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South Africa
Strengthening Maternal, Newborn and HIV-related Health Care Services
In South Africa, ACCESS works closely with the Department of Health to improve the quality of maternal, newborn and HIV-related health care services. Specifically, ACCESS works to strengthen service delivery in the prevention of mother to child (PMTCT) transmission; to increase capacity to provide cervical cancer prevention services (CECAP); and to ensure that provision of services follow national guidelines.
ACCESS is implementing this project in close coordination with the National Department of Health (NDOH), where ACCESS currently supports a Senior Technical Advisor. ACCESS also works closely with the North West Provincial Department of Health (NW DOH), where both PMTCT and CECAP activities are implemented and with the Foundation for Professional Development, a local non-governmental organization.
To meet its program objectives, ACCESS is helping to strengthen monitoring and evaluation of PMTCT services; develop and implement an integrated model for PMTCT service delivery; build the capacity of health care workers to provide cervical cancer prevention services using the Single Visit (SVA) approach; and develop and disseminate orientation packages that describe national health care guidelines to managers and health care providers. ACCESS also developed standards of care for antiretroviral treatment for adults, and is currently conducting assessments of service delivery performance and quality using these standards at five health facilities in Gauteng Province.
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