Right to Care is a non-profit organisation (Section 21) that builds public- and private-sector capacity for the provision of antiretroviral therapy to HIV-positive individuals.
Right to Care was established in Johannesburg in 2001. It is funded chiefly by grants from the US government, through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Through a variety of programmes and partnerships with government and NGOs, Right to Care supports over 170 sites and funds the care or treatment of around 100 000 HIV-positive individuals.
Right to Care has a multi-pronged approach to the HIV epidemic, among which are:
Supporting the government’s HIV & AIDS programme through human resources, training, data management, and infrastructure
Forming partnerships with the private sector and other NGOs to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and affordable antiretroviral therapy
Facilitating access to voluntary counselling and testing services
Training and supporting of private-sector doctors in the management of HIV & AIDS
Right to Care has around 800 fulltime members of staff, distributed across the five provinces in which the organisation has a presence.
