AQUITY Innovations Footprint

South Africa

Eastern Cape Province

Amathole: Global Fund NMF3

Buffalo City Municipality: Global Fund NMF2 & 3

Nelson Mandela Municipality Bay: TB Reach Wave and Wave 6 (Scale-up), Qinisele, Khusela, Insight Study, Boston School of Nursing SAIA & Pediatric Outcomes Study

Sarah Baartman: Boston School of Nursing SAIA

OR Tambo: GF NMF2 & 3

Mpumalanga Province

Ehlanzeni: Global Fund NMF2 & 3

Bushbuckridge: Global Fund NMF2 & 3

Nkomazi: Global Fund NMF2 & 3, TB Reach Lung Health

KwaZulu-Natal Province

eThekwini: Targeted Universal Testing for TB Study (TUTT)

Kwadukuza: Targeted Universal Testing for TB Study (TUTT)

uThungulu: Targeted Universal Testing for TB Study (TUTT)

Free State Province

Maluti a Phofung: Free State University Project

Dihlabeng: Free State University Project

Setsoto: Free State University Project

Our footprint reflects a diverse range of projects spanning multiple provinces, focused on health research, capacity building, and community outreach across South Africa.

Map of districts in South Africa.

The OR Tambo District Municipality is situated along the eastern part of the Eastern Cape province and is largely rural, with only 9.3% of the population living in the urban areas.

The district has an estimated population of 1.7 million and the population density is 158 per square kilometre. The population of the OR Tambo district makes the district the second biggest district in the Eastern Cape province. The largest proportion of the population is concentrated in the western part of the district around the main urban centre of Mthatha.

The district has an estimated population of 1.7 million which makes up about 40% of the total population of the Mpumalanga province. Most of the population is concentrated within the City of Mbombela, which is also the home of the Mpumalanga Provincial Government and, as a result, is the most concentrated economic hub within the province. As such, AQUITY has decided to work exclusively in the Ehlanzeni district.