Nurses' specialised HIV treatment training to benefit patients: MEC
The KZN Health Department says it is looking forward to sharing the experiences of nurses who have taken part in a special HIV treatment training programme during this year's International Aids Conference in July.
Health MEC, Sibongiseni Dhlomo, says 3.5 million South Africans are on ARV treatment, with one million of those in KZN.
Dhlomo says in order to reach more people, there was a need to train nurses.
"HIV is such a prevalent disease. Now we have over 1 000 nurses trained on this programme and therefore patients do not have to go and queue in big hospitals to be initiated"
"Every clinic, every other area, every corner of the province has a nurse who can initiate and manage patients who are on ARV treatment," Dhlomo said.
(Photo: Gallo Images)