Does south Africa need a HIV-AIDs Regulatory Framework as a Public Management tool for HIV-AIDs Programmes? Ganesh Shayhana1, Rampersad Renitha2 1DUT Affiliate, Faculty of Management Sciences, Durban University of Technology, South Africa 2Faculty of Management Sciences, Durban University of Technology, South Africa Online published on 7 February, 2018. Abstract South Africa bears the brunt of HIV-AIDS with the highest incidence and disease prevalence in the world. UNAIDS estimates that, of the 36.7 million individuals infected with HIV-AIDS globally, 19.1 million reside in South Africa7. In addition, approximately 2.1 million new HIV infections occurred in 2015 with almost 960 000 of those occurring in South Africa signalling that the rates of infections are not dropping as expected6. Given the unrelenting nature of this disease burden, even greater efforts are now required to turn the tide on HIV-AIDS globally, but more so in South Africa. These efforts entail more effective HIV-AIDS service delivery with combination prevention modalities, access to HIV-AIDS treatment and care, harm reduction of HIV-AIDS stigma and discrimination together with HIV-AIDS education, awareness and advocacy. This has led to the development of many global and local Non-Governmental Organisations, Non Profit Organisations, Private and public organisations that have embarked upon the development of HIV-AIDS management and treatment programmes. However, these programmes currently exist in an unregulated environment but have the potential to run as cost effective, efficacious and successful programme aimed at attaining the optimal health for their patients should a standard exist. No current global or local standard or regulation exists to date governing HIV-AIDS Management Programmes in South Arica. The aim of this paper is to review the HIV-AIDS landscape to assess if any regulatory frameworks exist and to propose the development of a standard for HIV-AIDS management programmes with guidance for use in the multisector response to curb HIV-AIDS globally and locally. Top Keywords HIV-AIDS, regulatory, frameworks. Top |