Our Work so Far

In 2004, there were only 3,322 children received life-saving ARV treatment.  Today more than 40,000 children are on treatment as a direct result of professional and effective collaborations between CHIVA Africa and local colleagues.

KwaZulu-Natal

• 149 multidisciplinary team visits - amounting to an individual commitment of 438 working weeks.
• Number of site visits: district hospitals: 330, primary health care clinics: 190, NGOs/orphanages/schools: 68.
• Teaching sessions reached 13,471 delegates comprising doctors and nurses (57%), allied health care professionals (35%) and administrators, managers and community workers (8%).

Eastern Cape

• 12 multidisciplinary team visits - amounting to an individual commitment of 35 working weeks.
• Number of site visits: district hospitals: 21, primary health care clinics: 8, resource centres/ conferences: 4.
• Teaching sessions reached 800 delegates comprising doctors and nurses (63%), allied health care professionals (22%) and administrators, managers and community workers (15%).

North West Province

• 8 multidisciplinary team visits amounting to an individual commitment of 18 working weeks.
• Number of site visits: district hospitals: 12, primary health care clinics: 11, NGOs/hospices: 4.
• Teaching sessions reached 517 delegates comprising doctors and nurses (60%), allied health care professionals (36%) and administrators, managers and community workers (4%).

Additional programmes in association with the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health:

• Introduction to Paediatric HIV: April 2010, May 2010, July 2010
• Seminar on Adolescent HIV: 4x1 day sessions, November 2008: Workshops: 8x1 day workshops, Sept 2009, Nov 2009, May 2010
• PMTCT Workshops: February 2008, March 2008, September 2008, March 2009, May 2009
• Master classes for senior experienced staff: September 2007, February 2008
• Seminar for community service medical doctors: February 2006, July 2006, February 2007, May 2007
• Seminar for Dieticians: Sept 2005, Oct 2006, March 2007, Nov 2007, Jan 2008
• Multidiscipliniary Team Workshop for uThukela District: November 2006, November 2007
• Community Sexual Health workshop: November 2007
• Home Based Carers Workshop: June 2007
• VCT Training for counsellors: developing training packages, April 2006
• Mentorship Scheme for counsellors: April 2006
• Annual sessions on adolescents, adherence and disclosure for UKZN Masters in HIV Management
• Additional programmes in association with the UKZN Nelson Mandela Medical School:
• UKZN HIV diploma course for doctors and nurses: regular participation of CHIVA Africa Programme Director and other volunteers in teaching sessions in the paediatric modules of the course (adherence, disclosure, adolescen