Success Stories
CDC South Africa is Proud to the Announce Recent Graduates of the South African Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program
Eight South Africa Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme residents completed their training and were awarded Master of Public Health Degrees at the April 2013 graduation ceremony held at the University of Pretoria...
Posted April 24, 2013
Winnie Mandela Male Sexual Health Clinic Celebrates its 10,000th Circumcision in 2012
Inspiring quotes about innovation and working together plaster the walls at the Winnie Mandela Male Sexual Health Clinic in Tembisa, South Africa, based in a township outside of Johannesburg...
Posted November 26, 2012
FELTP Graduates Are Ready to Serve Public Health in South Africa
“Diseases don’t respect boundaries. Outbreaks can create opportunities to bring public health awareness and parties together to solve problems,” said Seymour Williams, MD, Resident Advisor for the South Africa Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (SA-FELTP)...
Posted November 26, 2012
The 'Lab in a Bag' PIMA Machine Brings Life-saving Treatment One Step Closer to People Living with HIV
Professional Nurse Counselor (PNC), Angie Satira, walks comfortably with a small canvas bag slung over her shoulder...
Posted November 26, 2012
GeneXpert’s Speedy Diagnosis gets Patients onto TB Treatment Quicker
In the rural setting of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), where extreme weather and mountainous terrain can often make roads impassable, the journey to a TB diagnosis can be long and difficult...
Posted November 26, 2012
Circumcised patient praises the McCord Hospital in Durban, South Africa
Cato Manor is a township located 16 miles from Durban’s city center. it is home to an estimated 93,000 people who settled in the area through mass invasions in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
Posted November 26, 2012
Siyayinqoba: Beat It! Conquers Fear of HIV Testing
Siyayinqoba Beat It!, a South African magazine show produced by the Community Health Media Trust (CMT) discusses hard-hitting topics about people living with HIV...
Posted August 2, 2012
PMTCT: A Winnable Battle in South Africa
At the 5th South African AIDS Conference in June in Durban, South Africa, South African and CDC researchers presented on new evidence that the country is winning the fight against the HIV and AIDS epidemic. According to their national survey results, the mother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT) rate for HIV is 3.5% and virtually eliminating this form of HIV transmission is therefore within reach by 2015 with intensified efforts...
Posted December 5, 2011
Providing Treatment for Migrants in South Africa - Community AIDS Response works with the most needy at Johannesburg Central Methodist Church
The Johannesburg Central Methodist Church sits amid thriving businesses and skyscrapers in the city’s bustling downtown. The church is both a place of refuge and a place of controversy...
Posted October 6, 2011
SANBS South African Transfusion Medicine Training Center
In February 2010, South Africa’s blood safety services took a major step forward with the opening of the technologically advanced South African Transfusion Medicine Training Center in Johannesburg. Funded by PEPFAR through CDC South Africa, the training center features lecture rooms, video conferencing, training laboratories for technical and donor training, and a unique distance learning training center...
Posted October 6, 2011
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