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Eskom pledges R5m to provide HIV training to medics
The Cape Argus
2003-05-08

South African doctors and nurses can look forward to better training in the effective treatment of HIV/AIDS patients, thanks to a new SouthAfrican-developed and locally led effort that will eventually expand to serve healthcare professionals throughout the developing world. The product of collaboration between Eskom, the Foundation for Professional Development, the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society and the United States-based Development Communication Associates, the initiative focuses on training for healthcarers in rural communities and the public sector. Eskom has committed more than R5 million for the next three years to continue a pilot of the HIV/AIDS clinical training programme which has already trained 2 500 healthcare professionals in southern Africa. Source: The Cape Argus, 1 May, 2003)

South African doctors and nurses can look forward to better training in the effective treatment of HIV/AIDS patients, thanks to a new SouthAfrican-developed and locally led effort that will eventually expand to serve healthcare professionals throughout the developing world.

The product of collaboration between Eskom, the Foundation for Professional Development, the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society and the United States-based Development Communication Associates, the initiative focuses on training for healthcarers in rural communities and the public sector.

Eskom has committed more than R5 million for the next three years to continue a pilot of the HIV/AIDS clinical training programme which has already trained 2 500 healthcare professionals in southern Africa. Source: The Cape Argus, 1 May, 2003)

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