Making ward-based outreach teams an effective component of human immunodeficiency virus programmes in South Africa
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Making ward-based outreach teams an effective component of human immunodeficiency virus programmes in South Africa | |
| Creator | Naidoo, Nireshni Railton, Jean Jobson, Geoffrey Matlakala, Nthabiseng Marincowitz, Gert McIntyre, James A. Struthers, Helen Peters, Remco P.H. | |
| Description | The implementation of ward-based outreach teams (WBOTs), comprised of community health workers (CHWs), is one of the three interventions of the South African National Department of Health’s (NDoH) Primary Health Care (PHC) Re-engineering strategy for improving health outcomes. CHWs provide a necessary structure to contribute to successful implementation of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) programme in four ways: (1) prevention of HIV infection by health education, (2) linkage to care by health education and referrals, (3) adherence support and (4) identification of individuals who are failing treatment. However, CHW programme and HIV programme-specific barriers exist that need to be resolved in order to achieve maximum impact. These include a lack of stakeholder and community support for WBOTs, challenging work and operational environments, a lack of in-depth knowledge and skills, and socio-cultural barriers such as HIV-related stigma. Considering its promising structure, documentation of the WBOT contribution to healthcare overall, and the HIV programme in particular, is urgently warranted to successfully and sustainably incorporate it into the South African healthcare system. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2018-04-12 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajhivmed.v19i1.778 | |
| Source | Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine; Vol 19, No 1 (2018); 6 pages 2078-6751 1608-9693 | |
| Language | eng | |
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