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National HIV Testing Services (HTS): Policy and Guidelines 2015

Ministry of Health, South Africa

The objectives of this policy include: to ensure adequate provision of high-quality HTS in South Africa; to ensure the appropriate use of HTS modalities to reach different populations; to strengthen linkages to prevention, care, and treatment services; and to strengthen quality assurance and the delivery of accurate results in HTS.

South Africa 2015 Health

National HIV Self Screening Guidelines

Ministry of Health, South Africa

The objectives of these guidelines are: to provide a framework for the implementation of the HIVSS as an additional HIV testing approach; to improve couples testing among pregnant women and lactating mothers, in order to reach untested male partners; to provide an option for regular repeat HIV testing in key populations, such as sex workers and transgender people.

South Africa 2018 Health

South African Guidelines for the Prevention of Malaria

Ministry of Health, South Africa

This document outlines the guidelines for healthcare workers on malaria transmission, the life cycle of the parasite, and ways to prevent mosquito bites as well as the use of antimalarial chemoprophylaxis.

South Africa 2018 Health

Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria in South Africa-2016

Ministry of Health, South Africa

This policy document specifies the guidelines for the treatment of malaria in South Africa. The guidance covers diagnosis, management of severe malaria, treatment of high-risk cases, and other related matters.

South Africa 2016 Health

South African Guidelines for the Prevention of Malaria

Ministry of Health, South Africa

The overall objective of these guidelines is to provide healthcare practitioners with information on the best practices for interventions for people working and living in malaria-affected areas.

South Africa 2017 Health

Disaster Management Act: Regulations to Address the Escalation of the COVID-19

Ministry of Health, South Africa

The regulations are addressed towards necessary steps to prevent an escalation of the COVID-19 disaster; to alleviate, contain and minimise the effects of the disaster. The COVID-19 is declared a national disaster, as enshrined in the march 2020 publication in the national gazette.

South Africa 2020 Health

South African National AIDS Council Procedural Guidelines

Ministry of Health, South Africa

These procedural guidelines are for the effective functioning of the South African AIDS Council. The guidelines are to ensure the effective implementation of the HIV and AIDS policies and programmes.

South Africa 2008 Health

Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria in South Africa

Ministry of Health, South Africa

These are guidelines by the Department of Health for the treatment of malaria in South Africa. The guidelines aim to prevent mortality; to prevent disease progression and development of severe malaria; to reduce morbidity; To eliminate parasitaemia minimize transmission, and to limit the emergence and spread of drug resistance

South Africa 2009 Health

Adult Primary Care Guide 2016/2017

Ministry of Health, South Africa

This Guide by the Department of Health outline the approach for diagnosis and care for patients with chronic health conditions such as TB, HIV, Mental health, and Respiratory diseases.

South Africa 2016 Health

National Consolidated Guidelines for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and the Management of HIV in Children, Adolescents and Adults

Ministry of Health, South Africa

These guidelines guide all healthcare professionals, healthcare workers, national health laboratory services managers, and program managers at district and provincial levels, national levels, and community-based organizations working with people living with HIV. The overall goal of the guidelines is to improve the clinical outcomes of people living with HIV, reduce morbidity due to TB/HIV co-infection, reduce HIV incidence and avert AIDS-related deaths.

South Africa 2015 Health

Tribunal Rules for Covid -19 Excessive Pricing Complaint Referrals.

Ministry of Health, South Africa

The purpose of these Regulations is to provide for rules regulating complaint referrals for alleged contraventions of section 8(1)(a) of the Act read with Regulation 4 of the Consumer Protection Regulations during the period of declaration of the National State of Disaster and lockdown period and prevent an escalation of a National State of Disaster and to alleviate, contain and minimise the effects of the National State of Disaster.

South Africa 2020 Health

COVID-19 Block Exemption for the Hotel Industry 2020

Ministry of Health, South Africa

The purpose of these Regulations is to exempt a category of agreements or practices in the hotel industry from the application of sections 4 and 5 of the Act in response to the declaration of COVID -19 pandemic as a national disaster in terms of the Disaster Management Act, solely with the purpose of promoting concerted conduct to prevent an escalation of the national disaster and to alleviate, contain and minimise the effects of the national disaster.

South Africa 2020 Health