South Africa
Pangaea Provided Technical Assistance to South Africa in the Development of First National AIDS Treatment Plan
In 2003 Pangaea professionals collaborated closely with the South African government as it developed a comprehensive strategy to make ARV treatment available to the country's 5.3 million people living with AIDS.
Working through the Clinton Foundation as part of a multidisciplinary technical assistance team, Pangaea's clinical care and management systems experts collaborated with a select South African government National Task Team to develop a plan that focused on expanding the current public health delivery system to provide comprehensive HIV treatment and care with ARVs. Although the plan was not implemented at the time, it was utilized by South African government officials to inform future planning efforts.
Pangaea Helped Open Early AIDS Clinic in KwaZulu-Natal
In 2002 Pangaea partnered with a regional collaboration of governmental health departments, hospitals, university medical institutions and community clinics in South Africa to develop models of HIV treatment and care that included access to HIV antiretroviral drugs. The result was the opening of one of the first dedicated HIV clinics in South Africa.
As part of the project, Pangaea received a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to fund the purchase of antiretroviral drugs. This grant coincided with the February 2003 opening of a new clinic at St. Mary's Hospital in KwaZulu-Natal.
Pangaea had been asked by its South African partners to convene and facilitate the partnership steering committee and coordinate development of the partnership and its operating structure. Pangaea provided technical support relating to clinic development, establishing standards of care, clinical training, physician mentoring, and program evaluation.
