HIV

South African Health Review 2008

Series Name: 
South African Health Review
Published by: 
Health Systems Trust

The theme of this 13th edition of the Review, launched in December 2008, is Primary Health Care in South Africa: A review of 30 years since Alma Ata. The SAHR 2008 chapters focus on critical issues in Primary Health Care. The Review includes a national and international perspective of Primary Health Care, and focuses on areas such as policy and legislation, determinants of health, lifestyle, infectious diseases, mental health, maternal and child health, nutrition and environmental health. The SAHR reviews issues around human resources, finance, and information. It also looks at research on health systems, the role of the private and non-governmental organisations in Primary Health Care, and ends with the relevant health and related indicators chapter.

Full SAHR 2008 [pdf 10.5MB]

Foreword [pdf 833Kb]
Contents and Acknowledgements [pdf 460Kb]
Editorial [pdf 509Kb]

Primary Health Care: In Context
1 International Perspective on Primary Health Care Over the Past 30 Years [pdf 599Kb]
2 A Perspective on Primary Health Care in South Africa [pdf 570Kb]
3 Health Legislation and Policy [pdf 616Kb]
4 Determinants of Health and their Trends [pdf 311Kb]

Primary Health Care: Programme Areas
5 Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases [pdf 637Kb]
6 STIs, HIV and AIDS and TB: Progress and Challenges [pdf 624Kb]
7 Community Access to Mental Health Services: Lessons and Recommendations [pdf 541Kb]
8 Maternal, Newborn and Child Health: 30 Years On [pdf 595Kb]
9 Nutrition: A Primary Health Care Perspective [pdf 668Kb]
10 Developments in Environmental Health [pdf 1.32Mb]

Primary Health Care: Systems Support
11 Strengthening Human Resources for Primary Health Care [pdf 676Kb]
12 Primary Health Care Financing in the Public Sector [pdf 614Kb]
13 Information for Primary Health Care [pdf 629Kb]
14 A Review of Health Research in South Africa from 1994 to 2007 [pdf 600Kb]
15 The Role of Private and Other Non-Governmental Organisations in Primary Health Care [pdf 590Kb]

Indicators
16 Health and Related Indicators [pdf 5.88Mb]

Glossary [pdf 62Kb]
Index [pdf 60Kb]

A state-owned pharmaceutical company for ARVs

Cabinet has approved a process to find new technology and investor partners in the Ketlaphela project, which aims to establish a government-controlled and fully integrated pharmaceutical company, focusing on the local manufacture of antiretrovirals (ARVs).

Ketlaphela is a joint venture of Pelchem Soc Ltd (Pelchem), the only fluorochemical company in the Southern Hemisphere, and the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (IDC) the foremost development financier in South Africa.

The process will begin with the publishing of a request for information for qualification from potential local and/or international technology and investment partners for Ketlaphela.

Source URL: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201305211581.html

Provincial Coordinator

Employer: 
Health Systems Trust
Closing Date: 
20 May 2013

Health Systems Trust is a dynamic, not-for-profit organisation that supports the development of an equitable and comprehensive health system for the provision of quality health care in South and Southern Africa.

PURPOSE:

Health Systems Trust wishes to appoint a full-time Provincial Coordinator for the CDC District Support (SA SURE) Project to strengthen local capacity in the provision of sustainable HIV-related care and treatment in OR Tambo District in the Eastern Cape. The post is a contract position linked to the duration of the project.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Deputy Provincial Coordinator

Employer: 
Health Systems Trust
Closing Date: 
20 May 2013

Health Systems Trust is a dynamic, not-for-profit organisation that supports the development of an equitable and comprehensive health system for the provision of quality health care in South and Southern Africa.

PURPOSE:
Health Systems Trust wishes to appoint three full-time Deputy Provincial Coordinators for the CDC District Support (SA SURE) Project to strengthen local capacity in the provision of sustainable HIV-related care and treatment in Kwa Zulu Natal and the Free State. Two posts are currently available in Kwa Zulu Natal and one in the Free State.The post is a contract position linked to the duration of the project.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator

Employer: 
Health Systems Trust
Closing Date: 
20 May 2013

Health Systems Trust is a dynamic, not-for-profit organisation that supports the development of an equitable and comprehensive health system for the provision of quality health care in South and Southern Africa.

PURPOSE:

Health Systems Trust wishes to appoint a full-time Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator for the CDC District Support (SA SURE) Project to lead the design and implementation of a monitoring and evaluation system for the SA SURE Project. With the aim to strengthen local capacity in the provision of sustainable HIV and TB related care and treatment in five provinces (Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Northern Cape. The post is a contract position linked to the duration of the project.

Clinical Mentors

Employer: 
Health Systems Trust
Closing Date: 
20 May 2013

Health Systems Trust is a dynamic, not-for-profit organisation that supports the development of an equitable and comprehensive health system for the provision of quality health care in South and Southern Africa.


Health Systems Trust wishes to appoint a Clinical Mentor to support the clinical services in the Frances Baard District in the Northern Cape supported by the South Africa Sustainable Response to HIV and AIDS (SA SURE) project. SA SURE aims to strengthen local capacity to provide sustainable HIV and TB-related care and treatment services. This is a contract position linked to the duration of the project.

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Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim awarded the Order of Mapungubwe

MEDIA RELEASE: Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Associate Scientific Director of CAPRISA (Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa) was bestowed with the Order of Mapungubwe: Bronze by the South African State President on Freedom Day (27 April 2013) in recognition of her “outstanding work in the field of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis research and health policy development.” The Order of Mapungubwe is South Africa’s highest honour.

Source URL: 
http://www.health-e.org.za/news/article.php?uid=20034202

Fixed-dose combination ARVs: Everything you need to know

Background
In late 2012 the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, announced that fixed-dose combination (FDC) antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) will be used in the first line treatment of HIV-positive patients from 1 April 2013.

This fact sheet explains everything that civil society needs to know about the changeover to fixed-dose combination ARVs – how it impacts on civil society sectors and their constituents.

What is a fixed-dose combination ARV?

Fixed dose combination, or FDC as it will be referred to from this point, is a combination of two or more active drugs in a single pill.

Source URL: 
http://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/fixed-dose-combination-arvs-everything-you...