Projects – Western Cape
In the Western Cape, Anova works in Cape Town (1), West coast (2) and the Cape Winelands (3).

Achievements in the province include:
- Implementation of government’s new ART and patient monitoring system, tier.net
- Health4Men’s increasing influence in the MSM sphere
- Training healthcare providers to address the mental health needs of HIV-positive patients
- Disseminating specialist TB knowledge through technical support and training
Numbers for FY10 in the Western Cape
HCT sites: 94 | Total HCT: 46,920Total screened for TB: 34,485
ART sites: 176 | Total on ART: 23,546 | ART Initiations: 7,382
Total supported PMTCT sites: 135 | Expectant mothers screened for HIV: 2,860
AZT prophylaxis: 199 | Initiated on ART: 101
Du Noon and Albow Gardens Community Outreach
Anova works with the New Somerset Hospital (NSH), a secondary level hospital with a large drainage district, including the West Coast and a large peri-urban township area. The highest burden of disease in this catchment area is in Du Noon and Joe Slovo.
Groote Schuur Hospital
Anova provides HIV-related support to the Adult and Paediatric Infectious Disease Clinics as well as the Mental Health Programme at Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH).
Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital
The Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit (PIDU) at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital provides highly specialised treatment and care for children with infectious diseases and children with HIV who are seriously ill
Tygerberg Infectious Diseases Family Clinic
The Tygerberg Infectious Diseases (ID) Clinic, in affiliation with the University of Stellenbosch
Farms Project
This three-year project was initiated to explore the high disease burden of HIV reported on farms in the Western Cape.
West Coast and Winelands
Anova is working in partnership with the Western Cape Department of Health to support and expand access to HIV-services
Health4Men
Anova’s Health4Men initiative is one of the first projects on the continent to draw considerable attention to and address the sexual health needs of men who have sex with men in the context of HIV.
Anova's Health4Men clinics have developed innovative services and programmes to address the ‘gap’ in HIV prevention and care by providing sexual health services for MSM.
Tutu Tester and Gugulethu, Nyanga and Masiphumele clinics
Anova works with the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation to support HIV-services at Gugulethu, Nyanga and Masiphumele clinics.
GF Jooste Hospital
GF Jooste Hospital is a secondary level district hospital in the Cape Metro that takes on complex cases referred to the hospital
