Department of Health Deputy Minister Gwen Ramokgopa will hold a media briefing session on inauguration of an Interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council in Pretoria.
The inauguration of an Interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council is part of leveraging the process of providing registration, training and practices of the traditional health practitioners in South Africa and to serve and protect the interest of communities who use their services.
Members of the media are invited as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Time: 11h00
Venue: 2nd Floor Boardroom, North Tower, Civitas Building, Pretoria CBD.
African Traditional Medicine is the basis of primary health care for the majority of people leaving in the rural areas (about 80% of the population). In most of the developing world, traditional medicines continue to play a significant role in the treatment and management of some of the devastating and life-threatening diseases.
Hence the Interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council is established in terms of the Traditional Health Practitioners Act, 2007 (Act no. 22 of 2007) which provides for:
- A regulatory framework to ensure efficacy, safety and quality of Traditional Health services,
- Treatment and preventative measures in Traditional medicine, and
- Objectives, Quality, universal Norms and Standards on Traditional Medicine.
For media enquiries:
Khutso Rabothata
Cell: 082 487 1828 or 072 992 7171
E-mail: ksrabothata@gmail.com or rabots@health.gov.za
Popo Maja
Cell: 082 373 1169 or 072 585 3219
E-mail: majap@health.gov.za
