McCord Zulu Hospital

McCord's Hospital, originally McCord Zulu Hospital, is a hospital in Durban, South Africa.

It was founded "for the Zulu", by American Christian missionaries, physician Dr. James Bennett McCord and Margaret Mellen McCord, in 1909.[1]

McCord Hospital's Sinikithemba HIV clinic was a President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief site in South Africa that treated provided antiretrovirals to both adults and children.[2][3]. Several implementation studies were published documenting McCord Hospitals HIV antiretroviral cohorts in prestigious international journals.[4]. The Sinikithema family centered model was also featured in a letter to the editor in The New York Times.[5]

McCord Hospital shut down after 104 years in 2013 due to budget cuts by the local government.[6]

References
  1. Parle, Julie. The People's Hospital: A History of McCords, Durban, 1890s-1970s. Natal Society Foundation. ISBN 978-1-991225-69-6.
  2. https://www.aidshealth.org/2013/03/south-africa-aids-advocacy-march-to-protest-pepfar-cuts-mar-15-12h00-durban/
  3. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-01-23-cutting-the-mccord-durbans-hospital-finally-loses-the-battle/
  4. Reddi, Anand; Leeper, Sarah C.; Grobler, Anneke C.; Geddes, Rosemary; France, K Holly; Dorse, Gillian L.; Vlok, Willem J.; Mntambo, Mbali; Thomas, Monty; Nixon, Kristy; Holst, Helga L.; Karim, Quarraisha Abdool; Rollins, Nigel C.; Coovadia, Hoosen M.; Giddy, Janet (17 March 2017). "Preliminary outcomes of a paediatric highly active antiretroviral therapy cohort from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa". BMC Pediatrics. 7 (12): 13. doi:10.1186/1471-2431-7-13. PMC 1847430. PMID 17367540.
  5. Reddi, Anand (1 November 2010). "Aids: Time to Refocus". The New York Times.
  6. "McCord hospital in Durban closing down". News 24. Retrieved 19 June 2024.


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