Zulu

(Six-month temporary Contract Appointment)

The Desmond Tutu TB Centre (DTTC), in collaboration with the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and TREAT TB, has embarked on an OPERATIONAL RESEARCH ASSISTANCE PROJECT, involving research projects in all 9 provinces.

The research project in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) requires a Field Worker. The person will be based in Westville, KZN.The study sites are MDR-TB Initiation Sites in KZN.

The project aims to:

Explore the reasons for the low rates of MDR-TB treatment initiation in public health facilities in KwaZulu-Natal.

Job Purpose:

To assist the Principal Investigator in all study aspects.

(Six - month Temporary Contract Appointment)

The Desmond Tutu TB Centre (DTTC), in collaboration with the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and TREAT TB, has embarked on an OPERATIONAL RESEARCH ASSISTANCE PROJECT, involving research projects in all 9 provinces.

The Data Clerk position is offered as a six-month contract, with the possibility of extension, subject to availability of funding. The position is based in Westville, KwaZulu-Natal.

The project aims to:

Explore the reasons for the low rates of MDR-TB treatment initiation in public health facilities in KwaZulu-Natal.

Duties:

FOURTEEN years ago, Kholekile Shasha joined SA’s nascent doctor training programme in Cuba, unaware of how controversial the state-sponsored initiative would turn out to be.

He came from a poor family, and had finished high school in the Eastern Cape with exam results just shy of the grades needed to study medicine in SA. He leaped at the chance of a free education in Cuba.

"I was disadvantaged in terms of colour, and access to education and finance," he says.

During his seven-day visit to South Africa, the UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé had the opportunity to meet His Majesty King Goodwill Zwelethini, in his home province of Kwazulu Natal.

The King is a key figure in the response to HIV in the Province, home to the Zulu nation. In what was lauded as a bold move, in mid-2009 the King called for Zulu men and boys to undergo medical male circumcision (MMC) in a bid to protect themselves against HIV. Studies have shown that MMC can reduce the sexual transmission of HIV by approximately 60%.

At the time of the King’s announcement it was mainly Xhosa, Sotho, Ndebele and Shangaan people who underwent traditional circumcision as part of a boy’s initiation into manhood.

Closing date: 20 February 2007

PACSA, the Pietermaritzburg Agency for Christian Social Awareness, an ecumenical NGO operating in the KZN Midlands, seeks to appoint a Project Organiser for the HIV and AIDS Mainstreaming and Church Mobilisation service unit.

Closing date: 25 January 2008

The Reproduction Health Program of Population Council is seeking an experienced Program Officer to coordinate research on sexual and reproductive health.

South Africa's parliament approved a new law on Thursday to regulate traditional African healers.

This study investigated the School Health Services in KwaZulu-Natal, in order to make recommendations that could make a positive impact on the health of school-aged children. Different aspects of the School Health Services were considered including health inspection and health education undertaken by the School Health Teams, perceptions both of providers and of recipients of the service, as well as the costs of the provision of the service in KwaZulu-Natal.

Should traditional healers be recognised as part of the health care delivery system? This controversy rages on and is a long way from being answered. The Valley Trust has considerable experience in the field. In the first 30 years of the organisations existence up to 1980, a stance of non-interference in the affairs of traditional practitioners was taken. In 1980 a number of these practitioners volunteered to be part of the new Community Health Worker (CHW) or Community Based Health Education (CBHE) programme. This was the start of a much closer association between the Valley Trust and Traditional Healers.