When a person infected by tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa visits their local public sector clinic for treatment, they trust that the medicines they need will be available. What may seem simple to the patient is actually a complicated process dependent on open communication and strong…
Unathi Sonanzi is a post basic pharmacist’s assistant at Nkwenkwezi Clinic in the Makana sub district, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape. Nkwenkwezi Clinic is located in a semi-rural town where it is surrounded by difficult socioeconomic circumstances. Nkwenkwezi Clinic, like other primary health care (PHC…
Professional Nurse Tauhlole Masemola works at Thusong Gateway Clinic, located outside Lichtenburg in South Africa’s North West province. Thusong Gateway Clinic, like many other public primary health care (PHC) facilities, is the first stop for treatment for many South Africans. The clinic provides…
The rapid spread of COVID-19 worldwide led to shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) in health care facilities in many parts of the world – including Central America. The lack of PPE, especially appropriate facial masks, put at risk health essential workers, including those serving HIV/…
The South African National Department of Health (NDoH) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Global Health Supply Chain Program – Technical Assistance (GHSC-TA) are working together to introduce systems and processes to help improve medicine availability for all…
The KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa has 690 health establishments spread across 11 districts. These hospitals, community health centers and primary health care clinics must report medicine availability data to the National Surveillance Center (NSC) on a weekly basis. Primary health care…