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Humana People to People in SA. Presentation to Portfolio Committee on Health. October 2011. Table of Contents. This presentation will focus on:- A brief about HPP - SA A brief introduction of TCE as a program on HIV/AIDS & TB. The TCE concept and the Community Health Worker Program
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Humana People to People in SA Presentation to Portfolio Committee on Health October 2011
Table of Contents • This presentation will focus on:- • A brief about HPP - SA • A brief introduction of TCE as a program on HIV/AIDS & TB. • The TCE concept and the Community Health Worker Program • The Way forward
About HPP SA • Humana People to People in South Africa is a national NGO, a member of the international federation Humana People to People, who work in 42 countries around the world. • Humana People to People in South Africa was started in 1995 with the goal to respond to the needs of under-privileged people • Today the organization administers four development projects:- Child Aid- Hope Humana- Total Control of the Epidemic- Humana Youth in Action • It is active in five provinces: Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal
About TCE Only THE people can liberate themselves from AIDS the epidemic
The Idea of TCE The idea of the program is to empower the individual to take a defined stand against HIV&AIDS & TB in their lives through repeated mobilisation, information dissemination, education and basic counselling.
The TCE Concept In an area with 100.000 people Humana People to People recruits, trains and deploys 50 local people as Field Officers. For 3 years each Field Officers systematically move from House to House and reaching individual at a person to person level with information, education, mobilisation and basic counselling.
Areas of Support Collaboration with Local Govt
Areas of Support The Multi Sectoral Approach
Way Forward Community Health Care • HPP SA offers to be a strong partner in the roll out & re-engineering of the Community Health Worker programme in MP. • HPP SA believes that the structures of TCE at the community mobilisation level fit well to be used as a framework for the revised CHW programme. • HPP SA suggests a partnership with government, where we recruit, train, lead and monitor community health workers into a strong provincial programme to strengthen people’s basic health. • We can extend the work of Field Officers to address broader public health issues such as child and maternal health and life style diseases.
Thank You • Kilford Zimondi • Humana People to People in South Africa • 45 Barry Hertzog Drive • Florida Park • tce_sa@mweb.co.za • 0764098866