Child Health

The Department of Health delivers a comprehensive package of services to people in the Western Cape. Child Health care services integrated into services provided at all the levels of care include:

• Prevention, promotion, management of childhood illnesses and rehabilitative services.
• Including Maternal Health, Nutrition, HIV/AIDS and Mental Health with a focus on the first 1000 days of life.
• Intersectoral collaboration to improve service delivery and achievement of strategic goals.
• The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (lMCl) guideline offer simple, effective methods to manage the leading causes of serious illness and mortality in children (birth up to under 5 years). IMCI forms the platform in Primary Health Care and hospital out-patients to assess all aspects of the child’s health. The most common health problems in children are addressed with special focus on respiratory infections, diarrhoea, measles, malnutrition and HIV.