Our AIDS treatment programme HAART (Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy)
We provide confidential, person-centred HIV testing, treatment, and support services for healthier communities
We are a dedicated care centre committed to improving quality of life through accessible, stigma-free, and evidence-based services. Our multidisciplinary team provides holistic care tailored to each individual.
OUR SERVICES:
Voluntary Counselling and HIV Testing (VCT)
Confidential rapid testing with pre- and post-counselling
Antiretroviral Therapy
Same-day initiation of HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy) and ongoing treatment support
Viral Load Monitoring
Routine testing to ensure treatment effectiveness
Screening for communicable and non-communicable conditions
Integrated care for co-infections
Adherence and Psychosocial Support
Counselling, individual adherence support, and mental health services
Community Outreach and Education
Mobile clinical home visit
ALL OUR SERVICES ARE FREE
WHY CHOOSE US?
- Confidential and Stigma-free Care
- Qualified Healthcare Professionals
- Free Services
- Accessible Private Location & Mobile Services
- Community Centred Approach
Reports from the AIDS-Support
Reshma (2021)
Reshma reports: Last February I was tested and found out that I was HIV positive.
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Aids war in paradise
During the journey through the slums, Father Gerhard and his brother are confronted with pure poverty.
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AIDS treatment saves lives - February 2011
AIDS treatment saves lives
Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) can completely change the life of an AIDS patient who would otherwise be doomed to die soon, allowing him or her to continue…
mehrWorld AIDS Day Newsletter - 1 December 2009
Today we celebrate World AIDS Day.
Everywhere and from all sides, countless statements, comments, demands and verbal or electronic expressions of sympathy are being published, but only very few are…
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5 Years of Blessed Gérard's Hospice HAART Programme Service - 11 October 2009
5 Years of Blessed Gérard's Hospice HAART Programme Service
On 5 August 2003, BBC Newsnight broadcast the programme "BBC Newsnight 5 August 2003: Hilary Andersson reported from the first national AIDS…
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15 years of Blessed Gérard's HIV/AIDS Awareness Programme ministry - 11 October 2009
15 years of service of Blessed Gérard's HIV/AIDS Awareness Programme
In 1994, our newsletter said: "Eighteen members of our fraternity participated in a course for trainers in AIDS prevention,…
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The great hope in the fight against AIDS - The HAART Clinic - August 2009
AIDS patients are treated through the HAART programme, the use of highly effective antiretroviral drugs. By taking these drugs regularly, infected people can live up to 25 years longer in good health.…
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Feast of Life - 1 December 2007
We celebrated World AIDS Day with a "Celebration of Life" for all our patients on HAART.
A large group of 70 patients came to the celebration. This is more than half of all our patients in the HAART…
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Lindani - September 2007
Lindani*, a little girl, was brought to us by her mother. She had the "usual" symptoms, like diarrhoea and vomiting. The little girl does not look well and is quite weak. In addition, her skin is…
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"What did I do to deserve this?" - Christmas 2005
What most people do not see.
Mpume was 16 years old and a very pretty girl; she lived with her mother, her three siblings and three cousins - the children of her late aunt - in the vast hilly…
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Mandeni is the AIDS stronghold of the world
In 1997, the township of Sundumbili in Mandeni was described in the South African magazine Drum as the "AIDS capital of KwaZulu/Natal". A representative test among factory workers in the iSithebe…
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The story of Qalile Uhlelo - Christmas 2004
Qalile Uhlelo*, a 39-year-old woman, came to Blessed Gérard's Hospice in August 2004 asking for help. She was very ill and had all kinds of opportunistic infections. She openly admitted that she was…
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Blessed Gérard's Hospice HAART Programme SACBC, CRSC & PEPFAR - Christmas 2004
Blessed Gérard's Hospice HAART (Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy) programme, a joint project of Blessed Gérard's Hospice and the South African Bishops' Conference has developed and matured over…
mehrThe story of Ngapumelela Ngosizo - Christmas 2004
An unconscious patient with tuberculosis and meningitis was admitted to Blessed Gérard's Hospice in 1999. He came from a very caring family who had employed a helper to care for him. This was…
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Blessed Gérard's Hospice will start antiretroviral treatment for HIV/AIDS patients as early as 2004!
We could not believe our own ears when Johan Viljoen, the project manager of the AIDS Secretariat of the South African Catholic Bishops' Conference, called us in September 2003 to say that the…
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If only I had said NO - Easter 1999
(This is a short story written with the intention of drawing attention to the disaster facing our area and representing the work of Blessed Gérard's Care Centre & Hospice).
This story is based on…
mehrAIDS and traditional healing methods -July 1998
About half of AIDS patients suffer from pulmonary tuberculosis. Many refuse to take medication out of a lack of understanding that this is really necessary.
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What is worrying is that many Zulu in the local area trust their traditional medicine men more than modern medicine. This would not be a big deal if they were only taking herbal substances that can…
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Bericht vom Juli 1998
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Blessed Gérard's AIDS Awareness Programme
Our AIDS prevention programme will also be utilised more through the iSithebe AIDS Forum. Our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. P. Z. T. Thabethe has been asked to…
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OUR AIDS PREVENTION PROGRAMME CONTINUES
Dr Thabethe, our medical director, and all the active members who have been trained as AIDS awareness trainers have been extremely active during the last few…
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1 December 1995 was World AIDS Day.
We, the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard, under the auspices of Dr Thabethe, tried to make the local communities aware of the danger of contracting the HIV virus.
To…
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AIDS PREVENTION PROGRAMME
Eighteen members of our fraternity participated in a course for trainers in AIDS prevention, which was organised with the help of our Diocesan AIDS Team. Although we enjoyed…
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