The AIDS Care, Training, and Support Initiative (ACTS) Clinic was established in 2001 outside White River in Mpumalanga. The clinic serves an area known as the Masoyi Tribal area.

The clinic is dedicated to the treatment of HIV & AIDS. Clinic director Dr Margie Hardman and her team provide a quality continuum of care and support to their patients and have become known in the area as the Fountain of Life. Besides antiretroviral treatment, ACTS offers home-based care, treatment of opportunistic infections, pathology monitoring, and voluntary counselling and testing.

The clinic has over 3224 patients in care, of whom 2168 are receiving treatment. The clinic is now a TB focal point and in the last financial year screened 2580 patients for the disease.

In 2007, the clinic underwent extensive infrastructural changes. This included the building of a new pharmacy which was completed this year. The pharmacy now has a dedicated area and is registered with the pharmacy council. As a result, it is now able to buy drugs in bulk from RightMed Pharmacy and its pharmacist is able to mentor three trainee assistants.

ACTS has a 20-bed hospice facility for patients who need care and treatment in a step-down hospital environment. An associated training centre for palliative care is continuing to train both healthcare workers and community members. The centre offers training in outreach to smaller NGOs and community-based organisations in the area that assist ACTS with its counselling programme. The palliative care courses have been augmented with courses in basic HIV management and care and nurses training on TB and HIV management. The new area has been established to create more space for the support groups. ACTS has around 16 support groups focusing on clusters of patients that meet on a monthly basis.