87 Fig. 6. Increase in proportion of GEMS members on ART and Pre-ART in year 2 of NSP implementation. Source: GEMS. In January 2012, there were 18, 908 members already on Fixed Dose Combination.70 This accounted for 30.7% of members on ART’s. This number has grown incrementally since then as illustrated in table 8 below. As of September 2013 there are 51,141 members authorized for FDC, which accounts for 60, 07% of members on ART.71 Table 8: Increase in the number and proportion of GEMS members on Fixed Dose Combination in first two years of implementation of the NSP. Source: GEMS. In addition to the above interventions, South Africa has made remarkable progress in its attempts at mainstreaming HIV&AIDS programmes across government. During the reporting period, several projects were successfully implemented as part of the broader HIV&AIDS mainstreaming work in national and provincial departments. Some department’s advocacy programmes had to be conducted to intensify their involvement in the HIV&AIDS response based on their unique mandates without which the HIV&AIDS response will remain inadequate, ineffective and unsustainable. Some of these departments include; department of Labour, Correctional Services, department of Public Service and Administration, Justice and Constitutional Development, department of Environmental Affairs, the department of Basic Education, department of Higher Education, the National Prosecuting Authority, and the department of Peformance Monitoring and Evaluation. The Department of Labour has developed its first two operational plans with major emphasis on the HCT campaign, promotion of treatment through disease management programmes as well as maternity protection through the piloting of the Child Care Facility in its premises. 70 71 See Government Employee Medical Scheme Annual HIV/AIDS Preliminary Report, 2012. See Government Employee Medical Scheme Annual HIV/AIDS Preliminary Report, 2012. 87