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About the programme

The My Journey Youth Programme is a Global Fund–supported initiative delivering a comprehensive package of HIV prevention, sexual and reproductive health (SRH), and human rights services for adolescent girls and young women (15–24). Services are provided through accessible, community-based platforms, including schools, safe spaces, mobile clinics, and health facilities, so young women can access care where they live, learn, and socialise. This approach ensures services are convenient, youth-friendly, and responsive to their everyday realities.

The programme addresses the significant risks many young women face, including HIV, teenage pregnancy, gender-based violence, and limited access to care. It aims to reduce new infections and improve health outcomes while expanding access to TB, STI, and post-violence services. Available in selected districts across eight provinces, including the Western Cape, My Journey offers free, integrated support, such as HIV testing, PrEP, STI screening, and counselling, prioritising those most at risk and helping young women stay in care and protect their long-term wellbeing.

About the programme

The programme focuses on public health service delivery at priority facilities and broader health systems strengthening across sites. It is implemented in the Eastern Cape province across the Amathole, Chris Hani and OR Tambo districts, as part of the 27 priority districts in South Africa, given its HIV disease burden. The key priorities of the programme are informed by the UNAIDS 95-95- 95 goals that seek to close the gap in HIV treatment coverage and viral suppression across all age bands, whilst preventing and treating TB/HIV co-infection.

About the programme

The programme focuses on public health service delivery at priority facilities and broader health systems strengthening across sites.

About the programme

Key populations (KPs) are groups who, because of specific higher-risk behaviour, are at increased risk of HIV, TB and STIs. The Western Cape Government, (WCG), prioritises the provision of targeted health services for high transmission areas (HTAs) within the Cape Metropole to address the high risk of HIV and TB among key vulnerable populations.

About the programme

Social workers funded by the Department of Social Development, (DSD), and the Western Cape Government work closely with the Integrated Home and Community-Based Services as a multidisciplinary approach is often needed to provide clients with holistic care. The social work services are designed as disabilityspecific services, meaning that they are purposefully designed to support disabled persons and their families and to work in hospitals. TB can cause serious disabilities in children who contract TB meningitis. In addition to disability support, social work services include client-based interventions for TB prevention, early detection, and addressing psychosocial and emotional needs are implemented to achieve positive treatment outcomes. This entails ensuring clients can accept their diagnosis, but cope with the treatment journey during hospitalisation and post discharge. All groups, one-on-one activities, educational talks, and motivational counselling are facilitated at identified health facilities. A senior social worker heads the DSD team, which includes two CHWs who function as Educare teachers.

About the programme

TB and HIV Care, (THC), is funded to provide community-based, targeted universal testing for TB (TUTT) for close household contacts of people with TB. TUTT is an important strategy for TB control. It aims to achieve early identification and testing of high-risk individuals to minimise avoidable delays in diagnosis and treatment, thus reducing TB transmission, morbidity and mortality.

About the programme

The program aims to improve aims to improve inmates’ access to healthcare and increase the promotion of healthy lifestyles by providing basic healthcare services and preventing communicable and noncommunicable diseases.

About the programme

The PWID Programme aims to achieve HIV epidemic control in alignment with the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS’ 95-95-95 targets and South Africa’s National Strategic Plan for HIV, TB, and STIs 2023-2028.

About the programme

The programme goals are aligned with the National Strategic Plan for HIV, TB, and STIs 2023 – 2028 and contribute towards the achievements of the country’s HIV epidemic control of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS 95-95-95 targets.