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Office of Health Standard Compliance Annual Inspection Report - 2016/17

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Reports and Journals
Research Articles
The aim of the Annual Inspection Report is to present findings of public sector health establishments inspected by the OHSC to monitor compliance with the National Core Standards (NCS) during the 2016/2017 financial year in South Africa. During 2016/17 OHSC advanced its efforts and inspected 696 public health facilities and 204 additional inspections were conducted. Of these additional inspections, 155 were carried out within 6 months from the first inspection.

Notice: Updated Prioritised COVID-19 Testing Guidance

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Health Circulars
This guidance provides an updated prioritised testing approach to enable South Africa to utilise its Covid-19 testing resources to support South Africa's Covid-19 response priorities. The previous targeted testing strategy was developed to accommodate the country's constrained testing capacity, in both the public and private sectors, to deal with the testing backlog and prioritise those categories of patients with an urgent clinical need.

Notice: Lopinavir/Ritonavir (LPV/r) Oral Pellets Procurement

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Health Circulars
The Paediatric Hospital Level Standard Treatment Guidelines (STGs) and Essential Medicines List (EML) currently recommends the use of lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) as part of the first-line antiretroviral treatment regimen in children from 1 month of age 1. This is currently supplied as a solution (80/20mg/ml). The poor palatability of the solution may result in spitting out, vomiting or refusal of medication and thereby affect adherence to treatment. LPV/r pellets (40/10mg per capsule) is recommended for children over the age of 6 months, who cannot tolerate the LPV/r solution.

Notice: Availability Of Paediatric Fixed-Dose Formulations for Management of Drug-Sensitive Tuberculosis

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Health Circulars

The dispersible fixed-dose formulations for the treatment of tuberculosis in paediatrics will be available in the public sector by July 2021. The National Essential Medicines List Committee have approved the following updated weight-banddosing tables for the management of paediatric: A. Uncomplicated pulmonary tuberculosis B. Complicated pulmonary tuberculosis C. Disseminated (Miliary) TB D.

Notice: Availability of Combination Tablets for Atazanavir/Ritonavir and Darunavir/Ritonavir (Updated pricing – circular version 3)

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Health Circulars
The Adult Hospital Level Standard Treatment Guidelines (STGs) and Essential Medicines List (EML) currently recommends the use of atazanavir and ritonavir (ATV/r) in patients with protease inhibitor (PI)-induced dyslipidaemia at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Darunavir and ritonavir (DRV/r) is a patient-specific medicine indicated for patients with documented PI resistance (i.e. for third line antiretroviral therapy). These two PIs are currently on tender as single agents (i.e.

Notice: Availability of Abacavir 120mg, Lamivudine 60mg Dispersible, Scored Tablets For Paediatric Patients

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Health Circulars
The Paediatric Hospital Level Standard Treatment Guidelines (STGs), the Essential Medicines List (EML) and the South African National Department of Health 2019 Antiretroviral Therapy Clinical Guidelines for the Management of HIV in Adults, Pregnancy, Adolescents, Children, Infants and Neonates recommend the use of Abacavir (ABC) and Lamivudine (3TC) as part of the antiretroviral regimens in the weight bands 3-24.9kg (≥ 4 weeks of age to

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Methods Guide to Inform the Selection of Medicines to the National Essential Medicines List

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Guides/Guidelines

The Essential Drugs Programme (EDP) within the National Department of Health is in the process of updating the existing technical methods used for the assessment and  appraisal of medicines when considering selection to the National Standard Treatment Guidelines (STGs) and Essential Medicines List (EML). The EDP coordinates the assessment of all technologies that fall within the scope of the STGs and EML (primary, second and tertiary and quaternary level of care) utilising an internal staff secretariat and Ministerial-appointed advisory committees.

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