Table 2 Diversity of care and support services provided by CHBC organisations
Types of care and support | Proportion of CHBC organisations providing particular care and support services (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Malawi | Zambia | Ethiopia | South Africa | |
Basic HIV/AIDS nursing care | 91 | 78 | 80 | 75 |
Basic nursing care: elderly care | 91 | 67 | 70 | 62 |
Basic nursing care: malaria | 54 | 78 | 10 | 6 |
Basic nursing care: other diseases | 82 | 56 | 30 | 69 |
Clinical care (e.g. taking blood pressure, weighing people) in organisation’s own facility | 45 | 44 | 20 | 62 |
End of life care/palliative care | 91 | 44 | 50 | 62 |
Pain relief | 73 | 78 | 70 | 44 |
Personal hygiene | 100 | 100 | 80 | 69 |
In home/community: pre- ART patient counselling | 73 | 89 | 100 | 75 |
In home/community: ART adherence support | 73 | 89 | 90 | 94 |
In home/community: recruitment of patients for VCT services | 73 | 89 | 80 | 87 |
In home/community: recruitment of patients for ART services | 54 | 89 | 80 | 75 |
In home/community: Recruitment of pregnant women for PMTCT services | 18 | 78 | 90 | 87 |
In home/community: HIV pre-test information | 73 | 100 | 50 | 37 |
In home/community: HIV testing | 91 | 78 | 0 | 37 |
In home/community: HIV post-test counselling | 91 | 89 | 30 | 37 |
Health education: HIV | 91 | 100 | 80 | 100 |
Health education: malaria | 54 | 89 | 50 | 6 |
Health education: other diseases (e.g. TB, STIs) | 100 | 89 | 60 | 75 |
Social support (e.g. shelter, clothing, assisting with birth registration, social workers) | 91 | 78 | 80 | 87 |
Livelihood support (e.g. income generation activities, savings groups) | 91 | 78 | 70 | 37 |
Legal support | 9 | 67 | 60 | 25 |
Nutritional support (incl. referrals) | 100 | 56 | 60 | 87 |
Spiritual and/or emotional support | 82 | 89 | 80 | 87 |
Orphans and vulnerable children care | 91 | 89 | 100 | 75 |
Referral of clients to clinical services | 82 | 100 | 80 | 94 |
Organise/provide transport to health facilities | 73 | 67 | 60 | 62 |
Educate members of the client’s household | 82 | 89 | 90 | 94 |
Assistance in local health facility | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Pre-ART counselling | 64 | 78 | 30 | 25 |
HIV pre-test information | 73 | 78 | 20 | 19 |
HIV testing | 82 | 67 | 10 | 19 |
HIV post-test counselling | 63 | 67 | 20 | 19 |
Administrative tasks | 9 | 78 | 0 | 19 |
Other (miscellaneous) | 9 | 78 | 30 | 19 |
Specific types of support | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Specific support for women: women and child protection and sexual and reproductive rights interventions | 30 | 56 | 20 | 44 |
Specific support for women: empowerment and self-reliance interventions | 10 | 56 | 30 | 6 |
Lobbying and advocacy activities | 20 | 67 | 20 | 31 |