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Siyakhana Health Trust
The Siyakhana Health Trust was established as a
public-private-partnership (between Mercedes
Benz South Africa, Border-Kei Chamber of
Business and the German DEG) in 2006 to
assist small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
to respond to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Since
then the Siyakhana SME Project has evolved
to provide comprehensive workplace-based
health prevention, care, treatment, support, and
to impact mitigation to SMEs in the Border-Kei
region of the Amathole District Municipality.
Between 2006 and February 2014 Siyakhana
conducted 146 successful workplace HIV
Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaigns
during which some 20 000 employees received
HIV education/counselling. Of those, over 16
108 took an HIV test; 1 755 were HIV positive.
All the employees and their family members
who tested HIV positive are offered free and
on-going care, treatment and support through
a private general practitioners’ network which
is part of the Siyakhana Project. HIV-positive
employees of subscribing companies and their
family members receive comprehensive HIV/
Aids treatment through Siyakhana. This provides
a win-win situation for both employers and
employees.
CONTACT DETAILS: Together we can ensure our local workforce
Dr Simeon Odugwu 082 857 6844
Tel: 043 722 9620 stays healthy. Siyakhana Health Trust is a public
info@siyakhana.com benefit organization registered in South Africa.
or visit www.siyakhana.com
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