Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable children in SA
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Each newborn must be
issued with a Road to
Health Card when they
are born.
Targeted beneficiaries
All infants and young
children up to the age
of five
Public and private
primary healthcare
facilities
Regular measurement
and recording of
weight-for-age (and
developmental
milestones) of infants
is documented on the
Road to Health Card.
The Road to Health Card
monitors the growth
and development of
the child and records
immunisations until the
child is five years old.
The Card is given to the
mother free of charge
when a baby is born in
either a state or a private
hospital. If the baby is
not born in a hospital,
the mother will receive
the Card on the mother
and baby’s first contact
visit with the primary
health services. The Road
to Health Card is the
property of the child’s
parent or legal guardian.
The Road to Health
Card has recently been
expanded to record
and monitor the infant’s
HIV status, whether
the infant has received
ARVs and what feeding
choices the mother has
made.
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