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Our research contributed\ntowards improving health care for HIV and TB patients in South Africa by\nresearching various factors which contributes to the effective and efficient\ncare and delivery of care to patients in the public health care sector. We have\nbeen involved with developing clinic improvement plans within numerous KZN\nfacilities both in the urban and rural settings. We also develop materials and\nSOPs for:
- Viral Load Monitoring
- High Viral Load management
- Data management and file hygiene
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We are the\nconference secretariat and present seminars at AWACC<\/b> (Annual Workshop in\nAdvanced Clinical Care \u2013 AIDS & TB.  AWACC\nis an annual conference providing updates in clinical management and public\nhealth programmes for HIV and TB. It includes presentations from local and\ninternational experts. It is attend by over 500 delegates from various\ncountries and health care worker from both the private and public sector in\nSouth Africa. We have a strong presence (over 80%) from doctors, nurses,\nhospital management and other health care worker from the South African\ndepartment of health. 
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In\naddition to the impact we have to patients, healthcare systems and society\nthrough our research and various training activities, we are also significantly\nengaged in numerous community projects where we give freely of our time,\nexpertise and resources.
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TB heroes\u2019 project -\nWe partnered with The Sentinel Project, The Health Ninja, and Umduduzi to\ncelebrate the treatment supporters for children living with TB. We conduced\nworkshops to train and inform the supporters of advances in TB management.
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- Self-defense workshop\nfor women \u2013 We partnered with an organization we sponsor, IFFSKSA\n(International Federation of Funakoshi Shotokan South Africa) and Virgin Active\nto provide a free self-defense workshop for women.
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\n - Annual children\u2019s\nChristmas party \u2013 we choose a children\u2019s home each year, where we host a\nChristmas party with gifts, meals, entertainment and fun activities.
- KZN Kids with kidney\ndisease Christmas party \u2013 we have been fortunate to help plan and participate\nin the Christmas party for children afflicted with kidney disease. 
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Our\ncommitment to community is further emphasised through the various Adrenergy\nfunded training programmes and internships we provide free of charge to\nlearners. Our medical research training programme is a year long training which\nwe have conducted over the last 4 years. The programme trains on average 15\ngraduate students per year. The intention is to develop and promote research\nculture amongst young individuals who intend to pursue a career in medical\nresearch. We train and equip individuals with the correct research practices to\nincrease their chances of employment within our organization, partner\norganizations and other research bodies and to facilitate community outreach by\ngiving back to our local communities in aid of developing the next generation\nof local researchers. We go further by offering interns the opportunity to gain\nexperience in research by allowing them to participate on existing research\nprojects at Adrenergy. Research interns are mentored by academics and have the\nopportunity to interact with leaders in HIV and TB research from Harvard\nUniversity, Emory University as well as several local leading universities, who\nall serve as members on our science advisory board.
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We have\nengaged with numerous community, research public sector and non-governmental\norganisations and have partnered with many of them on a variety of projects.\nOur commitment to share our knowledge and resources find us actively seeking\nout opportunities to give back to the communities in which we work.\n  
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KZN has\nthe largest population of HIV infected participants and the largest ARV\nprogramme in the world. By engaging and creating a network with US colleagues,\nwe are able to attract international funding to provide employment to South\nAfrican researchers, academics, student and healthcare workers on a variety of infectious\ndiseases research studies. At the same time we are bringing in expertise to\ndevelop local capacity and skills. All this translates to the improvement in\nthe healthcare of South African patients and providing a measure impact in the\npublic healthcare system.
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In short\nour organisation through both its business practice and social impact community\nprojects has had immense community engagement and lead to society upliftment in\nmany facets.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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