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Autonomous Treatment Center

last updated Nov 15, 2011

Overview

Implementing organization: 
Ndlovu Medical Trust
Legal Status: 
Private (not-for-profit)
Year Launched: 
2004
Stage: 
Existing/expansion stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
Bottom 20%

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Donor
Additional Source(s) of Funding: 
Government

Scale

Personnel Employed: 
50-99
Number of Clients Served: 
10,000
Summary: 

The Autonomous Treatment Centre (ATC) is a model of service delivery for integrated HIV/ STI/ TB care in rural areas.

Key program components: 

ATC has eight program areas: pre-natal and Preventing Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) care in the form of a maternity clinic, nutritional support in the form of food gardens and education, orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) care in 3 pre-schools in the Moutse area (Limpopo), voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) services, HIV/AIDS awareness education to schools and traditional leaders, a medical facility that offers hospitalization services (16 beds) and a pharmacy, and an on-site lab so HIV results can be speedily processed and delivered.

It is an effective rural healthcare model that delivers integrated care. It has decentralized treatment provision by being the only NGO in Mpumalanga and Limpopo that has brokered an agreement with the Department of Health (DOH) to supply TB treatment on behalf of the public sector.

ATC uses the HIV pandemic as a capacity builder and employment tool. It is an effective rural healthcare model that delivers integrated care. It has decentralized treatment provision by being the only NGO in Mpumalanga and Limpopo that has brokered an agreement with the DOH to supply TB treatment on behalf of the public sector. In 2005, NMT joined forces with AgriJobs, a local recruitment company and created a national advocacy forum to raise awareness about the impact of HIV/AIDS on commercial agriculture, called AgriAids. It is the first initiative of its kind in South Africa that raises awareness of the impact of HIV/ AIDS on farm workers and commercial agriculture as a whole.

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