Past Projects » DFID South Africa HIV/AIDS Multi-sectoral Support Programme

2004 – 2007

South Africa’s national HIV/AIDS and STD Strategic Plan took a comprehensive multi-sectoral approach to addressing the epidemic. Although much progress had already been achieved, the project addressed some of the considerable remaining challenges, including the need to strengthen institutional capacity and scale up national response.

The HIV/AIDS Multi-sectoral Support Programme, funded by the U.K. Department for International Development, strengthened the capacity of partners in government, civil society, and the private sector to achieve the objectives of South Africa’s HIV/AIDS and STD Strategic Plan. The project provided technical support on HIV/AIDS to three national government departments, three provincial governments, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS, and a number of civil society organizations. For example, we supported development of provincial HIV/AIDS strategies, as well as a significant programme to strengthen home- and community-based care organizations.

Futures Group managed the programme in conjunction with Charles Kendall & Partners and the Centre for AIDS Development, Research, and Evaluation (CADRE).

Key Achievements

  • Trained 800 people in tuberculosis prevention and control in Kwa Zulu-Natal
  • Trained 95 nurses in sexual and reproductive health management
  • Revised tuberculosis crisis plans in Limpopo and Kwa Zulu-Natal and trained 60 provincial tuberculosis coordinators
  • Trained 285 staff of home and community-based care programs in NGO governance, mentoring, and leadership
  • Trained 300 health professionals in providing antiretroviral drugs
  • Launched an orphan and vulnerable child school support program in Eastern Cape
  • Conducted a situation analysis and designed a monitoring and evaluation strategy for the Kwa Zulu-Natal Department of Health
  • Trained 100 Eastern Cape AIDS Council stakeholders in monitoring and evaluation
  • Strengthened health systems in Kwa Zulu-Natal and Mpumalanga
  • Supported employee workplace programmes in Limpopo and Eastern Cape
  • Supported antistigma work through the Anglican Church of Southern Africa in 26 dioceses

South African Partners

  • National Department of Health
  • National Department of Social Development
  • Department of Defense
  • The Provinces of Eastern Cape, Limpopo, Kwa Zulu-Natal, and Mpumalanga
  • The Anglican Church of Southern Africa
  • Barnabas Trust
  • Eastern Cape NGO Coalition
  • Treatment Action Campaign
  • National Institute for Community Development and Management
  • Social Aspects of HIV and AIDS Research Alliance
  • Joint Economics, AIDS, and Poverty Program
  • University of Kwa Zulu-Natal
  • Wits Palliative Care Unit
  • Prenatal HIV Research Unit
  • Centre for Health Systems, Research, & Development
  • South African Business Coalition on HIV and AIDS