Through its partnerships with the Governments of Denmark (with UNICEF as an implementing partner), and the United States of America (USAID, with RTI International as an implementing partner), the Government of South Africa has established 37 TCCs throughout the country and are currently in the process of establishing 16 more.
PRETORIA – In response to a request from the South African Department of Social Development, the United States Mission to South Africa, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has provided over R350,000 of financial assistance to Rescue South Africa (RSA) to provide emergency relief services to flood-impacted South Africans.
The Elliotdale Rural Water Supply Project is to be officially launched at the Nchihana Village, near Elliotdale, by the Executive Mayor of Amathole District Municipality, Alderman Sakhumzi Somyo, at a function to be held on Wednesday, 26 January 2011.
USAID’s Regional HIV/AIDS Program (RHAP) works within ten sub-Saharan African countries to help health workers, mothers, children and community locals with limited resources and congested hospitals deal with the impact of the pandemic.
A recent study by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has found a high HIV infection rate among farm workers in South Africa’s Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces.
Conducted over three months (March to May 2010) on 23 commercial farms in the Malelane, Musina and Tzaneen areas, this Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance Survey (IBBSS) involved 2810 farm workers. The survey found that 39.5 percent of farm workers who anonymously gave blood specimens for testing are HIV positive. This is twice the national prevalence of 18.1 percent* in South Africa.
Ugu District, KwaZulu-Natal - The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Health (DoH) hopes to reach over 700,000 patients following the launch of a R32 million clinic revitalization program funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID funded the project through BroadReach Healthcare which provided technical support.
A total of ten clinics were identified for the upgrade through extensive assessments based on catchment population, HIV/AIDS prevalence and infrastructure needs. Ugu District has a staggering 40% HIV prevalence rate.
Nelspruit, Mpumalanga August 25, 2010 - The Greater Rape Intervention Project (GRIP) commemorates August as Women’s month by opening a newly refurbished Shelter for abused women and children.
Uthungulu District; August 6, 2010: The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Health (DoH) can screen and treat one million women for cervical cancer in the next two years, following USAID’s donation of more than R5 million of specialty medical and surgical equipment, commemorating Women’s day and month.
On June 2nd, 2010, USAID hosted Jimmie Briggs, a journalist, author, and activist, on a visit to a Thuthuzela Care Center (TCC) in Tembisa, South Africa. He was in the country to promote his Man Up campaign. The campaign’s main focus is to create a following amongst youths globally to join efforts to prevent violence against women. USAID has been working with advocate Thoko Majokweni, the head of the Sexual Offences and Community Affairs (SOCA) Unit of South Africa’s National Prosecution Authority, to help launch multiple TCCs across South Africa.
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