Speakers:
Ms T Msila
NDOH
Dr D Shiba
NDOH
Dr R Ncha
NDOH
Dr V Mudaly
KTU
Dr C Daniels
KTU
Dr R De Villiers - Coleman
KTU
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Objectives:
Capacitate the health workforce on preparedness and response
Equip health workers with knowledge and skills to respond to public health emergencies
To build a resilient workforce
Questions/key issues to be covered:
Role of clinicians in public health emergencies/ disasters. Importance of simulations and drills as a preparedness mechanism
Lessons learnt from recent simulations conducted, and what needs to be improved/ How can IHL assist in preparedness and response to Public Health Emergencies.
IMS as the key to preparedness and response
Speakers:
Ms Zina Bam
Deputy Director: EMS
Mr Yugan Pillay
Lecturer
Mr, Nevashan Govender
Operations Manager at the National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC),
Ms Babongile Mhlongo
Director: Environmental Health, CDC & Malaria Control Programme
Mr Ahmed Bham
Head of Search & rescue
International Disaster Coordinator
Dr Devanand Patrick Moonasar
Technical Officer WHO Country office
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Objectives:
• Raising Awareness: Educating communities about the signs and symptoms of malaria to encourage early diagnosis and treatment.
• Promoting Prevention: Encouraging the use of personal protective measures, such as insecticide-treated nets and indoor spraying, to prevent mosquito bites.
• Community Engagement: Mobilizing communities to participate in malaria control programs actively and to seek timely medical attention when ill.
• Strengthening Health Systems: Building resilient health systems that are capable of effectively responding to malaria and other health threats
• Raising Awareness: Educating communities about the signs and symptoms of malaria to encourage early diagnosis and treatment.
Questions/key issues to be covered:
• Using digital health tools and real-time surveillance (DHIS2, NMC apps, GIS) for early detection and rapid response.
• Overview of global and regional malaria trends
• Role of community health workers, traditional leaders, and local structures in malaria prevention and surveillance.
• How a resilient health system integrates malaria services with maternal, child, and other public health programmes.
• Innovative health promotion strategies (mass media, digital platforms, schools, workplaces).
• Addressing external threats (climate variability, mobility, and socio-economic shifts)
Speakers:
Dr Taneshka Kruger
Project Manager: University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC)
Ms Mabatho Mogadime
Assistant Director
Ms Ziyanda Fekema
Information Officer
Dr Devanand Moonasar
Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response; Malaria, NTDs and One Health
Dr GE Tovhakale
Public Health Medicine Registrar
Armanda Paula Chuva Levene
Public Health Professional
Mr Sifiso Ngubeni
Assistant Director
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Objectives:
• Share progress towards addressing findings of the Lancet Health Report of 2019
• Communicate how NHI Fund will ensure quality healthcare services for registered users
• Share NDOH activities relating to quality improvement and quality assurance
Questions/key issues to be covered:
Quality improvement in the health system
Speakers:
Dr Grace Labadarios
Chief Director: User And Service Provider Management
Mr Moremi Nkosi
Chief Director: Healthcare Benefits & Provider Payment Design
Prof. Sabir Moosa
Contract Manager
Dr Amilcar Juggernath
Public Health Medicine Specialist
Dr Vivien Essel
Public Health Medicine Specialist
Ms Winnet Chinogwenya
Quality Improvement Specialist
Ms Winnie Moleko
Executive Manager: Health Standards Design Analysis and Support
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Objectives:
To create awareness on pesticide and agricultural stock remedies poisoning.
To enhance clinical recognition and diagnosis of pesticide poisoning cases
To strengthen Public Health Surveillance and reporting of pesticide poisoning cases
Speakers:
Ms Belinda Makhafola
Director: Environmental Health
Ms Aneliswa Cele
Chief Director: Environmental Health
Dr Jody Rusch
Chemical Pathologist and Chair of the Chemistry Expert Committee
Dr Cindy Stephen
Director: Poisons Information Centre
Ms Genivie
Epidemiologist
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
Questions/key issues to be covered:
Provide health care workers with skills and tools to diagnose HIV positive patients with advanced HIV disease.
Speakers:
Prof Gert van Zyl
Virological pathologist and Professor in Medical Virology, Stellenbosch University and Executive Head of the Department of Pathology, Stellenbosch University and National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) Tygerberg, South Africa.
Objectives:
Improve the development, management, awareness and uptake of the STGs and EML;
Improve understanding of HTA methodology and changes to the STGs and EML;
Expand the stakeholder database and develop lessons learned to improve communication;
Improve equitable access and availability of essential medicines; and
Promote the rational use of medicines.
Questions/key issues to be covered:
Changes to the Epilepsy and Related Conditions’ STGs and EML for all levels of care
Paediatric Epilepsy Training Courses
Epilepsy Training in Adult Medicine
Completion of the Sodium Valproate Risk Form
Speakers:
Dr Renee de Waal
Research Officer
Prof Lesley Jane Robertson
Adjunct Professor: Department of Psychiatry, University of Witwatersrand
Head of Clinical Unit: Sedibeng District Specialist Mental Health Team
Prof Jo Wilmshurst
Head of Paediatric Neurology
Dr Manqoba Vusumuzi Gule
Consultant Neurologist
Ms Sasani Venus Chauke
Medicine Registration Officer
Video:
Objectives:
Improve the development, management, awareness and uptake of the STGs and EML;
Improve understanding of HTA methodology and changes to the STGs and EML;
Expand the stakeholder database and develop lessons learned to improve communication;
Improve equitable access and availability of essential medicines; and
Promote the rational use of medicines.
Questions/key issues to be covered:
Mandatory reporting of child abuse in terms of the Children’s Act no. 38 of 2005
The purpose and screening of persons having access to children or working with children as required by the Children’s Act.
Questions/key issues to be covered:
Reporting of child abuse ( Part A of the Child Protection Register)
Screening of persons (Part B of the Child Protection Register)
Speakers:
Ms Hlamalani Queen Nenzhelele
Assistant Director
Mr Nkatane Matsomane
Deputy Director: Child Protection Register
Ms Feni Moditswana Motshwane
National EPI Data Manager
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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.
Speakers:
Dr Francesca Conradie
Principal Investigator
Qualifications: MBBCh, Dip HIV Management, DTM&H
Video
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.
Speakers:
Dr Dean Solomon
Technical Lead National
Qualifications: MBBCh
Dr Nomthandazo Dlamini-Miti
Infectious diseases Clinician and Clinical Epidemiologist
Qualifications: MBBCh, MPH, PGDs in HIV Management & , MSc (Clinical epidemiology)
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