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.

The notice of Minister is premised on the national water act of 1998 which states that; when called upon to register a water use, a person who uses water must heed the call. It specifies the water uses covered by the notice, exclusions, area of applicability, and registration forms

This is a manual for clinics, community health centers and district hospitals. The main purpose of the guidelines on maternity care is to give guidance to health care Workers providing obstetric and anesthetic services in clinics, community health centers and district hospitals. It provides summary of key recommendations from the saving mothers report 2002-2004.

This document aims to facilitate the management and control of leprosy in South Africa through internationally accepted and country appropriate means. It objectives are to facilitate early diagnosis and management of cases; to prevent disability and ensure rehabilitation of leprosy patients; to strengthen reporting and follow up of leprosy patients; to strengthen leprosy expertise in health care facilities to which leprosy cases can be referred; and to improve access to current effective treatment.

This monograph aims to provide relevant evidence based practical information and guidelines for all grades of health worker at all levels of care who manage women with postpartum hemorrhage. It defines primary postpartum hemorrhage as the excessive blood loss from the genital tract during the first 24hours after delivery and secondary primary postpartum hemorrhage as the excessive blood loss following delivery after 24hours and up to 6 weeks following delivery. It outlines the causes of postpartum hemorrhage and avoidable factors for death.

This policy is developed to guide the provision of a comprehensive, integrated school health programme which is provided as part of the PHC package within the Care and Support for Teaching and Learning (CSTL) framework. Its specific objectives include to provide preventive and promotive services that address the health needs of school going children and youth with regard to both their immediate and future health; to support and facilitate learning through identifying and addressing health barriers to learning; and to support the school community in creating a safe and secure environment for teaching and learning.

The Mini Drug Master Plan (MDMP) has an overarching goal to reduce the health, economic and social burden caused by substance abuse in South Africa, through the provision of targeted demand and harm reduction interventions provided by the National Department of Health, thereby supporting the implementation of the National Drug Master Plan.

This document defines Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) as an active tuberculosis disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli that are resistant to one or more anti-TB drugs. It outlines the roles of the PCACs and NCAC and provides information on diagnosis.

The purpose of this Guideline is to provide direction to the health sector of South Africa regarding the management of patient safety incident reporting, including the provision of appropriate feedback to patients, families/support persons and clinicians, and the sharing of lessons learned to prevent patient harm. It describes a national standardized system for managing patient safety incidents to ensure that various levels of care in the health system respond effectively to patient safety incidents. By doing so, patient safety is improved by learning from failures of the healthcare system so that the likelihood of a recurrence of the same event is significantly reduced.

Chapter one of this document provides an overview of the current situation and data on maternal care in South Africa. Chapter two describes the different levels of care in the South African health system and explains the reasons behind the need for various levels. Chapter three outlines the standards for the clinical structure and content of patient records. Fourth chapter discusses the basic aspects of antenatal care, as a supplement to the national BANC protocols. Chapter five discusses the steps to take to support all aspects of labour from diagnosis to delivery…

The aim of this document is to outline an approach to the management of a case of meningococcal disease, in order to strengthen the knowledge of the organism, the disease, the management of cases and contacts and encourage an appropriate public health response.

This Act aims to provide for the care, treatment and rehabilitation of persons who are mentally ill; to set out (different procedures to be followed in the admission of such persons; to establish Review Boards in respect of every health establishment; to determine their powers and functions; to provide for the care and administration of the property of mentally ill persons; to repeal certain laws; and to provide for related matters.

The main purpose of these 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 in the most cost-efficient manner by ensuring that people living with HIV start with the right therapy at the right time. It hopes to provide standardized and simplified less toxic treatment, which is harmonized amongst pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, adolescents and adults in both the private and public sector and to simplify guidance for health workers to improve the quality of HIV care for all people living with HIV and HIV-exposed Infants.

This policy applies to all current and prospective public and private emergency care personnel and EMS education and training providers. It aims to ensure the alignment of emergency care education and training with current education legislation, national education and training needs and imperatives of the national Department of Health in order to ensure the rendering of quality healthcare services to the population of South Africa.

This guide is for all staff particularly those responsible for planning, purchasing and preparing food and beverages for workplace functions and meetings, to assist them to provide healthy food and beverages as it provides guidance on selecting healthy options. The guide applies to: caterers catering for workplace meetings and events caterers that make food and beverages available for purchase by staff, visitors and the general public on workplace premises such as at a canteen or coffee shop vending machines and kiosks service providers. It serves as guide in selecting foods and beverages for various workplace events, meetings, conferences, workshops, outdoor/off-site events.

The policy outlines the basis for a uniform framework, within which nursing education leading to professional registration in the various categories of nursing is provided. It further provides a mechanism for improving the coherence of the nursing education system and indicates seamless articulation between qualifications, thereby enabling students to move more efficiently over time from one programme to another.

This policy is applicable to all employees of the National Department of Health. It provides a complaints mechanism to enable members of the public to lodge complaints regarding the use of official languages by a national department, national public entity or national public enterprise and It stipulates how official languages will be used in effectively communicating with the public, official notices, government publications, and inter and intra-government communication.

**Not an English document**

**Not an English document**

This policy applies to all current and prospective public and private emergency care personnel and EMS education and training providers. The aim of this policy is to ensure the alignment of emergency care education and training with current education legislation, national education and training needs and imperatives of the national Department of Health in order to ensure the rendering of quality healthcare services to the population of South Africa. Its objectives are to develop an NQF-aligned framework for emergency care education and training; to facilitate access to, and mobility and progression within emergency care education, training and career paths; and to rationalize, enhance and maintain the quality of emergency care education and training programmes.