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Strategy for the Health Sector: 2012/13 - 2016/17

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Strategic Documents and Plans
To realize the vision to improve access to health care for all we require the human resources to implement re-engineered Primary Health Care and ensure the service capacity for a health system with improved financing through National Health Insurance. It is necessary to develop and employ new professionals and cadres to meet policy and health needs, to increase workforce flexibility to achieve this objective, to improve the working lives of the existing workforce, to improve retention, increase productivity and revitalize aspects of education, training and research.

Strategic Plan for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Women's Health (MNCWH) and Nutrition in South Africa

Type
Strategic Documents and Plans
Interventions outlined in the strategy are therefore closely linked to and aligned with efforts to strengthen the health system and especially to improve the functioning of PHC services and the district health system. Interventions contained in this plan reflect and support the process of PHC re-engineering. The three strands of PHC re-engineering, namely establishment of ward-based PHC outreach teams, expansion and strengthening of School Health services and establishment of district clinical specialist teams, will all contribute to improving maternal and child health.

Strategic Plan Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality in Africa 2013

Type
Strategic Documents and Plans
This 18-page document outlines South African strategies to reduce maternal and child deaths in the country as part of the African Union's Campaign for the Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA). The African Union launched CARMMA in May 2009. South Africa released its CARMMA strategic plan in 2013. Targets included in the plan drew heavily on already agreed upon targets such as the Millennium Development Goals. Thus, South Africa's strategic plan outlined a number of goals for the year 2015.

Strategic Plan 2015

Type
Strategic Documents and Plans
 To improve health status through the prevention of illness, disease and the promotion of healthy lifestyles, and to consistently improve the health care delivery system by focusing on access, equity, efficiency, quality and sustainability.

Standard Operating Procedures for HIV Index Testing Services

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Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

The Standard Operating Procedures for HIV Index Testing Services was developed by the National Department of Health (NDoH) to provide guidance to provinces and districts on the implementation of ITS as a strategy to improve HIV case finding and successful linkages to prevention, care, and treatment services in South Africa. This SOP applies to all health facility- and community-based employees, including ward-based primary healthcare outreach teams, implementing HIV testing services (HTS).

Standard Operating Procedures - Adherence Guidelines for HIV, TB and NCDs: Training Course for Health Care Workers

Type
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

The target audience for this training course is non-clinicians such as Home Based Carers, Community Caregivers, Youth Care Workers, Peer educators, Community Health Workers etc. primarily those who will be providing adherence counselling to clients with HIV, TB, Hypertension and Diabetes. This group of non-clinicians play a vital role in helping to reduce the workload of nursing staff. Amongst others, nonclinicians educate clients and provide emotional support in a manner that makes each client feel like they are receiving focused, individual attention.

South African Veterinary Strategy (2016 - 2026)

Type
Strategic Documents and Plans
The proposed Veterinary Strategy provides a broad framework for the fulfilment of the government of South Africa's commitments and responsibilities to guarantee citizens of South Africa "the right to have access to sufficient and safe food of animal origin". The State must take reasonable measures (legislative and other), within its available resources, to achieve the progressive realisation of the right to safe food for each citizen. The strategy builds on South Africa's risk based studies as well as the objectives of the relevant international standards.
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