Accelerating Epidemic Control in South Africa

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CDC, as a lead agency in the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, works every day with partner countries to accelerate their epidemic control efforts. Learn about one such effort in South Africa, where CDC is supporting Siyenza, a results-oriented initiative that’s laser-focused on scaling up proven public health interventions at the clinical level. Siyenza is rapidly identifying people living with HIV, initiating them on lifesaving treatment, and finding innovative ways to retain them on treatment to achieve suppression of the virus.

Siyenza Video Features


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We Are Doing It

Siyenza: How We’re Doing It

Read more about how CDC is working with partners in South Africa to accelerate HIV epidemic control through innovative public health interventions focused on patient-centered care.

Once an orphan herself, Nthabiseng now serves as a community caregiver to children orphaned by HIV

The Man Bringing Men into Care

Ask anyone who works at a public health facility in South Africa about convincing men who don’t feel sick to come and test for HIV, and they will probably tell you that it’s no easy feat.

A Community of Care

Hitting the Right Target, House by House

In early 2019, the Redhill Clinic, north of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal Province, was lagging behind in reaching the UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals.

A Family’s Story

Improved Filing Reduces Patient Wait Time

Enhancing patient-centered care doesn’t always require technological innovations like SMS messaging systems or web-based applications.

Once an orphan herself, Nthabiseng now serves as a community caregiver to children orphaned by HIV

Guiding Patients Through a Difficult Process

When Thenjiwe Koboka started recruiting acute patients to test for HIV at Palm Ridge Clinic in Gauteng, South Africa, she had no idea that her initiative would solve a long-standing problem.

Once an orphan herself, Nthabiseng now serves as a community caregiver to children orphaned by HIV

Making Access to Treatment Quick and Easy

If South Africa is to gain control of its HIV epidemic, those living with as-yet undiagnosed HIV must not only be tested and know their status, they must also be initiated and retained on treatment.

Once an orphan herself, Nthabiseng now serves as a community caregiver to children orphaned by HIV

Improving client retention through SMS reminders

For patients who have missed appointments and possibly interrupted treatment, a friendly SMS reminder to come to the clinic—and the promise of being fast-tracked to the pharmacy—goes a long way.

Additional Resources

To learn more about CDC’s leading role in the global HIV/TB response, please view the additional resources below.

South Africa Country Profile

CDC began working with non-governmental and community-based organizations in the Republic of South Africa in 1989 to address the HIV epidemic. In 1994, the agency partnered with the Government to develop national HIV clinical, ethical, and research guidelines along with HIV and TB service delivery programs. Read More

 

World AIDS Day 2019

December 1 is World AIDS Day, and we invite you to join CDC and the global community in marking this observance. This year, the U.S. Government’s theme, Ending the HIV Epidemic: Community by Community, reinforces our commitment to achieving control of the HIV epidemic through partnerships with communities around the world. Read More

 

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Shareable social media graphics that highlight the burden of global HIV/TB, progress to date against these twin epidemics, and CDC’s leadership to help end them.

 
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