Foundation for Professional Development (FPD)
FPD is a South African Private Institution of Higher Education established in October 1997 by the South African Medical Association. The mission of FPD is to ensure the availability of skilled professionals and managers who will be able to deliver a service to the public that is affordable, evidence based and congruent with international best practice.
Compass Project, an initiative of FPD, is based on the philosophy that an effective response to health and social challenges, specifically HIV in communities, requires a coordinated mobilisation of all resources. Compass Project activities include mapping of service providers, epidemiological quantification of service-delivery need, and organisational development activities to build the capacity of communities to respond effectively.
MapIT
MapIT operates at the forefront of digital mapping in Sub-Saharan Africa. Working in tandem with shareholders Tele Atlas (a world leading international mapmaker) and local media giant Avusa, the company is Southern Africa’s leading supplier of digital map data and enriched geo-spatial content used in the mobile and corporate enterprise markets. MapIT also supplies commerce and industry with applications and data used in asset tracking, fleet management, business and marketing intelligence and web services.
Partnering with the Compass Project, MapIT provides software and technical support to assist in the geocoding and map production of HIV/AIDS service providers nationally. They also provide the interactive web mapping page that allows people to search for their closest HIV testing facility and get directions. http://www.mapit.co.za
Clinicians Society
The Society is a Public Benefit Organization (PBO) and is run by an elected President and Executive Committee. Members of the Society are amongst the most respected and influential HIV clinicians and policy makers within Southern Africa and hold prestigious positions within academic, public and private organizations in the field of HIV in the region.
The Society, as the largest Special Interest Group within the South African Medical Association (SAMA), works in conjunction with the Association’s education arm – the Foundation for Professional Development (FPD), to provide ongoing professional development and necessary accreditation for doctors working in the field of HIV.
http://www.sahivsoc.org
Royal Netherlands Embassy
With regards to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has two objectives: To strengthen service delivery to migrant and mobile groups and build regional capacity in the area of prevention and impact mitigation. The Embassy has been partnered with the Compass Project since 2007.
http://www.southafrica.nlembassy.org
PEPFAR
Launched in 2003 by President George W. Bush, PEPFAR holds a place in history as the largest effort by any nation to combat a single disease. In the first five years of the program, PEPFAR focused on establishing and scaling up prevention, care and treatment programs. It achieved success in expanding access to HIV prevention, care and treatment in low-resource settings. During its first phase, PEPFAR supported the provision of treatment to more than 2 million people, care to more than 10 million people, including more than 4 million orphans and vulnerable children, and prevention of mother-to-child treatment services during nearly 16 million pregnancies.
http://www.pepfar.gov
SANAC
The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) was formed to strengthen the strong political leadership in our country as well as to ensure inclusion of civil society in the overall response to HIV and AIDS. The Council is composed of both government and civil society organisations and their aim is to build commitment and foster relationships that help improve health outcomes for all South Africans.
HIV 911
The HIV-911 Programme is a comprehensive guide to close to 13 000 HIV-related support services in South Africa. HIV-911 strives to ensure that the HIV-911 database is accessible to all South Africans. Anyone can use HIV-911 to provide information on where to locate HIV-related services and support in any area of the country.
Department of Health
Our Vision is a caring and humane society in which all South Africans have access to affordable, good quality health care. Our Mission is to consolidate and build on the achievements of the past five years in improving access to health care for all and reducing inequity, and to focus on working in partnership with other stakeholders to improve the quality of care of all levels of the health system, especially preventive and promotive health, and to improve the overall efficiency of the health care delivery system.
