Abstract
Home and community-based care (HCBC) has emerged as a way to provide cost-effective and compassionate care to people living with HIV (PLHIV) and those affected by the epidemic. HCBC organisations provide integrated services which address the basic needs of those infected and affected such as food, shelter, healthcare, protection from abuse and malnutrition. The main objective of this study was to conduct an audit of HCBC organisations in South Africa in order to provide the Government with empirical information on their existence, distribution, services and challenges. The primary approach to this task was to conduct a telephonic audit of organisations rendering HCBC services. Of the 2001 HCBC organisations that participated in the audit, the majority were situated in Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces. More than half of all the organisations were located in the rural areas. The audited HCBC organisations targeted orphans and vulnerable children, PLHIV and vulnerable households and provided services such...
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