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The Free State Province has the third-highest incidence of HIV infection in our country (31.1% as at 2006).
Unemployment and
migration are some of the factors that contribute to the spread of the HI virus in our Province.
Poverty and a lack of health services
and transport facilities in the rural areas and informal settlements are challenges that our patients face.
Households affected by the
HIV pandemic have to cope with the multiple consequences, and the grants provided by government to assist families
is insufficient
to feed, clothe and educate their children or themselves.
Our focus is on women, men, youth, the elderly, and people with disabilities and life-limiting diseases, i.e. CANCER, HIV & AIDS.
Approximately 95% of our patients are HIV-infected, of which 50% are terminally ill and bedridden, and come from the poorer
communities
surrounding Bloemfontein, Mangaung, Botshabelo and Thaba �Nchu.
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