PEPFAR Expands HIV Treatment in South Africa
2004
In 2005, an estimated 4.7 million South Africans were living with HIV, while about 123,000 were receiving treatment. [1]
St. Mary’s Hospital near Durban began providing antiretroviral treatment in 2004 with support from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, initially through Catholic Relief Services. The hospital was one of the institutions through which American assistance entered South Africa’s response to HIV. South Africa’s government began collaborating with the program that year. [2] [1]
Across the country, the partnership supported medicines, laboratory services, clinical staff, equipment, and training. South African authorities directed early services toward public hospitals and large clinics so that treatment could reach substantial numbers of patients quickly. International and local organizations helped deliver the program, often working inside government facilities. [1]
Between 2005 and 2009, the number of facilities providing antiretroviral therapy with PEPFAR support grew from 184 to 1,469. A study of program records found that government facilities accounted for most patients treated at supported sites. In 2009, those public facilities were treating 501,089 people, compared with 43,577 at nongovernmental facilities. [1]
Care at government hospitals supported by PEPFAR depended on several sources of staff and funding. [1]
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Sources
- Larson and colleagues: growth of PEPFAR-supported treatment facilities in South Africa, 2005–2009
BMC Public Health 12:173; pages 1–3, Background, Results, and Table 1
Pages 1–2, Background and Methods: unmet treatment need, government leadership, implementing partners, service support and program monitoring
- CDC: St. Mary’s Hospital begins PEPFAR-supported antiretroviral treatment
St. Mary’s Hospital, Durban; treatment began in 2004 through Catholic Relief Services; later provincial partnership
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PEPFAR Expands HIV Treatment in South Africa. Chanceries Diplopedia. Record c3e9c0d263f47f011f79. https://chanceries.org/research/history/south-africa-2004-pepfar-caecf7a7b5/