on Primary Health Care
26 February 2009
Department of Health in Mpumalanga will tomorrow; Friday, 27 February 2009,
officially launch the partnership programme with the European Union aimed at
enhancing access to health services in the province.
The EU has injected R45 million on this programme which amongst other things
is aimed at; strengthening of District Health System by training not for profit
organisations to provide community based care which will a level below the
clinic, introduction of community base health worker and contribute towards
training and development of our communities.
The community health worker will be trained to deliver the full primary
health package which includes services such as; nutrition, health promotion,
maternal and child care, mental health, tuberculosis (TB), and all diseases of
health style. They will further serve a referral point of patient to and from
upper levels of care and also provide counselling services to community.
Utilising this grant, we have already funded 60 not for profit organisations
in the three district of the province broken down as follows; Ehlanzeni-30,
Gert Sibande-19 and Nkangala-11.
This has created 194 job opportunities for management teams of these NPOs
who earn between R2 500 to R3 000 a month; and has further created job
opportunities for 1 017 people working as home based carers.
This partnership programme will run until 2011, and will be reviewed with
possible extension pending its impact in improving access to health by
communities.
The event will be held as follows:
Date: Friday 27 February 2009
Time: 10h00
Venue: Ntunda Trust in the Nkomazi Municipality
NB: Media is invited.
For more information contact:
Mpho Gabashane
Cell: 082 802 4937
Sipho Motau
Cell: 082 567 0188
Issued by: Department of Health, Mpumalanga Provincial Government
26 February 2009
