Summits and Forums

PATA forums are an important capacity-building platform for peer-to-peer knowledge exchange. These forums are the foundation to growing the PATA network and expanding our scope of work.

PATA Summits and Forums are collaborative meetings where multiple cadres of health professionals and lay service providers, including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, counsellors and community health workers, and peer supporters convene for technical capacity-building, peer-to-peer exchange and the design of promising practice pilot projects.

PATA Summits and Forums utilise a variety of session formats that are informative, interactive and orientated to move discussion from policy to practice, with a focus on innovation and real world solutions. The forums culminate in health facility teams drafting quality improvement action plans that will be tested as a pilot project or as a quality improvement initiative.

The PATA network has been a springboard in developing a range of incubation projects that inform the development and distribution of promising paediatric and adolescent models in HIV prevention, treatment and care. Through PATA’s unique reach across health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa, the network connects frontline health providers to global policy platforms, working groups and consortium, as part of a collective effort to reach global targets and improve paediatric and adolescent outcomes.

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COVID-19 Messages of Support:

Heleen Soeters

Not all heroes wear capes. Thank you to all the health providers working on the frontline of this pandemic. You are an inspiration to us all. Your courage and selflessness is an inspiration to us all.

Heleen Soeters

Linda Ndlovu

To our dear frontline health providers: We appreciate your continued dedication and strength. Thank you for putting your best foot forward despite the challenges you may be faced with during this difficult time-not only in your own countries, but the world at large. You are in our thoughts and prayers. Be safe.

Linda Ndlovu

Gillian Makota

Thinking of you our dear Frontline health providers during this COVID -19 crisis. You have our support and heartfelt appreciation. Sending love and virtual hugs to you all.

Gillian Makota

Tammy Sutherns Burdock

Frontline health providers, we salute you during this challenging time. Thank you for being on the frontlines as the first line of defence against COVID-19, putting your own healthcare at risk. We are wishing you all good health and strength during this time.

Tammy Sutherns Burdock

A massive thank you to

A massive thank you to the healthcare professionals around the world placing themselves at massive risk for the lives of others, I don’t think health care workers will ever be looked at the same way again after this crisis! Thank you!

Andrew Burdock

Thank you so very much

Thank you so very much for all that you do. I am standing beside you all of the way.

Corinna Csaky

Dear Frontline health care providers

Dear Frontline health care providers thank you for having the interest of us, making us your priority, risking your lives just to save us during this very challenging times (COVID-19).
We appreciate and love you 💚🙏🏿

Futhie🤗

Precious

Dear healthcare providers,Thank you for

Dear healthcare providers,
Thank you for being so selfless and courageous in serving humanity. You are the heroes of this generation.

Margail Brown

We celebrate you all,our thoughts

We celebrate you all,our thoughts and prayers are with you as you lead the charge from the front. Asante!

Ringisai

Your love towards mankind is

Your love towards mankind is priceless. I personally thank you so much our dear Health Workers from the deepest deep of my heart. Your sacrifice has surpassed the expected love that one has for another. We love you so much! Stay safe!

Blessings Banda

To frontline health providers:Life is

To frontline health providers:Life is what happens when you’re busy making plans to serve lives we recognise your hard work during this COVID19 pandemic.

It is not how much you do – it is how much love you put into doing it.

Phakamani Moyo

To all those wonderful frontline

To all those wonderful frontline healthworkers who are risking their own health to help others, you are the unsung heroes and we are truly grateful for you dedication

Linda Whitby

I thank you for the

I thank you for the bravery of helping the world in the fight against COVID-19. For that I say thank you all those that are on the frontline – we will continue praying for everyone of you God be with you all.

Cephas Nkandu

Thank you for not staying

Thank you for not staying at home to keep us safe.

We will stay at home and keep safe to show our appreciation.

May you always be blessed .

Ketina Chikwanda

A BIG thank you to

A BIG thank you to all health workers and frontline staff for your support during this pandemic. May God bless you abundantly.

Natsayi Kunene

COVID 2019 came as a

COVID-19 came as a surprise globally but if we put our heads together we can control it. COVID-19 is real let’s stay at home!

Spiwe Gumbo

Thank you for the incredible

Thank you for the incredible work you are all doing to support young people during this difficult time. Stay well.

Lola

You have been our heroes

You have been our heroes and you have been supporting us
You deserve to be honoured
Words cannot express how much we adore you
Thank you health care providers

Grace Ngulube

You have inspired us in

You have inspired us in these trying times. Indeed you are a blessing to humanity.

Kenan Ngambi

No words sisters and brothers

No words sisters and brothers can describe how grateful I personally am for your care, skills and for putting other people ahead of your own health and safety. May God bless you and your families infinitely. You keep us alive and going. You’re our heroes!!

Georgina Caswell

We really need support to

We really need support to our adolescents in this hard times. With the impact of the coronavirus, more services are being suspended including Viral Load and Teen Club sessions, however we need them to live positively during these hard times and we should give them all the support. We need them to get COVID-19 health services as soon as possible. We need them to have continued and fair service delivery of their ART. We need them to not default in their treatment. We need them receive enough SUPPORT.

Charles k Phiri

People who are affected by

People who are affected by COVID-19 have not done anything wrong, and they deserve our support, compassion and kindness. It is normal to feel sad, distressed, worried, confused, scared or angry during a crisis. However, remember time heals everything. We have COVID-19 today but we will not have it forever. Be positive but most importantly, Stay healthy, Stay Safe.

Mark Francis Chalamanda

Thank you! Asante! Merci! Obrigado!

Thank you! Asante! Merci! Obrigado! Shukran! Grazie! Enkosi! Ngiyabonga! to all our amazing health care workers and everyone else that is on the front line! Thank you for your humanity and putting us all before yourselves.

Saima Jiwan

Thinking of all the front

Thinking of all the frontline workers – we all rely on your compassion and commitment. Thank you for your preparedness and hard work.

Anton Ofield-Kerr

We thank you for all

We thank you for all that you do to ensure our good health and courage.

Ntumba Sharon Ariel

Thank you for the sacrifice

Thank you for the sacrifice you are making to keep us safe. To all those on the frontline, we are forever in your debt🙏

Melanie

Health providers are the heart

Health providers are the heart of any health system and in the face of an health emergency they hold the health and safety of all in their hands!
Hugest thank you to all of the healthcare workers and those on the front lines who selflessly serve and sacrifice to care for our loved one’s !

We see you, we stay home for you and will always stand up for you!

THANK YOU !!
Luann

Luann Hatane

Hi our heroes, the health

Hi, our heroes, the health care providers (Medics, Psychosocial, Managers, Drivers, researchers, etc), all those involved in the day-to-day fight against COVID-19, we are more than blessed to have you. Let the good Lord continue renewing your energies to keep keeping on.
Thumbs to the COVID-19 patients, keep fighting on, hope is just at the end of the tunnel.
Be blessed.

Bennet Kizito

To our Health professionals and

To our health professionals and all assisting

We appreciate the work that you are doing. Thank you for the time and I hope that we will beat this pandemic.

Thembela

Our dear frontline health providers.

Our dear frontline health providers. Thank you for your strength, courage and relentless spirit during this time – not only in your own countries but in the world at large. You are in our thoughts and prayers. We may never grasp the full extent of your sacrifice and what it costs you – but we see it, we recognize it and we celebrate it. Sending lots of love from down south. Stay safe!

Linda Ndlovu

Greetings I’ll wish that the

Greetings. I hope that the health providers will be able to adequately sensitize and educate all AYPLHIV (adolescents and young people living with HIV) on HIV and COVID-19. It would also help to have small brochures, posters or flyers that can help them to know their position as they face the pandemic, teaching them to be careful and look after their immune systems. Thank you.

NCHOTU BENEDICT ANYE

Just want to appreciate the

I just want to appreciate the PATA health workers and their hard working during this period of the coronavirus pandemic. Let’s work together and follow instructions by the health providers.

Ngosa musonda

Across the globe – thank you

Across the globe, thank you to the trash collectors, truck drivers, freight pilots, grocery store workers and of course the health care workers/military aid/ and police. We must listen to WHO and work together to stop the spread and find a vacancy.

Yana

As we’re all facing this

As we’re all facing this sad period of the pandemic of #COVID19,  let’s #StayAtHome and use social media to sensitize the community – then we can #StopCOVID19.

Darell Bagula

This is the hardest time

This is the hardest time in our lives worldwide, especially for those who have to stand in the forefront fighting this pandemic. I say to everyone trying their best to reduce the damage that this pandemic continueS to cause that we thank you for all your bravery. A hero is someone who is selfless and who strives to create change for the better, y’áll are our heroes. We thank you for your determination.

Boitumelo Mokgatlhe

Thank you to all front

Thank you to all front liners for your braveness!
You are in our Prayers! Be Safe!

KERENG KEATLARETSE

I support all the medical

I support all the medical professionals who care about patients with COVID-19. And I’m concerned about them and their patients.

MALY Albuquerque