Sediba Hope Medical Centre

19/12/2025

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19/12/2025

01/12/2025

FREE HIV Awareness Training to honour World AIDS Day 2025
NACOSA is offering a free, online HIV awareness training for network members and community partners. This introductory training covers HIV transmission, the link between HIV & STIs, prevention options, antiretrovirals and key issues faced by young people living with HIV.
📅 Friday, 5 December
⏰ 10:00–12:00
💻 Online (Zoom)
🔗 Register here: https://nacosa-org-za.zoom.us/meeting/register/WYLlBzYzTlOw2C5GEXgoJQ #/registration
Spaces are limited.

26/11/2025

The Sediba Hope Medical Centre team is live at the Central Drug Authority 4th Biennial Summit on Substance Use and Illicit Trafficking! We're excited to be actively participating in the Drug Use Response sessions, featuring our Specialized Drug Dependence Treatment Rapid Fire presentations.

Looking forward to a productive summit aimed at strengthening our collective response to substance use challenges in South Africa.

17/11/2025

We're joining the global effort for Hepatitis Testing Week to raise awareness and encourage vital screening. Hepatitis C is often called a "silent epidemic" because many people don't know they have it until symptoms appear much later. But the good news is, Hepatitis C is curable and Hepatitis B is vaccine preventable. We especially want to reach out to members of our community who are most affected or at higher risk for Hepatitis C. This includes people who have ever injected drugs and their injecting or intimate contacts.

Visit Sediba Hope Medical Centre this week for your Hepatitis B & C tests! Know your status, take control of your health.

31/10/2025

We believe in empowering you with the tools to take charge of your health. When it comes to substance use, understanding your own risk is the first crucial step towards well-being. That's why we're encouraging everyone to try the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test free, online tool! It's a quick, confidential, and easy way to assess your own risk and get personalized feedback. Take a few minutes today to check in with yourself.

Click here to take the ASSIST test: https://assistscreening.uct.ac.za/self-screen

The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) is a comprehensive risk assessment tool. It makes use of risk categories determined by screening scores to help determine the ideal intervention strategy. The ASSIST asks about recent substance use over the past 3 months and also...

30/10/2025

Viral hepatitis is the leading cause of liver cancer.

As we wrap up and approach , let’s keep raising awareness about this silent killer. Protect your health — get tested for hepatitis! 💪

Take action and show your support by adding your organisation to our map: heptestweek.org

30/10/2025

Our team proudly attending the South African Community Epidemiological Network on Drug Use meeting today at the South African Medical Research Council Pretoria. We're especially excited that our Evaluation of NACOSA Opioid Substitution Therapy Programme & its linkage to other treatment accessibility & uptake by People Who Use Drugs will be shared with service providers from various sectors.

Learn more about SACENDU's vital work: https://www.samrc.ac.za/intramural-research-units/MASTRU-sacendu

SACENDU Privacy Statement  “The South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (SACENDU), a project of the Mental Health, Alcohol, Substance Use and To***co Research Unit (MAST-RU), upholds the right to privacy, confidentiality and protection of personal information as enshrined in the ...

28/10/2025

We are live at Emperors Palace for the Mental Health Conference 2025! We're excited to be part of this crucial conversation around mental well-being and dedicated to supporting our fellow delegates. Visit us at our stand! We're offering FREE, confidential mental health screens to all delegates. Take a moment for your well-being – it's quick, easy, and a great way to check in with yourself amidst the busy conference schedule. Come say hello, learn more about our services, and how we prioritize your mental health. We look forward to connecting with you!

27/10/2025

SURVEY OPPORTUNITY

We invite your participation in this important survey, developed in collaboration between the Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination (CGHE) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Two short, voluntary surveys (~ 10 minutes each) are open to gather perspectives from:

1. Perspectives among persons who may benefit from testing for HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs:
This survey seeks to understand the values and preferences of people who may benefit from testing, including those living with HIV, or with prior testing/treatment experience for viral hepatitis or other STIs. Your insights will help determine which testing options are most acceptable and useful for people in need of testing and care: https://buff.ly/Sc2k5V7

2. Healthcare providers:
This survey is designed for providers, including physicians, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, community health workers, peer-workers, and laboratory staff. It aims to assess provider perspectives on the acceptability, feasibility, and potential public health impact of multiplex tests: https://buff.ly/McAjBEC

The information collected will directly inform the development of WHO guidelines on multiplex testing. All responses are confidential, and no identifying information will be collected.

27/10/2025

We are incredibly excited about SAHPRA's registration of this long-acting prevention for HIV! This is a monumental step forward in our fight against HIV. This long-acting injectable PrEP offers a new, convenient, and highly effective option, which we believe will be particularly impactful for people disproportionately affected by HIV or at high risk. We look forward to updates on the commencement of roll-out.

Read the full announcement from SAHPRA here: https://www.sahpra.org.za/news-and-updates/sahpra-registers-lenacapavir/

South Africa has become the first African country – and our medicines regulator the third worldwide – to register the revolutionary twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir (LEN), that could bring an end to Aids if enough people take it.