Nokuthula speaks out on COVID-19
Nokuthula speaks out on COVID-19
Follow the story of Nokuthula Heath, training manager at Zoë-life in South Africa as she tells about child-friendly ways to explain COVID-19 and the issues children living with HIV face in this time. Zoë-life runs the KidzAlive@home project that is supported by Aidsfonds.
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Champion for children
Nokuthula has 15 years of experience in developing HIV training programmes in both government and non-government sectors. In 2013 she joined Zoë-life specializing on HIV, gender based violence and abuse related issues for children and adolescents. As member of the South African National Department of Health technical working group she advocates for child and adolescent centred services. Nokuthula was instrumental in the development of the current national HIV Paediatric and Adolescent Disclosure Guideline Policy. She led its implementation through training government officials, public health managers and frontline healthcare workers. Nokuthula holds a Honours degree in bachelor of Arts.
About Zoë-life
The mission of Zoë-life is to transform options available to children, vulnerable families and communities that have been affected by disease, poverty and injustice. The organisation was founded in 2004 as a response to the HIV crisis in South Africa and engages in advocacy and the development of systemic interventions to bring healing to the whole person. It takes a multi-dynamic approach to wellness, ensuring effective diagnosis, access to treatment and adherence to medication regimens, as well as tackling the stigma around the virus.
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More on COVID-19 and HIV
The COVID-19 pandemic is strongly affecting the HIV response. Local and regional partners face increased difficulties to reach their communities in need. Unfortunately, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Visit our COVID-19 page to learn how the AIDS response is affected and working in the current circumstances.