South Africa: Gauteng Health Department Discusses Future of lay Counsellors

Author:
Health-e
Publisher:
Health-e
Publication Date:
15 October 2012
Tags:
Health and Medicine, Labour, South Africa

The Gauteng Health Department held talks with lay HIV counsellors and other community health workers this week to discuss options of managing and incorporating them into the health system. Currently, they are employed through various non-governmental organisations and are not recognised as employees of the department.

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