Contact: SANAC Secretariat
Tel: 012 395 9100
Email: info@sanac.org.za
Website: www.sanac.org.za
Physical address: North Tower, 6th Floor, Civitas Building, Cnr Andries and Struben Sts, Pretoria

Purpose of SANAC

SANAC is a national body consisting of many different stakeholders, including civil society, which was established to oversee and advise the government of HIV and AIDS in South Africa.

Objectives

The main objectives of SANAC are to:

• advise the government on policy and strategy with regard to the management of HIV, AIDS and STIs (sexually transmitted infections) 
• create and strengthen partnerships for an expanded national response to HIV and AIDS in South Africa
• receive and disseminate reports on all sectoral interventions with regard to HIV and AIDS as well as consider the challenges
• monitor and evaluate all aspects of the National Strategic Plan on HIV & AIDS and STIs (2007-11)

In January 2002 SANAC was appointed the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) for South Africa in terms of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The CCM coordinates the submission of one national proposal for grant funding to the Fund and monitors the implementation of activities under the approved programmes. The CCM. A submission is currently being made to the Fund for the Round 9 proposals.

Yezingane Network

Yezingane Network is a civil society network of thousands of organisations and individuals working around the country to address the impact of HIV and AIDS on children, families and communities in South Africa. The Network was formed in 2003 after the Children’s Rights Centre called for better representation of children’s issues on SANAC. Network members include those supporting children living throughout the country, including those in urban, peri-urban and rural areas, who are coping with violence, abuse, neglect, exploitation, poverty and HIV and AIDS. The aim is to limit, mitigate and redress the increasingly negative impact of HIV and AIDS on children’s lives, and on the lives of the women and the families and communities that nurture and care for them.