PHASA - Public Health Association of South Africa

HAST - HIV/AIDS, STIs and TB

SIG - Special Interest Group

NSP - National Strategic Plan

PHASA's Civil Society: HIV/AIDS, STIs and TB Special Interest Group is a platform created by Health Professionals working in the NGO space in South Africa.

We would like all cadres/levels of Health Professionals (eg Doctors, nurses, pharmacists); Allied Health Professionals (eg Occupational Therapists, Dieticians, Physiotherapists, Social Workers, Socil Auxillary workers) and Lay workers (eg HIV/HAST/HTS/HCT Counsellors, Community Care Workers, Home Based Care Workers) within the NGO space in South Africa.

This space has been created for us to share good practises, challenges and concerns, it's aim is to feed into the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC): Civil Society Forum (CSF) for Health Professionals in order to impact on policy making and strengthen our forces towards the 90 90 90 strategy and alignment to the NSP: HIV, STIs and TB 2017 -2022.

This platform will also allow synergies between partners and even create new partnerships which will drive the processes to reduce HIV, STI and TB transmission in South Africa.

Collective voices are more powerful than a few - be part of the change....

This SIG is linked to PHASA - your membership to PHASA is therefore needed. Follow these 3 easy steps!

1) There is a link on this site to the PHASA site, then click "Join PHASA" and complete the online form. The membership is now R600 and R350 for students but under review.

2) Once you have registered with PHASA, you will receive a membership certificate.

3) Enter the PHASA Civil Society: HIV/AIDS, STI & TB SIG site (the one you are reading this message on) and sign up....its as easy as that!