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Cabinet is satisfied with the Aids drugs timetable
2004-03-04

The cabinet is satisfied with the progress being made in implementing the plan to provide comprehensive care, management and treatment of HIV and Aids.Joel Netshitenzhe, the head of government communications, said after the cabinet’s fortnightly meeting yesterday that it had received an update on the plan.

The cabinet is satisfied with the progress being made in implementing the plan to provide comprehensive care, management and treatment of HIV and Aids. Joel Netshitenzhe, the head of government communications, said after the cabinet’s fortnightly meeting yesterday that it had received an update on the plan. The ministers were told that service points for comprehensive treatment, including antiretroviral drugs, had been identified in all of South Africa’s 53 health districts. Help was being provided to those that were not ready to implement the programme.

A curriculum had been set to train doctors, nurses and pharmacists and a tender had been published to select trainers and service providers. Vacant posts at the service points had been advertised to strengthen their capacity, he said, and national treatment guidelines had been distributed to the provinces. Nutritional supplements and micronutrients were available already at all the service points. The tendering process to buy drugs had started already and a negotiating team to co-ordinate this work had been appointed.

Three “pharmacovigilance” centres had been established at Medunsa and the universities of Free State and Cape Town to monitor the effects of antiretroviral usage, in addition to ensuring that the national health laboratory system had the capacity to conduct tests. An electronic patient information system and a drug-tracking system were being developed with the private sector to prevent fraud, he said. The cabinet had received a comprehensive briefing also on programmes to deal with crimes against women and children.

The ministers agreed that structures dealing with these crimes, such as the inter-departmental management team and the intersectoral child justice steering committee, would be co-ordinated. Where necessary, they would be convened by the presidency to ensure greater synergy. The programme would be broadened to include the elderly and disabled.

“Further, government will improve social work counselling, especially for vulnerable groups,” Netshitenzhe said. (Source: Sapa, This Day, 4 March 2004)

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Progress in the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan for Management, Care and Treatment of HIV and AIDS 
02 March 2004
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