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Department of Health ➔ National food fortification programme All maize meal and bread flour must be fortified with vitamin A, thiamine, niacin, riboflavin, pyridoxine, iron, folate and zinc. Targeted beneficiaries Pregnant women and young children The DoH is responsible for monitoring compliance by manufacturers. Nutrition education, promotion and advocacy Health workers, dieticians and community health workers are required to provide counselling, information and education about healthy diets and the healthiest ways of preparing food to improve nutritional status and reduce nutrition-related diseases. Targeted beneficiaries Vulnerable communities Health workers and dieticians at all public health facilities and community health workers Comprehensive HIV and AIDS care, management and treatment plan xix This programme aims to prevent children and caregivers from becoming infected with HIV, to reduce mortality and to improve the quality of life of those who do become infected. The programme provides for: infection; testing for pregnant women and, if HIV+, ART therapy to prevent transmission; where indicated; breastfeeding; infants at six weeks; prophylaxis for all HIV-exposed infants; HIV-infected children; Targeted beneficiaries Infants, pregnant women, mothers with infants, and children affected by and infected with HIV/AIDS Adult caregivers vulnerable to and/or infected with HIV/AIDS The elements of the CCMT are integrated within all packages, including the PMTCT programme, the IMCI programme, the Integrated Nutrition Programme and others (DoH et al. 2008). ➔ 103
Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable children in SA ➔ adults with AIDS; for HIV+ children and adults and those on treatment. The nutritional support components and feeding options support were covered in previous sections of this table (see ‘Infant and Young Child Feeding Programme’). The remaining components will be dealt with in detail in the remainder of this table under the various specialised programme headings as the CCMT is integrated within all healthcare programmes. HIV counselling and testing (HCT) programme xx and The national adolescentfriendly clinic initiative The HCT programme, as supplemented by the new 2010 Guidelines for the Management of HIV in Children, aims to provide an integrated testing service at all levels of the public health service delivery system for infants, children and adults. It seeks to ensure that all infants, children and adults are tested, that infants and children are tested as early as possible, that those that test HIV negative maintain their negative status, and that people who test HIV+ are supported, through appropriate treatment and support, to live long and healthy lives. Targeted beneficiaries Infants, children and adolescents More specifically, the testing of the following children is expressly required: xxi infants; features suggestive of HIV infection and with acute illnesses; with suspected symptomatic HIV infection; with TB; sibling has HIV infection; HCT can take place at any primary, secondary or tertiary health facility. HCT is provided at both state and private health facilities. Regulations to the Health Act have been promulgated (Gazette No. 33188) which allow certain persons who are not healthcare providers, subject to certain conditions, to withdraw blood from a living person. Key conditions are that: receive training at a healthcare establishment; and ➔ 104
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