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th Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang says her department is
working hard to implement the Comprehensive Plan for Management,
Care and Treatment of HIV and Aids.
The minister was speaking in Cape Town during the Parliamentary
Media Briefing Week, which started today.
"We are working hard to implement this plan, while expanding on the
prevention strategies that remain the mainstay of our response to
HIV and Aids," she said.
The treatment plan aims to provide comprehensive care and treatment
for people living with HIV and Aids, and to help strengthen the
country's national health system.
Minister Tshabalala-Msimang said the identification of a service
point in all 53 health districts in the country was central to the
implementation plan as a service point was not a stand-alone
hospital, but included a network of facilities providing various
elements of comprehensive care.
She said accreditation teams were currently on the ground assessing
capacity in 120 facilities around the country and have covered
almost two thirds of those.
"The procurement of necessary drugs at the best possible prices is
also critical to the sustainability of the programme," she
said.
"In addition to quality and good prices, our concern is to ensure a
completely reliable supply of anti-retroviral drugs and medicines
required for the Comprehensive Plan," said minister
Tshabalala-Msimang.
She said the department would from next week invite interested
pharmaceutical suppliers, through notices in newspapers and
government bulletins, to indicate their interest in supplying drugs
for the programme.
The minister said proposals would then be evaluated and
short-listed and qualified suppliers would be invited to tender for
the contracts. –BuaNews.
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