Company Profile- Tholoana Research and Development Consulting PTY LTD.

Who we areTholoana Research and Development Consulting (TRD-Consulting) is a South African based, 100% black female-owned private consulting company, operating in the Southern African region.

We undertake both research and public health/social development

projects across a range of content areas, including but not limited to:

Health Systems Strengthening Gender identity and mainstreaming Education

School Health Sexual and Reproductive Health HIV and TB

Community Capacity Enhancement

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The current South Africa country profile, compiled by the World

Health Organisation states that the estimated national HIV prevalence

among the general population aged 15 – 49 years has remained at 17.3% since 2005 (Department

of Health Strategic Plan 2014/15-2018/9).

Additionally, strong correlations have also been reported between

HIV infection and violence experienced at the hands of an intimate partner. A 2010 study

conducted by Gender Links and the Medical Research Council reported that more than half of the women

murdered in 2009 (56%) were killed by an intimate partner

The country profile, states furthermore that two in three TB patients also have HIV, with the

country having one of the highest TB incidence rates in the world

(834 per 100,000 population). The treatment success rate for new and relapse cases registered in 2013 is

78% (Global TB Report 2015).

Background

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10.4%social grants recipients

1994 2015

4million 16.9million

South Africa also contributes about 10.4% of the global burden of reported Multi-drug Resistant

Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) initiated on treatment. Diagnosis and

management of drug resistant cases account for nearly half of the TB budget, and treatment success rates are 49% for MDR-TB and 20% for XDR-TB (Global TB Report, 2015)

Over and above that, the number of social grant recipients in South Africa have increased

exponentially over the past twenty years: from an estimated 4-million in 1994 to 16.9-million by 30

September 2015 (Ferreira, 2016), and subsequently the Department of Social Development is currently

considering extending the Child Support Grant (CSG) to age 23, partly because of the large number of

child-headed households where older children take care of younger siblings (Ferreira, 2016)

We contribute to health systems strengthening for the prevention, management and treatment of HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis in South Africa and into the continent.

Undertake research and provide programmatic technical support in efforts towards:

Value Proposition

Preventing violence against women and girls

Working with young boys and men in changing societal norms around masculinity and gender identities and roles, in order to create healthier and safer communities

Alleviating poverty and therefore decreasing the economic burden on the state

Protecting children from all forms of abuse

Empowering individual and social agency of young girls and women with regards to their sexual and reproductive health, and supporting access to education and economic resources

VISIONPromoting health and social development in Africa

MISSIONUndertaking evidence based research to influence and direct policy and practice in Africa

Providing technical support to African governments and relevant stakeholders in health systems strengthening

Supporting technical project implementation, management and project impact evaluations

Using evidence based data to support behaviour change communication interventions that promote holistic physical, spiritual, emotional and mental health and wellbeing of the individual and society at large.

Technical Expertise

Health Systems Strengthening, facilitating referrals and linkages to care between health facilities

and community based organisations to increase

comprehensive care and support services for people living with

HIV and/or TB.

Project management and oversight of research projects

Quantitative Statistical Research using STATA

Rapporteuring and data transcription

Basic Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting

Policy Development

Development of policy briefs, research reports, journal articles, website articles

Qualitative Research

Development of concept papers for research projects,

seminars and conferences

Coordination and logistical oversight of national and international conferences

Development and write-up of emerging good practice success

stories

Conference Presentations

Workshop facilitation

Relationship building, engagement and

management with district health management teams

towards achieving the HIV and TB 90 90 90 UNAIDS strategy

for South Africa.

Client and stakeholder presentations and reporting.

The Team

Tholoana Mofolo is the founding Director of Tholoana Research and Development Consulting (PTY) LTD, with eight years experience in the public health and social development sector. She specialises in research, health systems strengthening, policy development and project management.

Education: 2002–2009: University of the Witwatersrand.• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology• BA HONS, Demography and Population Studies • Master of Arts in Demography and Population studies

TRD-Consulting operates using a pool of selected consultant experts on a project by project basis.

Professional Experience: Past Projects

Type of business or sector Non-Governmental Organisation

Client USAID & Department of Health

Name and address of employer Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa (HPCA) and Fhi360, working office-333 Grosvenor Street, Hatfield Gardens, Hatfield, Pretoria. Head Office in Cape Town

Occupation or positon held Provincial Technical Advisor, later changed to Care & Support Technical Assistant, overseeing Johannesburg Health District

Project CaSIPO Project- Care & Support for Improved Patient Outcomes.• Policy development and reviews; and • Provision of technical assistance to the Johannesburg Department of Health in strengthening and standardising referral and retention systems to ensure that upon diagnosis of HIV and/or TB, patients have access to a full continuum of quality Comprehensive Care & Support services that leads to a reduction in the number of patients that are lost to follow-up from the South African Health system.

Type of business or sector

Projects & Clients

Research Analyst and Project Manager; Child Protection Officer/Senior Analyst

Name and address of employer Health and Development Africa (now known as Mott MacDonald, South Africa), 25 Scott Street, Waverley, Johannesburg

Occupation or positon held

Consultancy (research, social development and public health related projects)

1. Government Capacity Building Support Program (GCBS) for the Department of Social Development (DSD) with funding from USAID. The aim was to enhance the capacity of DSD to respond to the needs of Orphans and Vulnerable Children.2. Study on Violence Against Women in South Africa and the Production of a Government Signature Document. For UNFPA & The Department of Women, Children & People Living With Disabilities.3. Program Evaluations for HIV Program Partners- Umbrella Grants Management Project, South Africa. For Fhi360.4. Rapid Appraisal of School Health Services in three provinces, as part of the National School Health Programme, for UNICEF and Department of Health.5. Support to the Design and Implementation of the Swaziland Pilot Cash Transfer Scheme. For the Swaziland Deputy Prime Minister’s Office.6. Regional diagnostic report on HIV and sexuality education and sexual and reproductive health services for young people in the ESA region. For UNESCO.7. The 2012 National Communication Survey specific to loveLife 8. National Health Insurance (NHI) GP Contracting Pilot Studies 2012. DFID & National Department of Health

Type of business or sector Non-Governmental Organisation

Occupation or positon held Research & Evaluation Coordinator

Client Department of Health

Name and address of employer

Project Production of Two Publications (Policy Brief and Journal Article)

Type of business or sector Academic

Occupation or positon held Research Intern

Client Human Sciences Research Council

Africa Institute of South Africa, HSRC Building, Pretorius Street, Pretoria

Name and address of employer The New loveLife Trust, 48 Wierda Rd, Sandton

Project Team leader of Community baseline research study undertaken in Uitenhage, Port Elizabeth

Conferences

HIV risk and media consumption patterns: Identifying a wide reach medium to reach young women with behaviour change communication

Poster presentationSouth African AIDS Conference on 18-21 June 2013, ICC, Durban

Community caregivers responding to child abuse and exploitation

Oral presentation- hosted by National School Nurses Congress

25 September 2010, Klerksdorp

Assessing the effect of social support on health status using the 2006 South African General Household Survey – Masters Dissertation

Poster presentation- hosted by the Population Association of Southern Africa

8-10 July 2009, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Investigating the factors contributing to the disempowerment of women in Swaziland: Perceptions of Swazi women themselves and NGOs operating in Swaziland.

Africa Institute of South Africa, Africa Insight Vol. 41(2) September 27, 2011.

Tholoana Mofolo

Author

Description

Publications

Department of Women, Children & People with Disabilities. 2014.

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION

Violence against Women in South Africa: Know your Epidemic - Know your Response.

Celine Mazars, Tholoana Mofolo, Rachel Jewkes & Simukai Shamu

Authors

Description

USAID PUBLICATION

Fhi360’s Umbrella Grants Management Project. End of Project Partner Evaluation: Greater Nelspruit Rape Intervention Program (GRIP). June, 2012.

Celine Mazars, Nur Hidayati, Tholoana Mofolo

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POLICY BRIEF

The Role of Culture in Contributing to the Spread of HIV/AIDS: Understanding How Cultural Norms and Practices, Specifically Female Genital Mutilation Facilitate the Spread of HIV/AIDS.

Africa Institute of Africa, briefing No. 29, June 2010.

Tholoana Mofolo

Author

Description

MASTERS RESEARCH REPORT

Assessing the effect of Social Support on Health Status using the 2006 South African General Household Survey.

University of the Witwatersrand, Institutional Respository October 9, 2009.

Tholoana Mofolo

Author

Description

Publications

Contact Us

[email protected]@yahoo.com

www.trd-consulting.co.za

+27 82 458 2338

+27 82 340 9237

No. 668 Makou StreetMonument Park ExtensionPretoria0181