The purpose of this document is to provide guidelines for the Provincial Health Research Committees (PHRCs). The primary purpose of providing these guidelines is to promote a common approach and shared vision for the co-ordination and management of research within government and to introduce a measure of consistency and standardisation across the provinces, particularly in terms of the roles and functions of the PHRCs.

Community health workers (CHWs) are frontline health workers who are trusted members of the community and have a particularly good understanding of the communities they serve. CHWs serve as a liaison between health services and the community. Therefore, CHWs require knowledge of the services provided by the different tiers of the health system

These guidelines have been designed by the department of health to guide the care that is provided for pregnant women and neonates in South Africa. They represent the desired standard of care. Clinicians must be aware of the guideline contents and understand how to implement them.

A Clinical Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Drug-susceptible TB in Children and Adolescents in South Africa.

The public health care system is currently overburdened by justifiable demands for care, in particular an increase in the burden of diseases and increasing number of patients seeking care. Studies have proven that the length of time that a patient waits to receive health services is one of the important drivers of satisfaction and compliance with treatment and is indeed one of the commonest, most consistent bitterness issues that most complain about. The Department of Health remains committed to providing an improved quality of services to all the people seekin

The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 global pandemic on 11th March 2020. The Referral Policy for South African Health Services, including the supporting Referral Implementation Guidelines, has been developed to address the gaps identified in processing and facilitating timely referral of patients within the healthcare delivery

The APC clinical tool is a comprehensive, integrated clinical decision support tool for frontline clinicians working in primary health care in South Africa. It forms part of the Ideal Clinic and the Integrated Clinical Service Management programmes. The tool has been updated to combine the latest guidelines and policies, across all clinical programmes in the National Department of Health in South Africa, into a single practical implementation tool. All medications align with the Standard Treatment guidelines and Essential Medicine List.