Honourable Speaker of the House
Honourable Premier of the Eastern Cape
Members of the Executive Council
Members of the Provincial Legislature
Traditional Leaders of the Eastern Cape
Honourable Mayors and Speakers
Acting Superintendent-General and Health Staff
Esteemed members of the Community
Members of the Religious fraternity
Members of the media
Honoured guests
Collaboration with other Health Care Providers: The Eastern Cape Department of Health is the only province that is currently implementing the Public Private Mix DOTS with the Independent Practitioners (Private doctors) in the Nelson Mandela Metro. This strategy has contributed to the improvement of the TB Treatment outcomes for the Nelson Mandela Metro. The cure rate for the Nelson Mandela Metro has moved from 35% in 2007 to 71.2% in 2011.
The department has continued to increase the number of HIV positive patients that have been put on ART. Between April and September 2012, 24144 new clients were enrolled on the ART programme totaling programme 213 144 (83%) of eligible patients enrolled on this.
