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HEART Project

last updated Nov 15, 2011

Program Type
- Changing Behaviors › Provider training
Health Focus
- HIV/AIDS

Target Geography Rural
Target Population

Overview

Implementation Partner(s):

Elizabeth Glaser Paediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), KZN Department of Health

Legal Status:

Public-private partnership

Year Launched:

2006

Stage:

Existing/expansion stage

Income Level of Target Population:

Bottom 20%

Scale

Personnel Employed:

10-49

Number of Clients Served:

15,000 in 2008

Summary:

The HEART (Helping Expanding ARTs) project provides infrastructure upgrading and training to nursing staff so that rural patients can have access to Anti-retroviral Therapy (ART) and to assist with Anti-retroviral (ARV) drug roll-out to clinics.

Key program components:

The HEART project is based at the Vukuphile clinic - Vryheid hospital, in the KZN Zululand District. It was started in 2006 as a partnership between the Elizabeth Glaser Paediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) and the KZN Department of Health.

Patients on ARVs have increased from 634 in 2005-2006 to 1800 in 2010. On average, 1635 patients visit the project on a monthly basis. 5149 patients have been enrolled, while 1838 patients are on ARTs. The HIV testing rate is 95% and the default rate is 3%. 4217 people had their CDC tested in 2006-2007.

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Country of OperationSouth Africa

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Province/State(s) of Operation

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