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 […]
CHIVA AFRICA WELCOMES NEW APPOINTMENT
Dear Friends and Colleagues, CHIVA Africa, established in 2004, has made an enormous impact on the lives of children and young people with HIV in South Africa. Juliet Houghton joined the CHIVA South Africa staff in Durban ten years ago, having previously been one of our specialist nurse volunteers. After fifteen years with us, in […]
ANELE, A STORY OF HOPE
CHIVA has been supporting rural clinics in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa for almost 20 years, transforming the lives of children living with HIV. One of these is baby Anele: this is her story. Anele* was born in February 2022 to Nontobeko*, a Grade 12 learner living with HIV. As a vulnerable adolescent, Nontobeko has very little support […]
Fiona joined the Board at CHIVA Africa in 2019. Fiona studied Law at Oxford University and started her career as a Barrister practicing in Chancery chambers before moving into financial services.
Shaun became a trustee for CHIVA Africa in February 2019. He is a South African qualified lawyer and holds the position of Chief Legal Officer at Cairn Capital, a leading European asset manager.
Dr Mo Archary is a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist at King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban and the University of KwaZulu-Natal: Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine.
Lauren joined the board in 2019, and is a lawyer by training and built a successful legal career in South Africa, specialising in public interest and media law. Lauren has lectured in media law, ethics and public interest law and takes a special interest in furthering the cause of women and those disadvantaged in South Africa.
Dr Moshal is the founder of CHIVA Africa and CHIVA South Africa and has chaired the CHIVA Africa Board of Trustees since its registration as a charity in 2009. Born and raised in South Africa, Karyn graduated in medicine from the University of Cape Town in 1988.