Our Innovations and Impact - SHMC

Our Innovations & Impact

Sediba Hope Medical Centre (SHMC) profoundly impacts vulnerable populations across South Africa, particularly in the City of Tshwane. Our unique model delivers affordable, accessible, and quality healthcare to individuals often marginalized by traditional systems, directly benefiting communities including homeless people, those with medical aid or cash, migrants and refugees, people living with HIV, people who use or inject drugs, and sex workers.

Innovative Accessible Interventions (Our Research Model)

We've developed and presented simplified, decentralized, integrated models for Hepatitis C, B, and HIV treatment for people who inject drugs, leveraging point of care technology and community-informed approaches.

Focus: Decentralization, Integration, Point-of-Care Technology.

Our research demonstrates the effectiveness of Universal Test & Treat for hard-to-reach populations, sustainable models for HIV care within the non-profit sector, and enhanced service uptake. We've also published on antiretrovirals for Female Sex Workers (FSWs).

Focus: Universal Test & Treat, Sustainability, Enhanced Uptake.

We run precancerous cervical screening and treatment programs for at-risk females, with ongoing research into improved screening methods.

Focus: Precancerous Screening, At-Risk Populations, Research into Improvement.

These research outputs underscore SHMC's commitment to evaluating our programs and delivering tangible improvements in health outcomes for vulnerable populations, with approaches specifically adapted to their unique contexts and challenges.

Directly Improving Lives Since 2012

Total Individuals Reached Through Diverse Services

224,000+

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Empowering through Health Education

87,500

Reaching people with crucial health education and IEC materials, providing vital knowledge for prevention and well-being.

Mitigating Risks with Harm Reduction

42,710

Implementing extensive harm reduction interventions, significantly reducing risks associated with substance use.

Ensuring Access to Primary Care

17,350

Delivering essential primary healthcare services, ensuring access to general medical attention.

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Facilitating Early Diagnosis (HIV Testing)

16,458

Conducting widespread HIV testing, enabling early diagnosis and prompt linkage to care.

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Preventing Disease Spread (TB Screening)

12,900

Providing Tuberculosis screening, crucial for early detection and controlling disease transmission.

Supporting Mental and Social Well-being

11,301

Offering psychosocial support, addressing mental health and social needs.

Pioneering Access to Complex Care

  • Improving Lives with ART: Ensuring access to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) for 2,019 people living with HIV, enhancing their quality of life and treatment adherence.
  • Innovating Hepatitis and HIV Care: Implementing simplified point-of-service models for Hepatitis C and decentralized triple prevention and treatment for Hepatitis B, C, and HIV among people who inject drugs, improving access to complex care within their communities.
  • Ensuring Medication Continuity: Enhancing CCMDD (Chronic Disease Medication Dispensing and Distribution) and ART service uptake through public-private partnerships.
  • Advancing Harm Reduction through Community-Led Models: Implementing and evaluating community-led delivery of services, e.g. opioid agonist therapy, demonstrating improved accessibility and health outcomes for people who use drugs.

Contributing to Epidemic Prevention

Our work directly informs strategies for preventing epidemics and diseases in South Africa, particularly concerning HIV/AIDS, TB, Hepatitis, and STIs. Given South Africa's high burden of these diseases, our approach emphasizes integrated, data-driven interventions that support national strategies aiming to control or eliminate these public health threats by 2030, while acknowledging challenges in reaching and retaining vulnerable populations.
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Beneficiaries
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HealthEducation & IEC Material
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HarmReduction Interventions
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PrimaryHealthcare
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HIVTesting
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DNA Tests
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Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
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CCMDD Alternative Pickup Point Collections