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The Youth Health Africa aims to decrease the spread of HIV and reduce the high levels of youth unemployment through a large-scale holistic program that equips youth from heavily-burdened communities with education about HIV/AIDS and skills development.

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29 Queens Road, Parktown
Johannesburg
2194

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Monday	09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 17:00
Thursday	09:00 - 17:00
Friday	09:00 - 17:00

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https://www.youthhealthafrica.org/

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Youth Health Africa Biography

Introducing Youth Health Africa

Youth Health Africa addresses two major issues (youth unemployment and the spread of HIV) through a healthcare-focused youth empowerment program.

Youth Health Africa aims to decrease the spread of HIV and reduce the high levels of youth unemployment through a large-scale holistic program which aims to equip youth from heavily-burdened communities over with knowledge and education about HIV and AIDS; skills development and work experience as a data capturers, general researchers, lay counsellors and other roles which provides underprivileged youth with economic opportunity and increases their employability and future economic prospects; and an overall contribution to the improvement of South Africa’s healthcare through the collective contribution of these youth in the 27 priority districts. The program is a 1 year – skills development and work experience with a monthly stipend.

This is a crucial and significant program as it not only addresses critical South African issues, but also align with the United Nations Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs).

Youth Work Experience

Youth are placed in entry-level roles in healthcare facilities across the country. Each of the 27 highly burdened HIV priority districts are supported by a Health Implementer which is an organisation focusing on Health System Strengthening supporting the Department of Health in that district. Major health implementers include The Aurum Institute, Broadreach, TB HIV Care, Health Systems Trust, among many others. Youth Health Africa manages the youth placed at each of the clinics working for each health implementers. In addition to the Major health implementers, there is also a network of other smaller organisations which youth can gain work experience, including private healthcare companies, and community-based organisations (CBOs)

While youth are placed into entry-level roles, these roles are of importance with healthcare as youth directly contribute to finding new HIV positive persons (TxNew) and retaining HIV positive persons on treatment (TxCurr). Their contributions on TxNew and TxCurr have a direct impact on South Africa achieving the 90-90-90 targets and reaching 20 million people by 2020.

Development Sessions

This project goes further than providing work experience for youth and enabling health implementers to reach their targets, it is also about the personal development and growth of youth. During the program, youth will attend workshops that focus on personal growth, career development and ensuring that work experience is working well, both for the learner/ intern and for the client. These Development sessions are called Development Days.

Youth Drives - HIV Testing Campaigns

The Youth-focused HIV testing campaigns aim to encourage youth to know their status, stay on treatment and live healthy lives. Through these testing campaigns, major awareness about HIV is raised, as youth become champions in their communities by mobilising members to test. In these testing campaigns, masses of youth gather to see an end of HIV in our lifetime.

Working alongside health implementers, Youth Health Africa plans youth-focused HIV testing campaigns through leveraging youth completing their work experience to execute these testing events. These events take place at key locations to target key population including taxi ranks, shopping malls, clinics and stadiums. The average number of persons tested at each event is 600 showing the passion and the energy of youth when empowered to change the narrative of HIV in their communities.