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Hogan on her priorities

Since my appointment I have met many people and received many telephone calls, from people who wished me well, and from those who offered their support and advice. I am convinced that the health system of South Africa has many things going well for it. However it is an undoubted fact that there are huge challenges facing the healthcare sector in South Africa. In time to come you will be briefed about these challenges and what we intend doing about them. This is once we have had an opportunity to be briefed by all the stakeholders involved in the delivery of healthcare in our country. For now I wish to single out just two of these challenges and these are:

• the co-existence of the TB and HIV epidemics, and


• improving the quality of our services.

Our government has in recent times especially with the support of all the partners made significant strides in providing a vigorous response to the challenge of HIV and AIDS. In this regard the adoption of the NSP for HIV and AIDS and TB and the restructuring of SANAC has been a major turning pointing in our response to HIV and AIDS and TB in our country.Through our comprehensive plan for HIV and AIDS Care, Management and Treatment Programme, we have initiated the largest number of people on Antiretroviral treatment in the continent and globally. Yet we still have millions of people being afflicted by HIV and AIDS, both the infected and affected.Our country has seen the human face of this scourge, with many young orphans resulting from the premature deaths of their parents. We have seen many child headed households, which apart from the lack of parental guidance and nurturance, also face the stark reality of poverty. They need hope, hope that rests in the ability, willingness and capacity of their government to continuously provide care, treatment and support.As government we want to involve all sections of our society, business, public servants, youth, students, and the religious sector in our campaign. It is crucial that we change the behaviour of people who are driving the epidemic.

More... http://www.doh.gov.za/docs/sp/2008/sp1002.html

Antenatal HIV prevalence by district

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Scorecard

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New DVD available - October 2008

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Dear colleagues

We have produced our own DVD highlighting the work we, the project team, are doing under the Church and Business Against HIV & Aids programme. The DVD also contains many other documents and presentations. All the latest and relevant reports and surveys are categorised and stored into the appropriate folders. The DVD should be run from a multimedia PC but at can even be run from a DVD player.

This DVD contains hundreds of articles, documents, presentations and videos. I can say, without reservation, that the DVD is the most comprehensive collection of HIV/Aids data, technical papers and information about HIV/Aids in Southern Africa.

If you would like to get a copy, please send me your physical address and postal address and contact person (with phone number please). Please make sure you give me EVERYTHING in the address that will enable us to get the DVD to you.

(I have attached a copy of the front and back cover of the DVD)

Kind regards
Gary