About Differentiated Service Delivery
Differentiated Service Delivery (DSD)
MISSION: To increase the scale up of differentiated service delivery to improve access to and quality of prevention, testing, treatment and care services for people living with and vulnerable to HIV.
Current models of providing HIV services for prevention, testing, care and treatment are being stretched to the limit. To reach the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 90-90-90 targets by 2020 and 95-95-95 targets by 2030, differentiated approaches are needed to meet the diverse needs and expectations of all people living with HIV (PLHIV). Differentiated service delivery (DSD has been defined as “a client-centred approach that simplifies and adapts HIV services across the cascade, in ways that both serve the needs of PLHIV better and reduce unnecessary burdens on the health system”. The IAS Differentiated Service Delivery initiative, previously called the Differentiated Care initiative, i
A webinar, focused on highlighting the imperative for a concerted and collaborative effort to accelerate access to palliative care during Covid-19 and beyond, took place on Sunday, 24 January 2021.
The Department of Health has meanwhile invited the organisers – the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Palliative Care Action Group (PCAG) – to meet with it to discuss the matter.
The webinar also looked at the measures that are being taken towards implementation of the 2017 National Policy Framework and Strategy on Palliative Care (NPFSPC). Approved by the National Health Council in 2017, implementation of the NPFSPC is still almost non-existent in the public healthcare system and in many cases, is accorded lip service in the private system.