The Siyayinqoba Beat It! Outreach programme employs people from communities most affected by HIV and AIDS and provides training to thoroughly equip them to provide evidence-based information and training about HIV prevention and treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS and the broader community. By providing scientific information in a way that is easily understandable, these workers empower individuals and communities to take an active part in managing & improving their health, thereby create AIDS competent communities.
The Outreach team is dedicated to driving treatment service delivery, HIV prevention and positive living in support of key National Strategic Plan (NSP) goals. The team make use of the Siyayinqoba Beat It! HIV Prevention & Treatment Literacy DVD Series and Manual which cover a broad range of topics relating to HIV and AIDS. Our audiovisual materials have the advantage of overcoming language and literacy barriers and create a shared experience between the facilitator and the audience.
Our vision is to provide a model of community health work in health service delivery which can be taken to scale. To this end, CMT is conducting a research project to evaluate the effectiveness of our model of community health workers in impacting the uptake of health services and health outcomes. This work will be used to advocate for such a model to taken to scale throughout South Africa and will provide data for costing of such an endeavour.
