Objectives:
 
Cover content related to the setting up of a safe landing zone for HEMS machines and the roles and responsibilities of the emergency care provider in or out of hospital at a landing zone. Management of hot and cold loads and offloads and conduct around a helicopter

Speakers:

Mr Louis van Rensburg
EMS District Manager: NDoH

Riaan Nothnagel
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Video:

Objectives:
 
Recognising the critically ill neonate.
To understand the role of EMS in managing healthy and critical neonatal patients.

Questions/key issues to be covered:

Assessment of and approach to the neonatal patient
Management of the ill neonate
Transport of the neonatal patient

Speakers:

Mr Louis van Rensburg
EMS District Manager: NDoH

Jaimen Brown and Craig Lavin
Paramedics

Video:

Objectives:
 
Recognising the critically ill neonate.
To understand the role of EMS in managing healthy and critical neonatal patients.

Speakers:

Mr Louis van Rensburg
EMS District Manager: NDoH

Etienne Coetser
Emergency Care Practitioner

Garth Moys
Regional Manager for the Western Cape at the South African Red Cross Air Mercy Service (AMS).
 

Video:

Objectives:
 
South Africa is committed to attaining the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets to control the HIV epidemic by providing quality healthcare services using highly effective antiretroviral treatment (ART).. The Minister of Health launched the Campaign on Closing the 1.1 million treatment that  seeks to close the antiretroviral treatment (ART) gap by December 2025, targeting the retention and re- engagement of 1.1 million individuals in care

To support the achievement of this goal, the ART clinical guidelines have been updated to include more optimised treatment regimens for children, adolescents and adults, as well as pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS, TB and other common opportunistic infections.
This ambitious initiative prioritizes:
–    increasing access to treatment,
–    improving men’s health, and
–    enhancing paediatric and adolescent HIV care,
–    especially in provinces with the most significant gaps

Aim: The goal of this webinar series is to increase awareness about  2023 ART Clinical Guidelines and improve healthcare worker knowledge and skills as they receive lost patients and provide clinical care on how to reinitiate them on ART, on the use of optimised regimens for people living with HIV and enhance adherence counselling (EAC)

Questions/key issues to be covered:

•Re-initiating patients on ART  

Speakers:

Dr Musa Manganye
Director : HIV & AIDS Treatment Care and Support

Mrs Letta Seshoka
HIV Treatment, Care & Support  Programme Manager

Dr Lesego Mawela
HIV Clinician & Facilitator

Objectives:
 
Content related to the clinical approach to the patient who will be flown, what interventions and actions should be undertaken prior to HEMS arrival to allow for the fastest mobilisation of the patient to the receiving facility. How should the patient be packaged and what emergency kit should be available at the bedside. Specific management approaches for the medical and the trauma patient, the IHT and the primary case.

Speakers:

Mr Louis van Rensburg
EMS District Manager

Mr. Pierre Smit
Flight Paramedic/ ECP – South African Red Cross Air Mercy Service

Brian C Halse
Flight ECP / Patient safety manager ROCKET HEMS

Video

Objectives:
 
Content related to the activation of HEMS for rescue services, safety and challenges related to the use of HEMS, winch vs long line operations. Activation criteria.

Speakers:

Mr Louis van Rensburg
EMS District Manager

Mrs Ayesha Allies-Jeena
Operational Flight Paramedic on FW & RW

Mr Patrick Wallett
Exec. Head: Air Rescue at ROCKET Air Ambulance Rescue

Objectives:
 
•    To unpack Child Protection Week and the 365 Days Child Protection Programme of Action
•    To discuss key drivers of accidents and deaths in children
•    To promote care and protection of children advancing children’s rights and child’s best interests.
•    Strengthen collaboration and coordination amongst key stakeholders, promoting an inclusive and effective child protection system

Questions/key issues to be covered:

•    Child protection background including legal background
•    Access to health services for children
•    Mandator reporting
•    Leading accident to morbidity and mortality amongst the children

Speakers:

Ms Sebotse Salvaciah Ngake
Director: Child, Youth & School Health  

Mr Pfarelo Mudau
Assistant Director

Dr Nomlindo Makubalo
Paediatrician

Ms Buhle Mabaso
Communications and behaviour change specialist

Mr Nkatane Matsomane
Policy Manager: Child Protection Register

Ms Neliswa Albertina Cekiswa
Director for Child Protection at the National Department of Social Development, currently Acting Chief Director Child Protection.

Objectives:
 
•    To provide an overview with regard to the role of science-based international standards in developing Regulations.
•    To recognize and promote the integral role of science in ensuring food safety.
•    Encourage the contribution of academic institutions to the advancement of food safety.

Speakers:

Ms. Penny Campbell
Director: Food Control

Mr. Malose Daniel Matlala
Deputy Director: Food Control

Dr. Matome Michael Sekhotha
Senior Lecturer

Ms. Maphuti Kutu
Technical Specialist: Foods & Agro-processing

Mr. Phuti Sekwadi
Field Epidemiologist

Dr. Mbulaheni Thomas Mutengwe
Deputy Director: Food Safety and Quality Assurance

Objectives:
 
You are invited to a high-impact webinar led by Professor Gavin Churchyard, a global expert in TB and HIV research, focusing on the urgent role of clinical diagnosis and TB preventive therapy (TPT) in the South African context. Aligned with the South African National TB Guidelines, this session will provide practical insights into identifying TB contacts, particularly household and close contacts of infectious TB cases, and initiating TPT without waiting for laboratory confirmation. Designed for doctors and frontline health care workers, this webinar aims to strengthen your ability to implement effective, guideline-based interventions that help curb TB transmission and move us closer to elimination. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from one of South Africa’s leading voices in TB prevention

Speakers:

Prof Norbert Ndjeka
Chief Director: TB Control and Management

Professor Gavin Churchyard
President Emeritus

Objectives:
 
To provide healthcare workers with support in managing patients with Advanced HIV Disease (AHD) and co-infections
Support clinicians who are interested in the Knowledge Hub online Advanced Clinical Care (ACC) course.  
Provide clinical resources and guidelines to support the healthcare professional in the clinic or hospital setting
Provide practical management tools

Questions/key issues to be covered:

Provide health care workers with skills and tools to diagnose HIV positive patients with Advanced HIV disease and its complications.

Speakers:

Dr Dean Solomon
Technical Lead National

Prof Karl Technau
Associate Professor Deputy Director,  (ESRU)
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health (Wits)
Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, Coronationville, Johannesburg  

Ms Mathilda Ntloana
Deputy Director CCMT

Ms Sebotse Ngake
Director of Child and Youth Health

Video

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