The Butterfly Effect of CHIVA Africa transforming lives
At CHIVA Africa, our mission to mentor healthcare workers and support children and adolescents living with HIV is yielding remarkable results. In just 3 of the 54 clinics we currently support, 100% of the children being treated by those clinics have suppressed viral loads. This means that our targeted interventions in just 14 individual cases […]
The life-threatening consequences of a cyberattack
On Saturday 22 June South Africa’s central lab, the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), suffered a cyberattack that severely delayed the processing of millions of blood tests. According to reports, the hackers used ransomware (encrypted software) to block access to vital data on the NHLS servers, and threatened to delete the data unless a ransom […]
We’re harnessing the power of social media
Communication trends are advancing so quickly nowadays, we can barely keep up. The written word is certainly less popular at today’s pace. Attention spans are shortened and people just don’t have time to read through lengthy paragraphs online. The ability to grab our youth’s attention is particularly challenging when their preferred content is just a […]
Youth Fighting HIV: A Deadly Challenge
11-year-old Mphilenhle* was living with HIV in a remote part of KwaZulu-Natal. Sadly, even though she was receiving treatment, the severity of her disease had gone unchecked. Earlier this year, by the time we were alerted to her dangerously high viral load (the amount of virus in her bloodstream), it was already too late. The […]
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Clinical Nurse Mentor in uMzinyathi District (based in Durban) 12 month contract
Industry: Healthcare & Medical Position: Clinical Nurse in uMzinyathi District (based in Durban) Contract: 12 Months Experience Level: Experienced Professional Experience Required: 5 Years Closing Date: 29th September 2023 CHIVA is looking to employ a Clinical Nurse Mentor who will deliver teaching and mentoring to nurse clinicians delivering HIV services and HCWs providing psychosocial […]
CHIVA Africa is Transforming Lives
CHIVA Africa is Transforming Lives CHIVA Africa’s success for almost 20 years has focused on being sensitive to the needs of children and adolescents who are receiving and delivering HIV treatment. At CHIVA Africa, we have always seen challenges as opportunities, and will expand our current role of mentoring healthcare workers to deliver HIV treatment […]
An exciting year for CHIVA Africa
2023 has begun and time is already flying! CHIVA has so many exciting projects in the works and we can’t wait to get them off the ground. Our mission to transform the lives of ALL children living with and exposed to HIV, so they may lead happy, healthy, and positive lives, is something that we […]
A gift of life for Sifiso
CHIVA is committed to transforming the precious, vulnerable lives of children and adolescents living with and exposed to HIV. One of these is little Sifiso and this is how we helped empower the healthcare workers as they cared for Sifiso on his journey from being neglected and dying, to thriving and attending school for the […]
Equalize HIV treatment
This year, World Aids Day is all about looking at the barriers holding us back in the fight to end HIV. CHIVA Africa is working towards breaking down those barriers through our programmes that empower healthcare workers delivering HIV services and communities and caregivers to support children and adolescents exposed to or living with HIV. […]
Strawberry-flavoured HIV Medication for Kid’s Tastebuds
An exciting development is the introduction of ‘delicious’ strawberry-flavoured paediatric antiretrovirals (ARVs) for children that will address a key barrier to the effective treatment of HIV-positive children. Many caregivers, healthcare workers, and everyone involved in HIV will know that the current HIV medication tastes awful! This has created so many challenges when children refuse to […]