A proposed monitoring and evaluation conceptual framework for the management of south african private sector HIV-AIDS programmes

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in South Africa is a prominent health concern as more people are living with HIV-AIDS than any other country in the world. As such South Africa hosts the largest HIV-AIDS programmes globally³. Appropriate management of HIV-AIDS treatment and wellness programmes are vital to ensure operational efficiency and cost effectiveness, hence ensuring optimal patient management. Integral to HIV-AIDS treatment and wellness programmes is programme monitoring and evaluation. Although monitoring and evaluation research has been conducted in the public HIV-AIDS health care sector with a variety of proposed tools/framework in existence; a substantial gap exists with similar HIV-AIDS programmes in the private healthcare environment. As it is not necessary to reinvent tools or frameworks for this environment, this article reveals how current smart practises from contextually relevant environments may be adapted to be implemented in private sector HIV-AIDS programmes. The treatment and management of HIV-AIDS is a continually changing process informed by state of the art international randomised controlled trials, global operational programme dynamics set against global, national and local ethical, regulatory requirements. It is inherent that HIV-AIDS wellness providers reengineer their service delivery so as to adapt industry standards to achieve best treatment and patient outcomes.