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General information publications, listed alphabetically. These documents are also placed under the relevant life events and categories in Your Life and Topics.

This guide on how to ensure that your home and garden are safe for you and your children was sponsored by HTH, in association with Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Southern Africa.

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Detailed guidelines for health workers on how to screen for developmental disabilities in children aged from zero to six weeks, nine months and 18 months. Information is also given on when to refer to cases up the line.

Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University present their 2009 course list for the Infection and Prevention Control Unit.

Temperatures in the Western Cape can rise to dangerous levels and everyone should be aware of the signs of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

Babies and the elderly are particularly at risk as are people working or exercising in a hot environment. People using chronic medication need to drink extra water during heat waves to ensure that their kidneys are not further stressed.

Promotional information on Condom Awareness Week.
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This pamphlet will prepare you for your child's visit to the Stomaltherapy Clinic. It serves as a guide, giving you all sorts of helpful information.

Strategic purchasing fundamentally aims to align funding and incentives with intended health services. This is achieved by linking the allocation of pooled funds to services / providers, at least in part, to information on population needs / priority interventions, or aspects of provider performance. Strategic purchasing also exists as a fundamental healthcare financing reform to accelerate progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

 

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This pamphlet will prepare you for your child's visit to the Surgical Clinic. It serves as a guide, giving you all sorts of helpful information.