to 1 April in remote villages…
The AIDS Office of the SACBC funds the Tapologo Project in Rustenburg. We meet Vusi, an 18 year old boy who is HIV positive and got helped by the Tapologo Project. Tapologo means “Place of Rest”.
Ixopo District: Transfer of Ethembeni Clinic/St Apollinaris patient data to new Department of HealthSystem, Creighton, KZN Tony Linden of Catholic Relief Services met with Department of Health officials in the IXOPO Sisonke District Department of Heath Offices on 26th…
Kabelo Huma and Nondumiso Jwara from the SACBC AIDS Office were in Mariannhill from 26-29 March 2012 for the Home Based Care Refresher Training conducted by Hospice Palliative Care Association. In attendance were 31 Caregivers. Ten from Ithembalethu Outreach Project (Estcourt) and 21…
The SACBC AIDS Office visited SITHANDI’ZINGANE CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME on 28 MARCH 2O12 and met Tankiso, Mafa, Mathapelo, Tobello, Jabu and Millisent. The site has organised a monthly work schedule outlining themes for each week. This month included topics such as…
This paper describes a population level monitoring system of patients on antiretroviral therapy using centrally collected laboratory data. We demonstrate an analogous process of remote sensing using a large set of laboratory results and illustrate the tremendous density of information…
Avie Cherrington of the SACBC AIDS Office visited the ST KIZITO, QWAQWA, BETHLEHEM DIOCESE (FREE STATE) Orphans and Vulnerable Children project on 23 March 2012, and met with Johannes (project co-ordinator) and Tumelo (OVC Co-ordinator & M&E officer.) She filed…
The National Religious Association for Social Development (NRASD) hosted a program on Religion and Public Health on 19 March 2012, at which the SACBC AIDS Office was represented. Dr Renier Koegelenberg announced that the NRASD has been cleared of any…
National Church Leaders Summit on Child Health Kempton Park, March 2012 Sr Alison Munro, SACBC AIDS Office, Pretoria The SACBC AIDS Office was invited to make a presentation on “The Church’s Perspective on Health Issues of Children” at the National…