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South African HIV-patients with Low Level Viremia are at Risk for therapy Failure.
20 Nov 2017

In a large South African cohort study, a team of researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa), the Ndlovu Research Consortium (Groblersdal, Limpopo, SA), the National Health Laboratory Service (SA), the University of California San Diego (USA), and the University Medical Center Utrecht (The Netherlands) found that low level viremia in treated HIV-patients is an important risk factor for treatment failure.

Application form for third-line antiretroviral therapy - updated
13 Oct 2017

National Department of Health

Please find attached the application form that is required to be completed for access to Third Line Antiretroviral Therapy. Please complete the form using the following steps: • Download: Please download the PDF document. • Open: Open the PDF document using Adobe Reader. Ensure you have the latest version of the form may not work properly. • Fill: This is an editable PDF, and the minimum required fields will be highlighted. Please click on each field and enter the required patient information. Please do not print out the document to complete by hand. • Save: Once you have completed the document please save it to your computer by clicking the icon on the top left of the screen. Save it using the patient name and surname as a unique identifier. • Submit: Close Adobe and attach the completed and renamed application form to an email and submit it to the following email address: TLART@health.gov.za

Application form for third-line antiretroviral therapy
11 Jul 2017

National Department of Health

This TLART application form has been formatted to allow the data to be electronically extracted. The fields must be inputted electronically. There is no need for electronic signatures and the form to be 'closed' - this actually blocks the electronic extraction. You will note some fields are outlined in red. This however does not block the user from sending if they are not completed, but prompts you to fill in the minimum requirements.

Adherence and Drug Resistance explained
12 Dec 2016

A flipchart to highlight key points

National reflex CrAg screening in SA
09 Dec 2016

NICD

From 1 October 2016, labs across South Africa have “switched on” reflex CrAg screening. We expect to screen 250,000 people with CD4<100 per year across SA. This should improve early case detection. This is a significant milestone after many years of advocacy. Here’s a link to an online article targeted at the general public: http://theconversation.com/a-new-meningitis-screening-test-could-help-cut-south-africas-hiv-aids-deathtoll-69452

NHLS AIDS 2016 HE2RO Policy Brief: Towards 90-90-90
01 Dec 2016

How close is South Africa to reaching the UNAIDS HIV treatment targets?

Policy brief: HIV testing services
01 Dec 2016

World Health Organization

WHO recommends assistance for people with HIV to notify their partners

Policy brief: HIV testing services
01 Dec 2016

World Health Organization

WHO recommends HIV self-testing

Media release
23 Nov 2016

National Department of Health, National Health Laboratory Service, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Right to Care

Groundbreaking data system set to accelerate HIV/Aids elimination in South Africa

90-90-90 Compendium
15 Nov 2016

Health Systems Trust

This first volume of the 90-90-90 Compendium is targeted at a wide range of readers in South Africa, including community members and/ or politicians with no medical background. It is designed to assist all health sector role-players in understanding the context of the 90-90-90 strategy, as developed by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and then the process for achieving the strategy’s targets.

Stop Stock Outs Project - 2015 Stock Outs National Survey
03 Oct 2016

Third Annual Report - South Africa

National HIV Testing Services: Policy 2016
29 Sep 2016

Prepared by the National Department of Health

NDoH Circular: Test and Treat
06 Sep 2016

Implementation of the universal Test and Treat strategy for HIV positive patients and differentiated care for stable patients

Evidence to Action IAS 2016 Satellite Session Programme
15 Jul 2016

The session is hosted by the Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research (CIDER) in the School of Public Health & Family Medicine at the University of Cape Town; Anova Health Institute; the International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS network - Southern Africa (IeDEA-SA); ICAP at Columbia University; and the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society.

Standard treatment guidelines and essential medicines list for SA
06 Jul 2016

This is the latest version of the National Department of Health's "Standard treatment guidelines and essential medicines list for SA" - Hospital level adult edition.

2nd EMBO Workshop on AIDS-related mycoses
15 Jun 2016

This workshop on 13-15 July 2016 will be held at UCT and is ideal for anyone with a research, laboratory or clinical interest in fungal pathogens in HIV infected individuals.

DoH National Policy on PrEP
09 Jun 2016

The 2016 "National Policy on HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and Test and Treat (T&T)" has been released by the SA National Department of Health

DoH PrEP guidelines for sex workers
09 Jun 2016

The 2016 "Guidelines for Expanding Combination Prevention and Treatment Options for Sex Workers: Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and Test and Treat (T&T)" have been released by the SA National Department of Health.

GlobalSHARE: Global Community for Sex, HIV And Reproductive Empowerment
10 May 2016

This is a shareable PDF with information about a new Global Community for Sex, HIV And Reproductive Empowerment/Global SHARE. This is a community of providers, civil society members and PLHIV who are interested in addressing the reproductive needs and rights of PLHIV.

AGM Voting Form
19 Apr 2016

Form attached

Proxy voting form
12 Apr 2016

Form attached

Discontinuation of Crixivan 400 mg capsules
07 Apr 2016

Letter

Board nominee summaries
01 Apr 2016

2016

Infectious Diseases Class
30 Mar 2016

Programme 2016

MOI 21 Nov
22 Mar 2016

Final document

Notice of AGM
22 Mar 2016

2016

The Southern African HIV Clinicians Society supports the decriminalisation of sex work
09 Mar 2016

The Southern African HIV Clinicians Society supports evidence-based law- and policy-making. We believe that South Africa will not reach our own, as well as international, HIV reduction and treatment targets or related public health goals if it does not decriminalise adult sex work.

Southern African guidelines on the safe use of pre-exposure prophylaxis in persons at risk of acquiring HIV-1 infection
08 Mar 2016

The aim of the this PrEP guideline is to explain what PrEP is, outline current indications for its use, outline steps for appropriate user selection and provide guidance to monitor and maintain PrEP users.

Corrigendum: 2015 Society PEP Guidelines
03 Mar 2016

This document is a corrigendum to our "Guideline on the management of occupational and non-occupational exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus and recommendations for post-exposure prophylaxis: 2015 Update".

Guideline on the management of occupational and non-occupational exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus and recommendations for post-exposure prophylaxis: 2015 Update
03 Mar 2016

This guideline is an update of the post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) guideline published by the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society in 2008.

Board Nomination form
19 Feb 2016

This document contains all the information and the nomination form pertaining to the Society's 2016 board elections.

Call for Expression of Interest for Consideration to be part of the National Pharmacovigilance Centre Technical Support team
03 Feb 2016

EOI

NDoH Advisory: use of FDCs to reduce use of single-agent lamivudine tablets
07 Jan 2016

This document, and the associated circular (FDC ARV Circular, dated 25.05.2015) provides guidance on how to prescribe FDCs. This reduces the need to use single-agent lamivudine tablets.