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Through TransCape’s current ART program, there is currently over 1100 people on treatment in the whole Ngqeleni district. Since the beginning of 2009 we started down referring to the nine feeder clinics in the region. Currently there are over 200 people down referred with an average of 22 people per clinic. 22 people per clinic was found to be the maximum number of people that could be treated per nurse, considering available support, infrastructure and other clinical tasks that have to be performed. The current treatment program was expertly developed to allow for the down referral of all people in need of ART, complying to all standards, and serving as an example to other surrounding rural hospital. The current ARV Unit at Canzibe hospital will be upgraded and its human resources enhanced in correlation with the progress of the program and as the need for more pharmacist assistants and administrative personnel develop. |
| With our new Rural Action against HIV/AIDS program, we project much more work for the clinics. More people will want to go for VCT at the clinics after and during implementation of our prevention program in a specific ward. People who test positive at awareness events and the clinic need to be screened and if their CD 4 count is below 200, they need to be prepared for treatment. As the number of down referred individuals increases, more clinic days will have to be allocated for ART. The new program incorporates a systematic and clinic specific human resource and infrastructure upgrade and capacity building in correlation with the program implementation and the geographical area it will be implemented in. Clinical staff will be prepared and support will be provided whilst implementation of the prevention program is in progress. We will continue with down referring an average of 5 people per month per clinic and add human resources and consulting rooms relative to the increase in numbers of people having to receive treatment on specific days. Most of these human resources will come from existing unemployed health workers and trained support and HBC group members. |  |
Training for Treatment Staff (98 people)
- Pediatrics,
- POTTA (Small Project Foundation)
- IT System,
- Project Info (TransCape)
- ART Rollout and VCT (DOH)
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