A new National Strategic Plan (2012-2016)

The HIV & AIDS and STI Strategic Plan for South Africa 2007-2011 (National Strategic Plan, NSP) marked a turnaround in the South African government's policy on HIV/AIDS when it was adopted by Cabinet in 2007. It is also against the targets in this plan, particularly the treatment target, that government has been held accountable since then.

HIV response: Simpler is better

About 1.4-million South Africans with HIV/Aids are receiving antiretroviral treatment -- a figure closer to the target set by the present national strategic plan than expected, according to Mark Heywood, deputy chair of the South African National Aids Council (Sanac).

Addressing delegates at the 5th South African Aids Conference in Durban this week, Heywood said the 2007-2011 national strategic plan had failed dismally with regard to monitoring and evaluation, however, and that the next plan must embody a simpler approach.
  

The good news that HIV infection rates in infants in South Africa have been halved from 8% to 3,5%, and that access to medical male circumcision is rapidly expanding, was released this week at the 5th SA AIDS Conference in Durban.
 
And equally encouraging are the breakthroughs in HIV prevention research - in trials using ARVs for prevention - that have been reported in science journals over the last year.

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CHIETA-member companies in Cape Town have an opportunity to enhance their ability to strategically manage HIV/AIDS in their workplaces by accessing a CHIETA-funded (free of charge) HIV/AIDS Workplace Programme (training and research).

If you would like an application form or more information about the programme, please contact Sandra Ncube at 011 476 5355 or on sandra@redpeg.co.za.

Redpeg Training Schedule 2011