Themba Lethu Wing, Helen Joseph Hospital, Perth Road, Westdene, Johannesburg, South Africa
Right to Care's Adult HIV and Paediatric HIV programmes supports the clinical care and treatment of individuals infected with HIV and associated diseases. Care and treatment is accessible through an integrated model that includes prevention, transition into care, treatment adherence, and nurse initiated and managed ARV treatment (NIMART) . Loss-to-follow-up is minimised using innovative approaches, such as automated text messages and patient transfers with electronic records. On-site and didactic training are provided to clinicians in the public and private sectors. In each province, centres of excellence are hubs for mentoring and training and for referrals of complicated cases. In its first ten years of operation, Right to Care initiated over 230 000 patients on ARV therapy.