Overview

The primary health care Clinic is situated in Murchison Street and was opened in 2000. It includes all activities associated with the provision of primary health care.

Description of Activity

The function for the provision of community health clinics within the municipality is administered as follows and includes:

• HIV/AIDS – voluntary counselling and testing
• HIV/AIDS – prevention mother to child transmission (PMTCT)
• Maternal health – ante and post natal care
• Women’s health
• Emergency care
  Child health
• Infection control
• Tuberculosis control and management
• Surgical care
• Chronic care
• Health education
• Drug control and management
• Health promotion and education programmes
• Adolescent health

These services extend to include primary health care, but do not take account of Environmental Health which resides within the jurisdiction of another sub section in the Newcastle Municipality. The municipality has a mandate to render the above services on behalf of the Department of Health The strategic objectives of this function are to improve the quality of primary health care rendered to the public.