JOYCE AND CAROLINE KEPE

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2004 Episode 5 - Caring for Children on ARVs

Treatment Literacy and drug adherence are two related requirements that improve the success of the antiretroviral roll-out. This was reaffirmed by the Siyayinqoba Beat It! Team. What however are the additional challenges that HIV positive children face in firstly accessing ART and then taking it correctly. To help answer these questions the team met up with Joyce Kepe and her daughter Caroline in Mbekweni, Paarl. Dr Nombulelo then joined the group to explain the important things caregivers can do to prevent infections in HIV positive children.

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2004 Episode 9 - How Social Grants Can Help Us

The Siyayinqoba Beat It! Team investigated the role social grants play in the response to the HIV epidemic. The team met with Thelile in Tugela, KwaZulu Natal who had recently accessed social grants. Thelile was using the grants to help take care of her siblings after her parents had passed away from AIDS. The social grant system was then discussed further with in house guest Dr Nalega Constance Kganakga from the Department of Social Development.