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Antiretroviral (ARV) medication. (Photo credit: Peter Hassall)

 HIV Management


The HIV Management Cluster's objective is to support the public sector to ensure access for all South Africans to quality HIV care. All our projects are geared towards building public sector capacity to respond to the HIV epidemic. Currently activities consist of the provision of technical assistance, training and development of innovative models of service delivery that are appropriate for the South African context. Technical assistance activities include conducting targeted evaluation, operational research and the dissemination of better practice for the purposes of policy development, replication of successful interventions, and the expansion of the knowledge base relating to HIV.

Numerous projects ranging from counselling and training to technical assistance and maternal health and HIV are actively carried out.


 Projects


Ongoing projects:

Lefelo la Tlhokomelo Community Care Centre
The Community Care Centre is a free walk in service centre that caters for HIV-positive people and their families, and the broader community giving general support, counselling, wellness support, information, advice and referral.

Counselling & Testing Improvement
The objective of the Counseling Improvement Programme is to strengthen counselling and support services in the public sector including the development of best practice models, quality improvement interventions and innovative projects.

Ekurhuleni Clinical Support
Supporting the Ekurhuleni Department of Health and the Gauteng Department of Health in offering easily accessible, high quality, comprehensive care for those living with HIV in the region.

Inner City Clinical Support
Supporting the Gauteng Department of Health in the roll out of comprehensive, high quality treatment and care services for HIV positive patients in Johannesburg's inner city.

Maternal Health & HIV Project (MHHIV)
To develop a service and guidelines for pregnant women and new mothers that can be replicated in the public sector throughout the country. This includes the development of comprehensive care services for pregnant HIV positive women, which enable qualifying women to access ARV triple therapy during pregnancy to improve their health and reduce the risk of HIV infection to their babies.

Men & HIV
To strengthen male utilisation of sexual health and HIV services at Esselen Clinic and Region F clinics and to identify and initiate other services which are relevant for men’s participation.

Monitoring & Evaluation
The project aims to strengthen the M&E systems and staff capacity of the WRHI HIV Management Directorate, and to provide strategic input to strengthen the M&E systems of WRHI's partners and sub-partners, including the South African Department of Health.

North West Mobile Clinical Support
To support the roll out of the ARV programme in the North West Province, and ensure the provision of quality HIV care to as many people as possible.

Primary Health Care
To strengthen the public health response to HIV/AIDS through support to PHC facilities to roll out the Department of Health's comprehensive HIV/AIDS plan in order to maximise the number of people receiving quality care.

Women at Risk
The Women at Risk project provides a mobile clinic and outreach support in brothels in the inner city of Johannesburg, assessing, diagnosing and giving appropriate treatment to sex workers and their clients. The project encourages sex workers to access VCT and provides VCT services, CD4 screening and referrals for ARV treatment and management, health education and workshops related to behavioural and lifestyle changes.

Youth Friendly Services 
To improve the sexual and reproductive health of youth, through facility based clinic services and outreach programmes including health education. 

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