UMnyango wezeMpilo KwaZulu-Natal ufuna ukubuyisela abantu abangaphezu kuka-117 000 ekwelashweni kwe-HIV ngo-June 2025. Abaningi bayeka imishanguzo yabo ye-antiretroviral (ARV), ebasiza ukuthi bahlale bephilile. UMnyango uthi bangu-1.2 million abantu e-KZN abadla imishanguzo yengculazi, kodwa abanye baphuthelwa isikhathi sokuya emihlanganweni noma bayeke ukuphuza amaphilisi, okubeka impilo yabo engcupheni.
Ukulungisa lokhu, umnyango uqala umkhankaso omkhulu obizwa nge-“Welcome Back Strategy.” Abasebenzi bezempilo bazovakashela amakhaya, bashayele abantu ucingo, bathumele nezikhumbuzo zokubakhuthaza ukuthi babuyele emitholampilo. Bazophinde basebenze namaqembu omphakathi ukuthola labo abayeke ukwelashwa. Umgomo uwukuqinisekisa ukuthi wonke umuntu uthola imithi yakhe futhi uhlala enempilo.
UNgqongqoshe Wezempilo e-KZN uNomagugu Simelane uthi lolu hlelo lumayelana nokusindisa izimpilo zabantu. Umnyango uzosebenzisa imininingwane ukuze ulandelele abantu abadinga usizo futhi uqinisekise ukuthi imitholampilo ikulungele ukubeseka. Baphinde bacele imiphakathi ukuthi isabalalise izindaba ngokubaluleka kwama-ARV. Ezinkundleni zokuxhumana njengo-X, abantu bayawuncoma umzamo kodwa bathi kudingeka imfundo eyengeziwe. Lo mkhankaso uhlose ukunciphisa izifo ezihambisana ne-HIV nokugcina i-KZN inempilo.