The role of Poverty Relief and Home-based Care within the National Integrated Plan for HIV/AIDS

Within the NIP programmes, the Department of Social Development (DSD) and the Department of Health (DoH) are assigned the role of establishing Home and Community Based Care support programmes and providing income and food support via the poverty relief programme. [...] The objective of this Budget Brief is therefore to examine the allocations to these two programmes and the initial problems experienced during the implementation phase of the National Integrated Plan from a Social Development perspective.1 Following is a summary of the findings: • HIV/Aids Grant: Cabinet voted an amount of R450 million to be made available for the implementation of the National In. [...] In 2000/01, in the case of the Department of Health, none of the funds set aside for HCBC were released. [...] In addition, the programme links the reduction in poverty with the ability of communities to participate in the National Integrated Plan educational and awareness programmes aimed at controlling the spread of the disease. [...] POINTS OF CONCERN AROUND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NIP Limited priority given to HCBC Budgetary allocations are the clearest and most unambiguous statement of the priorities of a government.