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US gives R35 million for Aids hospice care
SAPA
2004-05-07

A United States government fund is to give R35 million over the next five years for Aids care in South African hospices, it was announced today.

A United States government fund is to give R35 million over the next five years for Aids care in South African hospices, it was announced today.

The money comes from George W Bush, the US president's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief. Joan Marston, the spokesperson for the Hospice Palliative Care Association (HPCA) of South Africa, said the money would allow the HPCA to make palliative care available to many more people living with HIV/Aids.

She said palliative care was the holistic total care of patients with advanced incurable diseases, and support for their loved ones. With about 600 people dying of Aids-related illnesses daily, the need for extensive palliative care structures was a matter of national urgency, she said.

The HPCA co-ordinated the activities of 52 hospices across the country which engaged the services of some 6 000 people. She said the money would go to improve and expand current services and programmes, in part by appointing provincial palliative care co-ordinators, trainers and mentors.

They would also work with mentorship teams to help hospices and other NGOs, community based organisations and faith-based organisations to establish new palliative care services. Dirk Dijkerman, the director of the US Agency for International Development South Africa, said HPCA's track record and network of organisations throughout South Africa demonstrated its competence and compassion.(Source: Sapa 04 May 2004).

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