HIV/AIDS Unit
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The aim of the HIV/ AIDS Unit is to prevent, control and manage HIV/ AIDS among students and staff of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology and the community.
Strategic objectives of HIV/AIDS Unit
Incorporation of HIV/ AIDS/ STI and TB module into Curricula
An HIV/ AIDS/ STI and TB module has been introduced as part of the curriculum for many of CPUT’s courses.
Student and staff training workshops
HIV/ AIDS Workshops are held regularly by the unit for staff and students. These workshops provide information about HIV/ AIDS and how to deal with the pandemic.
Awareness campaigns
Events and campaigns are run with the support of student peer educators, workplace peer educators and health promoters on certain health calendar days to raise awareness of HIV/ AIDS.
Men as Partners, Student Peer Education Programme
Students are trained to become peer educators and given the proper skills that enable them to go out and speak to their peers. At the end of the year students are awarded for their motivation, commitment and performance.
Community outreach programmes
Cooperating with other organisations the unit runs projects in the community, such as the project at Malmesbury Prison. Recently collaboration with the St.George’s Home for Girls was established.
Workplace programme
Constant training is made available for CPUT staff to equip them with skills and knowledge around HIV/ AIDS/ STI and TB.
VCT
External service providers are invited to campus twice a year to test students and staff. This service not only provides rapid results, but pre- and post-testing counselling is also available.
Care and support
Care and support is spearheaded by health promoters on campus who render ongoing lay-counselling for students and staff who are infected or affected by HIV/ AIDS with weekly support groups and one-on-one sessions.
Research
Dr Ashraf Mohammed, head of the Department is responsible for research in the HIV/ AIDS Unit and supervising post-graduate students who are writing their thesis in HIV/ AIDS/ STI or TB related fields.
Contact us
Telephone:
Reception: +27 +21 460 4253
Head of Department: +27 +21 460 4252
Fax +27 +21 460 4244
E-mail:
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As HOD of the HIV/ AIDS Unit Dr Ashraf Mohammed’s role is to initiate, plan, direct, delegate and implement HIV/ AIDS/ STI & TB Programmes in an effort to prevent, control and manage HIV/ AIDS/ STI & TB among students and staff at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (on all CPUT Campuses), in an attempt to mitigate the negative impact of the pandemic to the institution and community at large. This involves the managing, teaching, supervising, delegating, implementing and managing strategic objectives and conducting/supervising research in the context of the intervention of HIV/ AIDS/ TB Programmes .
Dr Ashraf Mohammed is the HOD of the HIV/ AIDS Unit and a Humphrey Fellow in the Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta US is completing his Professional Affiliation in the Division of TB Elimination at Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) as a co-researcher in an international collaborative study on TB.
The HIV/ AIDS unit is:
Alex Semba, Rene van der Westhuizen, Akhona Ndiki (front row, left to right)
Ravi Jayaweera, Marius Harmsen, Alik Chingwe (back row, left to right)
The HIV/AIDS Unit is supported by the following organisations:
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