Welcome
 Dr Norma van Niekerk |
How would you respond when patient after patient is carried or wheeled in a wheel barrow into your presence, too weak to walk, emaciated and on the verge of dying, and you know that ARVs are not readily available? During the first half of 2006, this was my experience. The dual epidemic of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis was raging in the Eastern Cape (as in the rest of SA) and the supply of ARVs in this area was non-existent. Through a team effort, the HIV Hope Project was registered as a Non‑Profit Organisation (NPO). We started with 3 patients on ARVs, kindly sponsored by their employees. Today, three years down the line, we have almost 50 patients registered on the program and on ARVs. This has been a life saving project! |