WHO says primary health care around the world needs to adopt a 'whole of society' approach
The World Health Organisation says primary healthcare should include “a whole of society” approach in the delivery of healthcare services globally.
Director of the Rural Health Advocacy Project , Russell Rensburg said, “South Africa is a country that came out of at least 100 years of apartheid and 300 years of racial exclusion. So, what that means is that there’s probably a bigger demand for healthcare amongst poor people. And the biggest goal of any structure like a clinic which is maybe to encourage more people to access healthcare services.
According to Section 42 of the National Health Act 61 of 2003, Clinic and Community Health Centre Committees should be established and obligated to include members of the community. At the facility level, these committees are there to support the clinic in meeting its mandate and bridging the gap between the clinic and the community it serves.
Nowhi added that “To have health committees in the clinic is very important because we are sent by the community. We represent the community, and that is why it’s important in each clinic the health committee names must be on the wall so that when the community has any challenges in terms of services in the institution they can contact the health committee.”
“We fought many many times about recognition of health committees. They would tell us we are the governing body, the governing structure of the institution but you’ll find out that with many things health committees, we are sidelined,” she added.As people prepare to go to the polls and vote, they are in part, also voting for better healthcare services.
“Where we have to start and prioritise is the establishment of District Health Councils to oversee district health which includes community health centres and district hospitals and how they get structured and how they can contribute is really where the rubber hits the road and how we can give life to the intent of our Act and our constitution for more participatory governance,” said Rensburg.
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