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COVID-19 Disease Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines

Type
Guides/Guidelines
These guidelines are aimed at health care facilities. They offer recommendations of steps to be taken toward the reduction and prevention of transmission in both patients and staff at community and healthcare facility level. The auxiliary documents outline the National Infection Prevention and Control Strategic Framework as well as a Practical Manual for the Implementation of the strategic framework.

COVID-19 Directives, Circulars and Regulations

Type
Health Circulars
 Coronavirus COVID-19 directive, circulars and regulations: Consolidated COVID-19 direction on health and safety in the workplace Directions issued in terms of Regulation 4(1)(a): Measures to address, prevent and combat the spread of COVID-19 Medical certification of death due to COVID-19

COVID-19 Clinical and Operational Guideline for Mothers, Newborns and Children - 2022

Type
Guides/Guidelines

This guideline complements the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) guidelines published as “Clinical Management of Suspected Or Confirmed Covid-19 Disease”, which are updated regularly.  It incorporates guidance on COVID-19 from the WHO, professional bodies and current literature on how patients are managed elsewhere.   Although many drugs are under investigation, current therapeutic strategies to manage confirmed infection are  largely supportive.

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) teams to improve South Africa’s VMMC programme

Type
Guides/Guidelines

Experience in healthcare quality improvement demonstrated that addressing only inputs (e.g., standards, training) without attention to service delivery processes, does not yield strong results. Quality issues involve the continuum of VMMC services: demand creation, counselling and client communications, supply logistics, staff competency, infection prevention, surgical procedure, waste management, referral and linkages to care and treatment, client follow-up, and management of adverse events.

Community Infection Assessment Tool 2022

Type
Forms, Tools and Templates

This tool is intended to help governments, partners, community organizations and community volunteers to plan and facilitate community engagement in surveillance and action on risks of exposure to COVID-19 at the community level. Its use leads to the following results: the establishment of a system for monitoring the risks of transmission of COVID-19 and the level of risk in the communities, focusing on the risk assessment in places and situations where the risks of transmission are high due to public interactions (markets, funerals, schools, gatherings, etc.).

Clinical Resource Guide

Type
Policies
This guide was developed by the International Training and Education Center on Health (I-TECH) South Africa to support HIV, AIDS, STI and Tuberculosis care and treatment. It details the algorithms for testing intervals, diagnosis and treatment of HIV and HIV related diseases.

Clinical Management of Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 Disease

Type
Guides/Guidelines
These guidelines describe the clinical management of cases of COVID-19 disease, including clinical care in and outside of health facilities, and are intended for use in both public had private sectors. The guidelines are developed by the Clinical Guidelines Subcommittee of the National Department of Health’s Incident Management Team. They are informed by rapid medicine reviews conducted by the National Essential Medicines List Committee’s Subcommittee on COVID-19, as well as advisories provided by the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19.

Clinical Guidelines for Genetics Services - 2021

Type
Guides/Guidelines
The primary focus of the guidelines are to promote the prevention, screening, diagnosis (clinical and laboratory) and management of congenital disorders, including genetic counselling and palliative care services where necessary. The secondary focus is the reduction of morbidity and mortality due to congenital disorders and improving the quality of life of affected individuals.
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Switching Stable 1st and 2nd Line ART Clients to DTG Containing Regimen

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