Background

IHPS began operating as a local sub-partner of ICAP at Columbia University within the framework of implementing PEPFAR under the CDC Track 1 Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Cooperative Agreement in 2010. ICAP program operations in South Africa, including most of the national senior leadership and all staff in the Eastern Cape (EC), KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), Free State (FS) and Northern Cape (NC) were transitioned to IHPS as a going concern. As such, IHPS inherited established organizational structures; operational as well as technical practices to provide services as an independent organization without the learning curve typically associated with newly formed organizations. Because of this unique transition experience, IHPS has superior expertise, capacity and a proven track record for successfully transitioning activities in the PEPFAR South Africa program.