^^— HIV/AIDS 14. The Commission commends the: i. various initiatives taken in combating the HIV/AIDS pandemic in particular the provision of Publichealth facilities offering VCT and PMTCT to cover the whole country and the development of the Guidelines for the Management of Tuberculosis, HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Correctional Centres issued in 2013; 11. establishment of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) to tackle persistent forms of stigma and discrimination that continue to affecta large number of people infected with HIV and AIDS/or TB; 111. development of the Draft Integrated Strategy on HIV and AIDS by the Department of Basic Education aimed at prevention, treatment, care, support and research/monitoring arms strengthening a systemic response to HIV and AIDS; IV. provision of funding and support to organizations that offer a range of services to individuals and families infected and affected by HIV and AIDS, ensuring that the basic needs of people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHAs) are met; V. VI. provision of services such as anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), prevention of mother to child transmission, condom distribution, palliative care including home based care (HBC) programmes, Voluntary Confidential Counselling and Testing (VCT) for people living with HIV; HIV Counselling and Testing Campaign in which almost twenty (20) million people had been tested and know their status, the screening of millions of people for TB and the increase in the number of anti-retroviral sites and nurses certified to initiate ARV treatment; Vll. training programmes provided to community caregivers on HIV and AIDS management allowing all officials to understand the prevention, impact and management of HIV, AIDS and TB in their lives and work situations; Vlll. IX. revision of the Code of Good Practice on Key Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Employment of 2000 and the Technical Assistance Guidelines (TAG) of 2003 to ensure alignment to the ILO Recommendations of 2010, providing policy guidelines to assist employers, employees and their organisations to develop and implement comprehensive gender sensitive HIV and AIDS workplace policies and programmes; and decrease in the mother to child transmission of HIV and AIDS and improved coverage of immunization against diarrhoea and pneumonia amongst children. 11 | Page