Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef
Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef
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Department of Health<br />
Table 4.1 Programme/service map: Department of Health<br />
Programme/<br />
<strong>services</strong><br />
Description of the<br />
<strong>programmes</strong>/actual<br />
service provided<br />
Targeted beneficiaries/<br />
qualifying criteria/how to<br />
obtain the service<br />
Delivery mechanism/<br />
service providers<br />
Free<br />
healthcare<br />
<strong>services</strong> <strong>for</strong><br />
pregnant<br />
<strong>and</strong> lactating<br />
women – at<br />
primary,<br />
secondary<br />
<strong>and</strong> tertiary<br />
level i<br />
Free primary, secondary<br />
<strong>and</strong> tertiary healthcare<br />
from the time of<br />
the diagnosis of the<br />
pregnancy, or if a<br />
complication occurs,<br />
<strong>for</strong> up to 42 days after<br />
termination of the<br />
pregnancy or until such<br />
time as the complication<br />
has been cured or the<br />
condition stabilised<br />
Targeted beneficiaries<br />
All pregnant <strong>and</strong><br />
lactating women not on<br />
a private medical aid<br />
All public health<br />
facilities, including<br />
clinics, community<br />
health centres <strong>and</strong><br />
hospitals – especially<br />
at the primary level<br />
of care<br />
Services include basic<br />
antenatal monitoring<br />
<strong>and</strong> care, nutritional<br />
supplementation <strong>and</strong><br />
support <strong>and</strong> PMTCT<br />
<strong>services</strong> – all of which<br />
are described in more<br />
detail in the <strong>programmes</strong><br />
contained in the<br />
remainder of this table.<br />
Free<br />
healthcare<br />
<strong>services</strong> <strong>for</strong><br />
children<br />
under six ii<br />
This includes free<br />
primary, secondary <strong>and</strong><br />
tertiary healthcare.<br />
Primary healthcare<br />
includes health<br />
promotion, prevention<br />
<strong>and</strong> basic curative care<br />
at clinics <strong>and</strong> community<br />
healthcare <strong>services</strong>.<br />
See the list of primary<br />
healthcare <strong>services</strong><br />
making up the primary<br />
healthcare package under<br />
the next programme in<br />
this table (‘Free primary<br />
healthcare <strong>for</strong> all children<br />
6–18 years <strong>and</strong> their<br />
family members’).<br />
Targeted beneficiaries<br />
Children younger than<br />
six<br />
It excludes people (<strong>and</strong><br />
their dependents):<br />
<br />
aid;<br />
<br />
who visit South Africa<br />
specifically <strong>for</strong> the<br />
purpose of obtaining<br />
healthcare.<br />
Primary level public<br />
health facilities<br />
include clinics, mobile<br />
clinics <strong>and</strong> satellite<br />
clinics, community<br />
healthcare centres <strong>and</strong><br />
district hospitals.<br />
Secondary healthcare<br />
facilities are hospitals<br />
that deal with slightly<br />
more complicated<br />
cases requiring<br />
hospital care or<br />
further investigation.<br />
Secondary healthcare<br />
involves hospitalisation.<br />
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