The Department of Social Department carried out a tender to project the population in the Western Cape Province taking into account the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The provincial projections were achieved by adapting the ASSA2003 model developed by the Actuarial Society of South Africa to correspond to the situation in the Western Cape. Projections were carried out under the assumption that MTCTP (mother to child treatment programme) was introduced in 2001 and HAART was available since 2000 but significantly so since 2003 and that coverage reached 90% and nearly 60% respectively in 2005.  > 

This document contains information on the management of HIV/AIDS in schools and the rights and responsibilities of learners, educators and parents with regards to HIV/Aids. Answers are provided to some of the common questions such whether HIV positive learners can be excluded from school, whether schools can test learners for HIV and how schools can prevent the risk of HIV transmission in the school environment. Advice is also provided on drafting a school HIV/AIDS policy.  > 

Voluntary Testing and Counselling (VCT) is available at ATICC, as well as at most clinics of public health facilities. The decision to be tested is a voluntary one - no one can be forced to have an HIV test.  > 

Antiretrovirals are medicines used to treat people with HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) infection.  > 

Treatment is available for opportunistic infections that, unlike HIV, are mostly curable. These include diarrhoea, tuberculosis, pneumonia and candida (oral or vaginal thrush), which an HIV-positive person can pick up easily because their immune system is weakened by HIV. Treatment for opportunistic infections is available ...  > 

Mother to child transmission happens when HIV, the virus that causes Aids, is passed from a mother to her unborn baby during pregnancy, during birth or during breastfeeding.  > 

The provincial Department of Social Development, in partnership with various non-governmental organisations, provides developmental social services for children and families affected by HIV/ AIDS:Early identification of children and families in need, and alternative placements of such children in foster care, with adoptive parents, or residential ...  > 

This document lists frequently asked questions published in the community newspapers.  >