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Strategy Output
58 DCS Annual Report 2007/08
Output
Performance
Measures/
Services delivery
Indicators
Maintenance of
current health care
programmes and
services according
to set service
level standards
in all Correctional
Centres
Implementation
of health care
programmes
in 50% of the
management areas
Actual Performance
Target Actual
Maintenance of
current health care
programmes and
services according
to set service level
standards in all
Correctional Centres
Implementation
of health care
programmes in 50%
of the management
areas
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KwaZulu-Natal
(Ingwavuma, Nongoma
and Umzinto).
Eastern Cape (Mt Frere, Mt
Fletcher and Lusikisiki).
Free State/Northern Cape
(De Aar, Barkley West,
Hoopstad and Winburg).
Gauteng (Heidelburg, Nigel
and Odi).
Conducted comprehensive
monitoring and evaluation
visits at the big nine (9) big
Management Areas and 21
Correctional centres.
Seventy one (71) officials
trained in the Environmental
Hygiene Supervisors Course.
Fifty four (54) officials have
undergone training in Basic
Food Services and Food
Hygiene And Safety.
Due to challenges of recruiting
and retaining permanent
pharmacists, the department
participated in the community
service for pharmacist program.
A total of 24 community service
pharmacists were allocated
to the Department to improve
accessibility to essential drugs
by the offenders.
To ensure compliance with
pharmacy legislation, a
total number of 291 health
professionals attended training
on the Dispensing Course.
The following programmes
were implemented in the 90%
of the management areas:
• Health promotion and
disease prevention.
• HIV and AIDS
management which
includes voluntary
counselling and testing.
• TB and other
communicable diseases
management.
• Oral health services.
• Mental health services.
• Maternal and reproductive
health.
• Acute and chronic
diseases management.
• Sexually transmitted
diseases management.
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Youth health.