The notice concerns hygienic requirements for the handling, transport and storage of food. The regulations outline requirements for all points in the food handling and packaging processes. It is stated that a person may not handle food or allow food to be handled in manners contrary to specifications of these regulations. The regulations relate, among others, to abattoirs and animal slaughtering process, meat and meat products, perishable food items, prepacked foods, unprocessed crops, and ready-to-eat foods.

This policy updates the existing strategy to take into account technological advancements in cervical cancer prevention and new evidence on screening, approaches and methods in the context of the HIV epidemic. It introduces primary prevention of cervical cancer through Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination of young girls between age 9 to 12 and promotes awareness regarding HPV prevention through safe sex practices and dual protection (barrier plus other methods of contraception). It also provides for secondary prevention by strengthening cytology screening. It also introduces new guidelines for cervical cancer screening for women living with HIV.

The notice repeals the provisions of the regulations relating to food items identified under the repealed food, drugs, and disinfectants act of 1929.

This document introduces Listeriosis as a bacterial disease caused by the gram-positive, rod-shaped, motile bacterium, Listeria monocytogenes. It details several Listeria cases and gender distribution amongst 5 categories of listeriosis patients and also the number of cases of laboratory-confirmed listeriosis in South Africa from January to October 2017 by 5-year age category. Chapter 6 and 7 of this document discuss the diagnosis and treatment of listeriosis in different forms.

The amendment substitutes items 7-9 in the table of food items and prescribed sodium reduction levels.

This brief document outlines different disorders, their causes and treatments. It also answers Frequently Asked Questions about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Prevention of cancer should be integrated with the prevention of chronic diseases and other related areas of healthcare (such as reproductive health, hepatitis B immunization, HIV/AIDS, occupational health and environmental health). Therefore, this Breast Cancer Prevention and Control Policy document is designed to prioritize breast cancer awareness, prevention, treatment and care in South Africa. It provides clinical support for women, who are both at risk of developing the disease later in life and are currently undergoing treatment, to survive and live healthy lives.

This document summarizes legislative documents under the minister of the health portfolio. Some of which include the National Health Act, 2003 that provides a framework for a structured health system within the Republic, Mental Health Care Act, 17 of 2002 that provides a legal framework for mental health in the Republic etc. It also identifies the two phases of the National Health Insurance (2012-2017 & 2017-2022.

There are deletions of phrases and words for sections of the regulation, as well as additions and redefinitions for textual clarifications.

The regulations are relevant to the Disaster Management Act of 2002, and the declaration of national disaster published in the government gazette on March 2020. The regulations are issued to assist SMMEs operating grocery stores including corner shops, spaza shops, fruit and vegetable stores, to comply with the lockdown Regulations.

The document provides a step-by-step guide to diagnose and manage severe malaria at the district hospital level. It identifies ten steps and procedures for the process.

The strategy serves as a framework to guide the implementation of handwashing and hygiene promotion programmes and initiatives, by all those charged with the responsibility of delivering hygiene promotion programmes. It emphasized handwashing behaviour change as the simplest, proven and most effective intervention to significantly prevent and reduce water, sanitation and hygiene-related illnesses, such as diarrhoea, especially in children under 5 (five) years when practised at critical times.

This mHealth Strategy has an overall objective to provide a single, harmonized and comprehensive mHealth implementation plan that supports the medium-term priorities of the public health sector, paves the way for future public sector mHealth requirements, lays the requisite foundations for the future integration and coordination of all mHealth initiatives in the country (both public sector and private sector) and addresses and meets the needs of individuals, providers and healthcare managers.

This is a bill to provide for control over smoking; to regulate the sale and advertising of tobacco products and electronic delivery systems; to regulate the packaging and appearance of tobacco products and electronic delivery systems and to make provision for the standardisation of their packaging.

The Act stipulates that oral preparations which contain bacterial strains listed in the schedule, either solely, or in combination with other pharmacologically active ingredients; and make medicinal claims other than the general health claim provided for their use; shall be subjected to registration as medicines falling under the pharmacological classification of category A referred to in the medicines and related substances act of 1965.

This manual aims to provide uniform correct cleaning methods for the cleaning workforce, whether these are in-house or out-sourced contractors so that environmental cleaning can be effective, carried out by trained cleaners according to a scheduled routine, uses appropriate cleaning agents and equipment and can be monitored. Some of the objectives are to understand principles and methods, procedures and appropriate equipment requirements of effective cleaning in a facility setting and to ensure proper use of detergents and disinfectants in the environment.

The purpose of this document is to outline the strategic framework to prevent, reduce and control the development of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and anti-microbial resistance (AMR), ultimately improving patient safety and health outcomes. The objectives of the strategic framework are to establish and strengthen IPC programmes at the national, provincial, district and health facility level including emergency medical services (EMS) and prescribe the development and implementation of national infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines.

The aims of this strategy for the prevention and control of obesity are to reform obesogenic environments and enablers, while enhancing opportunities for increased physical activity and healthy food options in every possible setting, including healthcare facilities, early childhood development centers, schools, workplaces and the community at large. It outlines 6 broad goals. Some of which is to create an enabling environment that supports the availability of and accessibility to healthy food choices in various settings and establish a surveillance system and strengthen monitoring, evaluation and research.

“No foodstuff, which has been irradiated shall be sold unless the Minister or the Director-General has in writing, approved the sale of such irradiated foodstuff”.

The Malaria Elimination Strategic Plan details the vision, mission, goals, objectives, key strategies, and activities, indicators and targets for the country’s malaria elimination programme. The vision of this policy is to achieve a malaria-free South Africa.