When planning its activities, the District will put health promotion, disease prevention and care of patients, among its priorities. This will be achieved through the following specific goals and objectives:
Table 10.42 Health Sector Goals and Objectives
To increase the number of IMCI trainees personnel in Kgatleng District from 2% to 65%
To train health workers on IPT in Kgatleng District from 75% to 95%
To increase EPI coverage in Kgatleng District from 75% to 95%
To increase the number of pharmacy technicians in Kgatleng from 2 to 8
To ensure that health facilities in Kgatleng District are all equipped.
To ensure that all the health facilities in Kgatleng District are supplied with enough drugs timely, regularly, and in sufficient quantities.
To ensure equitable distribution of resources
To make sure that registered nurses will have been provided to all the health facilities in Kgatleng District.
To provide basic amenities i.e. electricity through photovoltaic installations, proper waste management etc in health facilities to remote parts of Kgatleng.
To improve the quality of health care
To intensify supervision of health facilities in Kgatleng
To have 90% of communities in Kgatleng District well informed on the ongoing programmes such as EPI, PMTCT, IPT, ARVs, TB, school health programmes, etc.
10.5Framework For Strategic Environmental Assessment
10.5.1Evaluation of Environmental Key Issues with Sector Goals and Objectives
Table 10.43 Goals, Objectives, Environmental Key Issues and Impacts
Goals
Objectives
Environmental Key Issues
Impacts
To improve efficiency and cost effectiveness of health care delivery
To increase the number of IMCI trainees personnel in Kgatleng District from 2% to 65%
To train health workers on IPT in Kgatleng District from 75% to 95%
To increase EPI coverage in Kgatleng District from 75% to 95%
To increase the number of pharmacy technicians in Kgatleng from 2 to 8
To ensure that health facilities in Kgatleng District are all equipped.
To ensure that all the health facilities in Kgatleng District are supplied with enough drugs timely, regularly, and in sufficient quantities.
None
N/A
To ensure equitable distribution of resources
To make sure that registered nurses will have been provided to all the health facilities in Kgatleng District.
To provide basic amenities i.e. electricity through photovoltaic installations, proper waste management etc in health facilities to remote parts of Kgatleng.
None
N/A
To improve the quality of health care
To intensify supervision of health facilities in Kgatleng
To have 90% of communities in Kgatleng District well informed on the ongoing programmes such as EPI, PMTCT, IPT, ARVs, TB, school health programmes, etc.
To improve standard of some health facilities
Land
Natural Resource utilisation
Pressure on land
Loss vegetation
Soil erosion
Over extraction of sand and gravel
To train appropriate skilled personnel
To train all doctors and nurses in Kgatleng District in data collection and handling
To train all nurses in Kgatleng District on drug management.
To have all nurses and Family Welfare Educators in Kgatleng District well informed on growth monitoring.
None
N/A
To strengthen community participation
To train all health workers in Kgatleng District on public relations.
To create health awareness to 50% of the community in Kgatleng District
To revive 60% of the village health committees
None
N/A
To improve the standard of environmental health in the district in order to avoid the incidence of preventable and communicable diseases
10.5.2Evaluation of Sector Policies and Programmes
Table 10.44 Goals, Objectives, Policies/Programmes and Impacts
Goals
Objectives
Policies/Programs
Impacts
To improve efficiency and cost effectiveness of health care delivery
To increase the number of IMCI trainees personnel in Kgatleng District from 2% to 65%
To train health workers on IPT in Kgatleng District from 75% to 95%
To increase EPI coverage in Kgatleng District from 75% to 95%
To increase the number of pharmacy technicians in Kgatleng from 2 to 8
To ensure that health facilities in Kgatleng District are all equipped.
To ensure that all the health facilities in Kgatleng District are supplied with enough drugs timely, regularly, and in sufficient quantities.
National Health Policy
Success rate in terms of training is fair to good in the district, in terms of training
To ensure equitable distribution of resources
To make sure that registered nurses will have been provided to all the health facilities in Kgatleng District.
To provide basic amenities i.e. electricity through photovoltaic installations, proper waste management etc in health facilities to remote parts of Kgatleng.
National Health Policy
The district has done much in ensuring equitable distribution of resources and will continue to do the same during DDP 6.
To improve the quality of health care
To intensify supervision of health facilities in Kgatleng
To have 90% of communities in Kgatleng District well informed on the ongoing programmes such as EPI, PMTCT, IPT, ARVs, TB, school health programmes, etc. and encourage them to use them.
So much has been done and a lot is still being done in terms of the fight against HIV/AIDS through the district Multi-Sectoral AIDS committee (DMSAC).
To train appropriate skilled personnel
To train all doctors and nurses in Kgatleng District in data collection and handling
To train all nurses in Kgatleng District on drug management.
To have all nurses and Family Welfare Educators in Kgatleng District well informed on growth monitoring.
National Health Policy
Much has been and is being done.
To strengthen community participation
To train all health workers in Kgatleng District on public relations.
To create health awareness to 50% of the community in Kgatleng District
To revive 60% of the village health committees
National Health Policy
National HIV/AIDS Policy
Every village in the district has the Village Health committee and the Village Multi-Sectoral AIDS Committee. These are meant to emphasise community participation.
To improve the standard of environmental health in the district in order to avoid the incidence of preventable and communicable diseases
To provide proper sanitary facilities
Waste Management Act
National HIV/AIDS Policy
Waste management in the district is not much of a problem except that there are no sanitary facilities for food handling and disposal of clinical waste.
