The PMHP has provided submissions on maternal mental health to the following policies
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June 2011
National Strategic Plan on HIV/AIDS and STIs 2012-2016
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The HIV/AIDS and STI Strategic Plan for South Africa 2007-2011marked a significant and successful turning point in the country’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This submission aims to address an important gap in the previous NSP, namely, mental health.
Research shows that mental disorders, such as depression, is a significant factor in all aspects of HIV/AIDS.
This submission intends to identify mental health as a key priority area in all aspects of the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic ... read more
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In partnership with the Treatment Action Campaign, the People Living with HIV/AIDS Sector of SANAC, GSH-HIV Mental Health Group and CPMH.
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May 2010
Draft National Mental Health Policy for South Africa
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The time is ripe for the development of a new mental health policy in South Africa. Since the demise of apartheid, and the election of the first democratic government in 1994, a number of important reforms have taken place in mental health policy and legislation. Despite these important reforms, there remain several ongoing challenges ... read more
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April 2010
Community Care Worker Management Policy Framework
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Between 29 April and 1 May, the AIDS Consortium and SANAC’s Treatment , Care and Support Technical Task Team hosted a meeting to discuss the critical role of CCWs in South Africa’s social sectors. A group of 50 representatives from 22 non-governmental organisations, 10 academic institutions and two trade unions reached consensus on an alternative Community Care Worker model.
This model acknowledges that CCWs are currently frontline workers responding to priority health and social needs, that their recognition, training, status and support need to be greatly overhauled and as such, proposes a policy framework which supports and sustains this essential service ... read more
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In partnership with the Civil Society Sector of SANAC
(Treatment, Care and Support Technical Task Team)
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