Improving the quality of care, human resources for health and increased efforts to fight HIV and AIDS will come under the spotlight at the meeting of the National Consultative Health Forum (NHCF) to be held in Johannesburg tomorrow, 11 November.
The meeting, to be chaired by health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi will be attended by health MECs, national treasury officials, local government authorities, Board of Healthcare Funders and the Hospital Association of South Africa.
Some of the expected outcomes of the meeting include:
- monitoring systems to track progress towards attainment of the targets outlined in the Negotiated Service Delivery Agreement
- strategies for restoring active community participation in health issues.
At the same NCHF meeting tomorrow, Minister Motsoaledi will also release the 2009 Report on the National Antenatal Sentine HIV & Syphilis Prevalence Survey in South Africa. The survey helps map the AIDS epidemic and monitor HIV infection trends in the country.
The 2009 survey is the 19th to be conducted in the country.
Media is invited to attend the meeting tomorrow scheduled to take place as follows:
Date: 11 November 2010
Venue: Birchwood Conference Centre, Boksburg
Time: 09H00
Media briefing and release of the 2009 survey Report to start at 10H30.
For more information please contact:
Fidel Hadebe
Tel: 012 395 8493
Cell: 079 517 3333
