targeted aids interventions

Community Health Service Delivery : The KZN Department of Health has initiated a primary health care project that sees increased health care service delivery to the community through the training, support and mentoring of Home and Community Based Carers (previously known as Community Healthcare Workers). The KZNPPHC (www.kznpphc.org.za) has been awarded a tender to implement this project throughout the province of KwaZulu Natal. TAI forms part of the KZNPPHC consortium and is responsible for the mentoring and monitoring of 371 HCBCs in Msunduzi, Umgeni and Impendle local municipalities within the uMngungundlovu district municipality.
Our works focuses on:

• Providing support for HCBCs functioning at a grassroots level through mentoring (inclusive of accessing additional psycho-social support for HCBCs if needed)
• Assisting HCBCs (through the Department of Health) in developing local implementation strategies and monitoring the implementation
• Monitoring the HCBC programme through regular meetings with various stakeholders and accompany HCBCs during their home visits.
• Reporting to KZNPPHC on various issues including: a narrative summary, activity summary, community health, stories from the HCBC's, successes, challenges, TAI's recommendations, HCBC recommendations, wayforward
• Assisting KZNPPHC in facilitating the development of community-based health projects

Focal areas: skills relating to the promotion and management of community health, co-ordination and communication, identifying health resources and threats, community mobilisation, mentoring, monitoring & evaluation, community ownership of health projects.

DIRECT BENEFICIARIES: 400 HCBCs working in the Msunduzi, Umgeni and Impendle local municipalities

INDIRECT BENEFICIARIES: Communities in these municipalities