Innovations

New initiatives and approaches are regularly developed to meet the challenges of HIV/AIDS and the needs of individuals and affected families. Some of these innovations include:

• Pediatric Centers of Excellence for training in HIV/AIDS care and treatment;
• South-to-South Partnership for Pediatric HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment;
• Clinical Mentorship Initiative;
• “Fast-track” approach for program initiation in rural areas;
• Family escort systems to promote HIV testing and TB screening;
• Prescription cards for illiterate patients;
• Self-sufficient, patient-support groups;
• “Expert clients” to provide adherence counseling;
• Pharmacy assistants training programs;
• Peer educators program to provide education, support, and outreach to patients;
• Tiered laboratory system providing state-of-the-art tests;
• Food banks;
• Income-generation programs;
• Computer-based systems for data collection and monitoring of program quality.